Businessman Ben Dunne says he wants to stop selling high-sugar soft drinks from the vending machines at his gyms.

Businessman Ben Dunne expects his expanding gym business to generate revenues of over €10.3m in its current financial year.

The gym business operated by Ben Dunne generated operating profits of €1.5m last year. In an interview, Mr Dunne said yesterday that his gym business had its two best months of growth in March and April in the past five years.