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Sport media, data and insights provider Perform Group confirmed that Ashley Milton will take up the position of Chief Financial Officer on August 18. Milton joins Perform Group, from multinational advertising and media group WPP, where he served as Chief Financial Officer for EMEA. Industry news source iGaming Business confirms that Milton had been approached by Perform Group senior management …

The  fixture clash between the Doncaster St Ledger Festival and  the Irish Champions Weekend on the 10th of September, may  force bookmaker Ladbrokes to withdraw its sponsorship of the St Ledger Festival. Ladbrokes have sponsored the St Ledger Festival for the past ten seasons, however the current three year sponsorship extension is set to come to an end, Ladbrokes have …

888Casino has found itself censured for its advertising once again by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after complaints that the operator’s £88 free promotion could only give users a maximum £20 cash. One complainant, who signed up for the offer after seeing a poster on a London Underground platform, subsequently discovered that “free play” winnings needed to be wagered 30 …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has relaunched its website, britishhorseracing.com. The website redevelopment was carried out in conjunction with design agency Firedog and included consultation across the racing industry and with the users of britishhorseracing.com via an online survey and user testing workshops. The headline developments of the new site include: A cleaner design with a more logical navigation Improvements …

The UK Leisure industry has labelled the 2014 Brazil World Cup, as the ‘stay at home World Cup’, as Greene King Leisure Tracker, published a 6% decrease on drinking and eating out. Leisure Tracker published figures that the UK leisure and hospitality sector had witnessed a decrease of £12 from £192.22 in May to £180.28 in June. Making it the …

53 international sports ministers met in Glasgow to discuss development and integrity of sports in developing countries. The ongoing meetings took place before the opening of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and has been named by officials as the Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting. The meeting between international ministers focused on the development of professional sports in underprivileged nations within the …

Britain’s Labour Party announced it was considering imposing new tax levies on online betting and Premier League TV incomes, in order to support grass root sports in the UK.  The Party issued a public mandate on Thursday, outlining measures and policy ideas to raise capital for UK sports. The Labour Party, leading in national opinion polls before next May’s national …

The Queen’s Estimate filly, winner of last year’s Ascot Gold Cup, has tested positive for banned substance morphine. The British Horseracing Authority said that a number of post-race samples obtained from recent meets have found, upon analysis of the ‘A’ samples, to have morphine, prohibited under raceday regulations. Although permitted for use in-training, five horses have so far tested positive for alleged race day breaches. The …

Sky Sports Digital Media (SSDM) is now a distributor of official British horseracing Pre-Race Data (PRD), joining Press Association, SIS and Timeform as partners with the Racecourse Data Company (RDC). RDC – a joint venture with 57 racecourses set up to licence and control PRD – has licensed SSDM to use the data, which is generated by Weatherbys and is …

Financial spread betting operator IG Group posted full year or year growth, reporting net trading revenues of £370.4 million (€468.5 million/$632 million), up 2.4% on the £361.9 million achieved in the previous year. The spread betting operator posted net revenues of  in £194.7 million up 1.3% on 2013 figures (£192.2 million) The FTSE 250 company, which has a market capitalisation …