iForex confirms London listing plans and adds City veteran to board May 19, 2025 Fintech trading platform iForex confirmed its plans for a London-lisiting on Monday morning in a major boost to the embattled market. The fintech said following an initial public offering (IPO) its shares will be traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Its admission is expected in late June 2025. The firm – [...]
Sunday Times Rich List sport: Beckham, Ratcliffe, West Ham United May 16, 2025 A host of Premier League football club owners dominate the sporting names in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. Both current and former owners of some of the Premier League’s biggest club make the annual fortune list. Newcastle United co-owners the Reuben brothers and Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe each make the top 10, [...]
Genting in the red after closing Britain’s oldest casino May 14, 2025 The UK arm of Genting fell into the red in the year after closing Britain’s oldest casino, it has been revealed. The Birmingham-headquartered division made a pre-tax loss of £6.2m for 2024, having previously posted a profit of £8m in 2023. New accounts filed with Companies House also show its revenue rose over the same [...]
Rank: Grosvenor casino owner hits jackpot as laws relaxed May 14, 2025 Rank Group – the owner of UK-based chain Grosvenor casinos – is set to ramp up the number of gaming machines in its casinos after the government said it would relax gambling laws. Shares in the group soared nearly eight per cent on Wednesday morning. The firm said the government’s review of the 2005 Gambling [...]
How ‘unsexy’ B2B firms are pushing out consumer brands in sport May 9, 2025 “Unsexy” B2B firms are increasingly replacing consumer-facing brands in some of the country’s most prized sport sponsorship deals, new research has found. Manufacturing/engineering, specialist professional services, construction and software are four of the five fastest-growing industries appearing as front-of-shirt sponsors of England’s top football, rugby and cricket teams. The study by sponsorship intelligence firm Caytoo [...]
Playtech stock plummets 60 per cent following dividend payout May 8, 2025 Playtech’s stock price has crashed more than 60 per cent following the payout of a special dividend worth close to two thirds of its market capitalisation. The gambling software firm paid out almost £1.5bn as a special dividend from the sale of its Italian consumer arm Snaitech to Flutter during last year. As a result, [...]
Evoke: Revenue ticks up as group expects momentum to build through 2025 April 25, 2025 Betting and gaming company Evoke has reported a slight uptick in revenue and said it expects a return to stronger growth from the second quarter onwards. Revenue was £437m in the first quarter of 2025, in line with guidance and up one per cent year on year. UK revenue dipped one per cent, with three per [...]
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Playtech set to issue ‘beast of a dividend’ following Snaitech sale March 27, 2025 Gambling software firm Playtech is set to issue what analysts have described as a “beast of a dividend” later this year, as the sale of Snaitech reaches close to completion. Playtech agreed the sale of its Italian arm Snaitech to Flutter during last year for €2.3bn (£1.92bn), distributing most of the proceeds from the sale as a [...]