Tag Archives: Grosvenor
UK – Rank returns to profit but London casino performance a cause for concern
Rank Group has reported an underlying operating profit of £40.4m for the financial year, up from a loss of £82.4m in 2020/21, albeit a year heavily impacted by the pandemic with venues closed at various points. Second half performance was adversely impacted by ‘difficult trading conditions’ in Grosvenor venues, particularly in London, which led to…
UK – Grosvenor Casino Huddersfield set for £350,000 refurb
Grosvenor Casino Huddersfield has confirmed it will have a £350,000 renovation with plans to refurbish the casino at Folly Hall Mills, near Lockwood, including the install of a live sports viewing with live sport betting with three 82-inch screens and premium new roulette and card tables. Grosvenor’s aim is develop into an all-round entertainment experience…
UK – Mecca Bingo pledges to be a safe space for all
Ahead of reopening their clubs in England this May, Mecca Bingo is announcing its pledge to be a safe space for all. In its 60th year of being at the heart of local communities, teams across their 72 clubs want to share the message that anyone can walk into a Mecca Bingo hall* and know…
UK – Betting to open first again in the UK with casinos pushed back to May
British betting shops could get the green light to reopen on April 12 in the second stage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap out of lockdown’ with casinos, bingo halls and adult gaming centres to open in the third stage, earmarked for May 17. The Prime Minister stressed that all the dates mentioned were dependent…
Scotland: The Chips Are Down campaign
‘The Chips Are Down: Save Our Casinos, Save Our Jobs’ is a unified campaign urging Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to lift restrictions and allow casino venues to reopen in Level 2 as more than 700 people employed by the casino industry face job uncertainty after venues were forced to close. Grosvenor Casinos, Genting Casinos,…
UK – More casinos join campaign for Level 2 reopening in Scotland
After weeks of closure and with hundreds of jobs at risk, the casino industry in Scotland has joined forces to urge the Scottish Government to change its current tiering restrictions which are forcing venues to remain closed. 11 casino venues in Scotland which support more than 700 jobs in Aberdeen, Dundee Edinburgh and Glasgow, have…
UK – Genting and Grosvenor urge Scottish U-turn on closures
The UK’s two largest casino groups, Genting Casinos and Grosvenor Casinos, have launched an email campaign to reopen Scottish casinos under current Covid-19 restrictions. At present, all casinos in Scotland have closed as part of Scotland’s Level 2 restrictions, whereas hospitality venues such as bingo clubs and Adult Gaming Centres have been allowed to remain…
UK – Cash poker returning to Grosvenor’s The Vic, Golden Horseshoe and Luton
In club cash games will be making their return to Grosvenor venues today for the first since they closed their doors in March, with the iconic Poker Room at Grosvenor Casino The Vic launching cash games to customers from 4pm today. The Grosvenor Casino Golden Horseshoe and Grosvenor Casino Luton will be next to welcome…
UK – Rank extends groundbreaking partnership with Carers Trust into 2021
British casino and bingo group Rank has extended its groundbreaking partnership with Carers Trust into 2021. This hugely successful partnership has had a major impact in supporting Carers Trust’s work with hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers right across the UK. Since its inception more than six years ago in February 2014, Rank colleagues and…
