Gymshark in trademark battle that threatens future of small fitness business

Exclusive: British sportswear firm is seeking to obtain rights to The Conditioning Club, which is also the name of a Gloucestershire gym

Gymshark, the 1bn British sportswear firm started in a family garage, is locked in a trademark battle that threatens the future of a small fitness business.

Ben Francis, the university dropout who started sewing his own gym clothes in his parents' garage and is now estimated to be worth 800m, is trying to add The Conditioning Club to his Gymshark stable of trademarks.