Raising Kane Purdy New BGC Chair
The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has appointed Kane Purdy as its new non-executive Chair with immediate effect, marking a leadership…
Grainne Hurst
BGC Confirms Safer Gambling Week 2026 Dates
Britain’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has confirmed that Safer Gambling Week 2026 will take place from 16–22 November, with the campaign…
BGC Publishes Industry DEI Principles
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has published a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Statement of Principles aimed at establishing a…
Breaking Bad: BGC Slams Tax Hikes As Boost For Black Market
Grainne Hurst, Chief Executive of the UK gambling industry’s representative Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has slammed the Labour government’s impending iGaming…
The Andrew Rhodes Well Travelled, UKGC Boss Announces Exit
Andrew Rhodes, the highly-regarded Chief Executive of the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC) is moving on after five-years in the top job….
“Turkeys” Vote For Christmas: In Major Budget PR Coup iGaming Tackles Child Poverty Turns Tables On Critics
In a day of high dudgeon, if not high treason, featuring a chaotic pre-Autumn Budget leak and red faces from the Treasury…
From Harmonisation To Horror, UK Gambling Industry Bracing For Tax Grab
The UK gambling industry is bracing to face more upheaval as what began as a plan to streamline online gambling taxes is…
Read My Lips: No New Taxes!
In the age of president Donald Trump 2.0 it seems that contentious word “taxes” has been banned from the Anglo-sphere. Instead we’re…
Look Ma No New Gambling Taxes!
In the end the much-predicted tax raid on British gambling in yesterday’s swingeing £40 billion (US$51.83bn) budget didn’t materialise. It was a…