William Hill joins Ladbrokes and other major bookmakers on social media sports betting site Betfect May 23, 2016 William Hill has become the latest major bookmaker to join Betfect, a social network for sports betting. The London-based tech startup allows users to compare, make and share sports bets from the UK's leading bookmakers, and the site went live last year with Ladbrokes. Betfect has said it aims to bring the "social element" back [...]
Ladbrokes-Coral website would be third most visited sports gambling site in the UK May 23, 2016 Ladbrokes and Gala Coral are set to have the UK's third biggest sports gambling website if the merger between the gambling majors goes through. Ladbrokes was the fourth most popular UK site for monthly combined mobile and desktop visits in 2015, and would gain the online traffic of sixth-placed Coral if the merger goes through, according to new [...]
This alcohol monitoring Skyn wristband from BACtrack might help you avoid hangovers May 23, 2016 It might feel like Friday is a long way away, but if you're still feeling the hangover pain from the weekend and don't want to overdo it in future, science may have just created the product for you. BACtrack, a medical device maker based in San Fransisco that also develops breathalyzers, has won a $200,000 US national contest [...]
UK’s chief nutritionist, Dr Alison Tedstone, has said advice to eat more fat in National Obesity Forum report is “irresponsible” May 23, 2016 In yet another health debate that is likely to confuse us even more about our diets, the UK's chief nutritionist has slammed new advice to eat more fat as "irresponsible" and flying in the face of available evidence. Dr Alison Tedstone, the chief nutritionist at Public Health England, was responding to a report by the National Obesity Forum and [...]
Axa has said it will sell its tobacco portfolio because of its “tragic” human cost May 23, 2016 Axa, the world's largest insurer, has announced it will stop investing in tobacco on ethical grounds, citing the "tragic" human cost of the industry. The group intends to sell its tobacco portfolio, valued at around €1.8bn (£1.4bn). Axa will also sell all of its equity holdings — worth about almost €200m — in the sector immediately. Incoming chief executive Thomas Buberl acknowledged [...]
GVC Holdings and Betfred place wager on 10-year online deal May 23, 2016 Gaming services provider GVC Holdings has signed a 10-year B2B licensing deal with one of the UK's leading sportsbook operators, Betfred. Betfred will migrate all its sportsbook and gaming offerings onto the GVC platform on an exclusive basis. The GVC proprietary platform offers a "one-stop-shop" online offering, which focuses on a superior sports betting player [...]
Ryanair pledges to cut fares as it misses profit expectations following the affects of terrorist incidents and union strikes May 23, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair missed expectations in its full-year profits today as the impact of terrorist attacks on bookings and low oil prices began to take their toll. The figures Adjusted net profits came in at €1.24bn (£961m) for the 52 weeks to 31 March, a 43 per cent increase on the previous year, although this missed analysts' estimate of €1.3bn. [...]
Some bad news for Japan, as exports stay in the red for seventh consecutive month May 23, 2016 Japan's exports were still in the red in after Ministry of Finance data released today revealed a drop of 10.1 per cent year on year in April – despite stronger growth figures. This is the seventh straight month of declines, after a strong yen and weakness in China took their toll. Exports to China, which remains Japan's [...]
London is bubbling city for wine and spirits industry workers with the second highest employment growth in the UK May 23, 2016 London is the second most bubbling city for workers in the UK's wine and spirits industry, new research has found. Employment levels in the London wine and spirits field uncorked double digit growth of 16 per cent in 2015, according to data released by LinkedIn. London's growth levels were behind only Glasgow, where employment rates grew by 17 per [...]
