Whitbread ran more than 50 David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) clubs in the UK with a further number in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium.

However, by the mid-2000s, the business was giving Whitbread a poor financial return,[5] and on 2 August 2007 they sold it to London & Regional Properties and Bank of Scotland for £925 million.

[4] London & Regional Properties already owned and operated Next Generation Clubs; the businesses were merged under the Next Generation Clubs' management team led by Scott Lloyd, David Lloyd's son.

[6] On 5 September 2013 London & Regional Properties agreed to sell David Lloyd Leisure to TDR Capital for £750m.

The company operates a further 29 clubs in Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.