The UK’s piers are under serious threat with storms bashing the structures and economic struggles decimating the operator’s offerings. But Worthing council has shown a bit of budgetary flexibility to fund repairs to the attraction.
Two men from Essex convicted of using counterfeit £2 coins to defraud several service station slot machines of £3,000 have been given a community service order by Colchester Magistrates’ Court.
Rays of Sunshine was delighted to receive a generous donation of more than £43,000 from its friends at Whitehouse Leisure, following on from their year-long capybara plush fundraiser.
JD Wetherspoon’s founder and chair Tim Martin has told The Times that the pub giant paid £837.1m in tax for 2024/25 – the equivalent of more than £1m per pub – but urged the government to recognise that VAT equality between pubs and supermarke...
The Federation of Small Businesses has criticised the government for delivering a “sucker punch” to small businesses, highlighting the impact that rates revaluations and the cessation of relief will have on “the small firms we rely on day in a...
The Gambling Commission has published new rules regarding the removal of non-compliant gaming machines from venues, requiring all non-remote operators to act “quickly and effectively” to dispose of non-compliant products upon notification of b...
A new agreement between three key industry trade associations has formalised long-standing cooperation, supporting responsible use of gaming machines in pubs and strengthening joint engagement with government and regulators.
It’s good to talk! A Bacta team led by President Joseph Cullis attended its third regional meeting in five months. The gathering in South Shields not only served as an opportunity for Bacta to update members on developments impacting the indus...
Baroness Twycross has announced the launch of a new Illegal Gambling Taskforce aimed at addressing the growth of the black market in the UK, with industry bodies such as the BHA and BGC enlisted to help address what they acknowledge is likely ...
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association is standing up for pubs north of the border, a sector which, it claims has paid substantially more in business rates than their English counterparts with differences ranging from £11,095 to more than £21...
Reform UK promises sweeping tax cuts and major regulatory shake-up in a bid to rescue Britain’s pubs
Proposing a halving of hospitality VAT, cutting beer duty and scrapping business rates over four years, Reform UK claims its pub rescue package will revive struggling venues and reduce pint prices. Nigel Farage knows how to steal the headlines...
Bookmaker Geoff Banks has issued a scathing response to the Gambling Commission following a speech delivered at ICE by the regulator’s Executive Director of Research and Policy Tim Miller.
Following the part-destruction of Teignmouth Pier by Storm Ingrid earlier this month, the Brenner family have revealed that the increasing severity and unpredictability of storms are posing an existential threat to the 160-year-old structure....
As consumers seek more bang for their buck Target Darts and Bob Rudd have hit the bullseye with the launch of Target Darts Zone. Showcased at EAG Expo and then subsequently at a high profile after party at the BrewDog in Canary Wharf Target Da...
Ministers have been accused of putting Britain’s high streets at risk after unveiling plans to curb the number of gambling venues.
The latest Health Survey for England figures show problem gambling rates at circa 0.4 percent. The HSE study – previously the benchmark model for assessing problem gambling in the UK prior to the Gambling Commission’s heavily criticised interv...
The end section of Teignmouth’s 157-year-old Grand Pier has been washed away by Storm Ingrid, as high winds on 24 January battered the coast during what owners the Brenner family described as “a dreadful night.”
To coin the phrase an ‘oldie but a goodie’ would be an understatement when it comes to Electrocoin’s iconic Bar X. The company has just rolled out its latest production run of the classic ‘fruit machine’, with several thousand new units made f...
Harrow Council has rejected plans submitted by JMS Planning and Development Ltd to open a 24-hour AGC in a vacant retail unit in the town centre, despite the plans previously receiving approval on appeal.
Following the £600,000 transformation of its venue in the heart of Chinatown Game Nation pulled out all of the stops with a spectacular launch event that CEO Mark Jepp described as being ‘part carnival, part film-set.’ Featuring a giant Chines...
DCMS has announced plans to consult on increasing the Gambling Commission’s licence fees by a minimum of 20 percent, as the regulator reportedly counts the cost of implementing White Paper recommendations, expanding its research and data progr...
Bacta President Joseph Cullis believes the industry is experiencing one of the busiest starts to a year in recent memory, with an unprecedented pace of political engagement that shows no sign of slowing.
Support the high street or lose it: GBG signals the danger signs to government and local authorities
Peter Hannibal, chief executive of the Gambling Business Group, has issued a stark message to the government and local authorities: we are in danger of losing the high street if we fail to address the business rates elephant in the economic ro...
The latest Hospitality Market Monitor from NIQ has revealed the number of licensed premises in the UK fell by 0.4 percent in the last three months of 2025, following “relentless inflation for businesses in key cost areas, alongside fragile con...
The government has unveiled an emergency support package for pubs amid warnings of closures and job losses – but will it be enough to save the sector?