Mecca Bingo is not only one of the biggest online brands, but they are also very active on the high street, with bingo hall scattered across the country. At the end of August, the company submitted plans for a new type of hall to Walsall Council’s planning committee. We have now heard that the committee […]
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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 […]
Corrie Comes To Mecca Bingo
Coronation Street is the nation’s favourite soap (that’s official, it regularly outdoes East Enders in the viewing figures!). Bingo is one of the nation’s favourite games, and we’re talking about people actually playing, not watching the game. So it’s great when the two of them come together as they did recently when Coronation Street star […]
Profits Down For Mecca Bingo Clubs
After the very hot summer of 2013, it appears that Mecca Bingo clubs who suffered during the period did not make a comeback in the Autumn months. Profits were down 38% on the same period in the previous year which is a considerable amount. Owners the Rank Group, also showed a 26% drop in profits […]
Big Gala Bingo Sell Off?
Gala Coral may be selling their Gala Bingo clubs in an effort to ‘clean up’ their operation. Whilst this summer has been one of the best for the past twenty years or so, the bad news for bingo clubs is that numbers have been down during an uncharacteristic run of ‘beer garden weather’. While we’ve […]
Another Battle Lost In the Blue Rinse War
In an effort to alter the demographic of bingo hall players, the Rank Group, owners of the Mecca Bingo chain, have over the past few years been investing in its ‘Full House’ concept. The idea was a simple one, make the venues ‘young person friendly’, and a younger audience will be attracted. The conversions of […]
Mecca Win VAT Rebate Appeal At High Courts
There’ll be some happy people in the Rank Group HQ today. In fact they may even be having a little party to celebrate their victory in the High Court, where they found out they could keep the £62million VAT repayment they received last year. Reading the comments left here when the repayment was made, I’m […]
Rank Execs Buying Shares
It was interesting to see a number of large share purchases by execs at the Rank Group. According to ShareCast, last week the chief executive Ian Burke doubled his shareholdings in the company and this week finance director Paddy Gallagher has also bought a large number of shares. A couple of things could be going […]
Round Up – Mecca Profits And Halls And Government Rejection
There’s been a few stories the last week of interest to Playing Bingo readers out there, and I’ll give you a quick round-up and overview of the stories involved. First up is news from The Rank Group about their end of year trading figures. They’ve seen a slip in profits, but have managed to beat […]
Small improvements for Mecca Bingo
Following on from Gala’s recent news of slight improvements in its Bingo business, there’s more cautiously good news from their biggest rival, Mecca Bingo. The Times reports that trading has been up slightly for Mecca, who’ve seen a rise in their like-for-like sales of 1%. It appears that maybe the bottom of the barrel has […]
