London punters visiting Rank Group's casinos had a lucky summer. The company behind Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos has admitted it was hit by a winning streak for customers... more
The latest flip-flop in the chaos that is Guoco Group's £585 million bid for Rank saw Ian Burke return as chief executive of the Mecca bingo halls owner less than a week after he quit
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Investors who gambled on Rank shares when they fell in the summer are counting fat profits, as the Grosvenor casino-to-Mecca bingo halls operator said takings shot up 7% during the past three months
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Bingo halls across the country are shutting, but Rank Group reckons there’s still money to be made from a game that remains a source of fun to millions... more
Budget: Leisure group Rank says the rise in the standard rate of VAT and changes to the National Insurance regime would result in a net cost increase of about £2.5 million from 2011 ... more
Bingo hall and casino operator Rank Group says strong sales at its Grosvenor Casinos and Rank Interactive arms underpinned an “encouraging” start the year... more
Millennium and Copthorne, the international hotelier which is the first to announce hotel plans for Iraq, saw third-quarter, pre-tax profit slump by almost a third but said “the worst may be behind us” ... more
"This was Midnight Underground Rebel Bingo, a hardcore bingo night, not to be taken lightly nor attended by old people or children." The underground bingo scene explored.... more
Ian Burke, chief executive of bingo, casinos and betting outfit Rank, told shareholders today to blame the Chancellor Alistair Darling for their continuing lack of dividend payouts ... more
British retailers have long been accused of "cashing in on Christmas - the inaugural Eid in Dubai event is drawing whispers of similar criticism here... more
The crisis which has engulfed America and Britain this week is slowly but surely arriving in Paris. But for once, there is no schadenfreude about the misery Americans are suffering... more
Sacred: Discover What We Share shows the oldest surviving texts of the three Abrahamic religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity side by side for the first time.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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