One of the biggest problems with the offline bingo industry over the past few years has been the perceived ageing of its population of players. Whether the real or not, the perception is there, of players sporting horn rimmed glasses, their bingo wings flapping in strip-lit garish halls, and this may be enough to put […]
Tag: Bingo Taxation
New Gala Bingo Club For Southampton
Click here to play at Gala Bingo Since the 2014 bingo taxation announcement we have been waiting to see what the long term effects of the budget would be, and this is the first truly positive outcome we’ve seen. We are guessing that many clubs that may have closed if the tax had not been […]
Seven Bingo Closes In Folkstone
This is the second bingo hall to close since the reduced bingo taxation announcement in the 2014 budget (to our knowledge). Despite the taxation reprieve, business is business, so if a club is not making money, it will close, and, this is particularly pertinent to small chains and independents who do not have the back […]
Cricklewood Beacon Bingo Gets Huge Makeover
Cricklewood Beacon Bingo is the biggest bingo hall in the UK. One of the many bingo halls to have survived the closures of the past two decades, and reach the 2014 budget milestone it is now taking advantage of the tax reduction. A lot of pundits were expecting the tax change to mean bigger prizes, […]
Big Changes Before Online Bingo Tax
It’s well known now that in December a Point of Consumption tax will be levied on online bingo, forcing those bingo sites that are licensed overseas to pay tax for UK players, and with some huge changes afoot around the industry, it seems there’s already some belt-tightening going on. There’s no doubt the industry will […]
Bingo Taxation Ripple
The effects of the reduction of bingo taxation in the 2014 budget are already being felt. We’ve already noted how Crown Bingo in Portsmouth was saved from the chop as a direct result of the budget announcement, and week by week we are hearing more good news from the bingo industry. The budget whilst supporting […]
Chancellor Plays In Cardiff Bingo Hall
To counter claims that the present coalition are not in touch with their electorate, Chancellor George Osbourne has been visiting the ‘hardworking’ people of Britain on a whistle stop tour, one of his stops being in Castle Bingo, Newport Road in Cardiff. The Chancellor spent his time chatting to ‘hardworking’ pensioners and staff, posing, and […]
Bingo Tax Slashed To 10%!
Well, it’s been a long time coming and we’re going to have to give a big ‘woohoo’ for this latest piece of breaking news. Yes, it’s official, the budget will entail a slashing of 10% off the current 20% bingo taxation, to give clubs a nice round 10% to deal with. And yes, we know […]
The True Meaning Of Bingo
While it is difficult to find the true meaning of anything, it appears one potential true meaning of bingo to strike off the list is money, well, according to the Mirror anyway. That’s not to say that they are wrong though, as lately a lot of people, including politicians have been coming forward to support […]
Bingo Taxation Petition Delivered To Downing Street
A petition with over 300,000 signatures has at last been handed in to Downing Street in the hope that it will show our political leaders how important the bingo industry is to many people across the country. The signature forms in support of the Boost Bingo campaign were delivered in four trolleys by a celebratory […]
