Is The Betting Industry Heading For A Staffing Crisis? Following Betfred’s recent announcement that from October, all shops in the South division will open until 10pm, 7 days a week, we’ve received countless emails from members reporting concerns. In addition to the...
Open Until 10pm, But At What Cost To Staff? Betfred has announced that from October, all shops in the South division will open until 10pm, 7 days a week. The change has been labelled an ‘exciting step forward’, but exciting for whom exactly? The reality is that it’s...
Working Time And Rest Breaks: Do You Know Your Rights? A large number of betting shops are open across a long day and many staff work long hours, but the law sets out certain requirements around working time and rest breaks that employers have to stick to. Whilst the...
Armed Robberies In Betting Shops Recently, a man was arrested following a series of armed robberies in Paddy Power shops in the Birmingham area. It was reported that he was in possession of a gun, a knife and ammunition. As members will be painfully aware, robberies...
Have Your Say On Age Verification Proposals Following a review of the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is conducting a consultation on a series of proposed changes to the requirements it places on gambling businesses. One of the issues that the Gambling...
The Problems With Affordability Checks You’ll no doubt know that the Gambling Commission has imposed its largest ever fine on William Hill for allowing new customers to gamble large amounts of money in a very short period of time and for failures to guard against...
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