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Evoke Plc has established a new “Technology Committee” to oversee the progress of tech investments and initiatives undertaken by the LSE-listed gambling group. The Committee has been created with immediate effect and will be chaired by Independent Non-Executive Director Susan Standiford. It will be supported by fellow NEDs Limor Ganot and Ori Shaked, who will also serve as members. An …

Evoke Plc has branded 2024 as a step change year for its business, keeping its pledge to return to online growth, yet corporate losses widen to £191m. The LSE-listed gambling group reports it has achieved all Year 1 objectives and commitments of its Value Creation Plan (VCP), with improved profitability metrics group-wide on display as of H2 trading. Headline improvements …

Evoke Plc has benefited from strong year-end trading, as the LSE gambling group expects its full-year EBITDA to be at the top end of the guidance range of £300m-to-£310m, a result deemed by leadership as “ahead of expectations“. A post-close trading update for Q4 noted that Evoke had generated approximately 12-13% revenue growth on year-on-year comparatives. The group’s improved performance …

To round off this year’s Safer Gambling Week, evoke-owned brand William Hill has leveraged its new title sponsorship of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to spark gambling harm prevention talks among staff and supporters.  Players, fans, and professionals from across all of the league’s four divisions were offered a series of talks that used previous experiences of problem gambling …

Evoke Plc has reported its “first quarter of year-on-year growth since Q1 2022” – the period during which the LSE-listed gambling group expanded its business by completing the £2bn acquisition of William Hill. Q3 trading saw Evoke generate group revenues of £417m, up 3% on the 2023 comparative figure of £405m (+4% on a constant currency basis). Management highlighted that …

A new acquisition has been announced by evoke over New Gambling Solutions S.R.L (NGS) and its subsidiary – Romanian operator Winner.ro. The international gambling conglomerate, also owner of brands like William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, will syphon its current Romanian operations and a debt-free cash consideration of  €10m into NGS, for a 51% return share in the Romanian company. …

Evoke Plc is focused on the ‘execution of short-term actions’ to maximise operating margins and return its business to growth in H2 trading. This statement follows the LSE gambling group publishing interim results, showing H1 losses (after tax) of £143m— a 300% increase compared to 2023 losses of £32m. A summary of H1 trading detailed performance declines, specifically impacting its …

Evoke Plc has returned its online unit to growth but has chosen to revise down its full-year guidance due to weaker revenues and adjusted EBITDA forecast. The LSE gambling group published its H1 interim results in which it detailed that Q2 trading was broadly stable sequentially on a year-on-year basis, helping the firm make strategic progress on its value creation …

Evoke Plc has confirmed the appointment of Anne Sewell as the new Chief People Officer (CPO) of the reorganised LSE gambling group. An expert in the management of global HR transformation projects for mass market enterprises, Sewell joins the Evoke executive team from Dentsu, where she served as CPO of Asia’s biggest advertising and media conglomerate. Updating investors, Evoke underlined …

888 Holdings has formally changed its business identity to Evoke Plc, as approved by the shareholders of the LSE gambling group. At yesterday’s AGM, shareholders unanimously voted 99.7% in favour of the name change to Evoke Plc. The directive to change the LSE gambling group’s identity was proposed in March alongside the firm’s full-year 2023 results. Evoke Plc was proposed …