The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today (9 October 2020) announced that the government’s Job Support Scheme (JSS) will be expanded to protect jobs and support businesses required to close their doors as a result of coronavirus restrictions. This will mean that the government will subsidise two-thirds of the wages of workers in hospitality businesses […]
The Prime Minister has announced tonight (13 August 2020) that English casinos will be permitted to reopen on Saturday 15 August 2020. You can download below the complete press release. As reported by us here in updates to our website posting entitled “Betting and Gaming Council focuses latest lobbying efforts on Scotland and Wales”: confirmation […]
As anticipated (albeit slightly later than it had forecast last month), the Gambling Commission has today (9 July 2020) commenced a consultation on online slots game design and reverse withdrawals. The consultation will close on 3 September 2020. In its online consultation document (that you can download below), the Commission summarises its proposed “key changes […]
In a speech delivered today (8 July 2020), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has unveiled the Government’s “Plan for Jobs”, describing its goal as being “to protect, support and create jobs”. That plan accordingly comprises those three constituent parts: support people to find jobs, create jobs and protect jobs. You can download below […]
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry has today (2 July 2020) produced its long-awaited report, marking the conclusion of its inquiry into the social and economic impact of the gambling industry. Information on evidence taken during the course of that inquiry can be found here. […]
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today (28 June 2020) published its “Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people” report (that you can download below). In what will add fuel to the fire arising from the Gambling Related Harm APPG’s recent call for a complete overhaul of UK gambling regulation on the […]
The Prime Ministerial Statement delivered today (23 June 2020) to the House of Commons on COVID-19 (that you can download in its entirety below) has provided: greater certainty for some sectors of the leisure and hospitality industry (including pubs, restaurants, hotels, cinemas, bingo halls, adult gaming centres and family entertainment centres), each of which will […]
It has been reported today (12 June 2020) that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (‘DCMS’) informed the UK amusement machine industry trade body (Bacta) last night that amusement arcades are no longer on the list of non-essential high street premises able to reopen on Monday of next week, 15 June 2020. This […]
In a message to online gambling operators published online today (26 March 2020) – that you can download below – UK Gambling Commission CEO Neil McArthur has added his personal comments to the Commission’s 18 March 2020 “Guidance in light of COVID-19 outbreak” website posting, saying: Since I wrote to you last week, the response to Covid-19 […]
The Coronavirus Act 2020 has been granted Royal Assent today (25 March 2020), meaning that it is now in force. It was rushed through Parliament in just five working days since the first reading of what was then the Coronavirus Bill on 19 March 2020. From the perspective of the hospitality, leisure and gambling sectors, […]
