The Banffshire Journal has a report that the Regal Ambassador Bingo Club in Macduff is set to close on Sunday 17th June. The club is the latest in a string of closures at independent Bingo halls in Scotland following the first year of the smoking ban. It’s interesting to see that the ban alone has […]
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Scottish Bingo Halls Ask For Tax Breaks
More news on the Scottish smoking ban’s continued fallout. Clubs are demanding £10 million in tax breaks from the Scottish government, to help tide them over this rocky period. This comes with news of downbeat trading from a number of the big chains.
Even More Scottish Halls Could Close
Following the story of the Scottish smoking ban, a report today says as many as half of Scotland’s Bingo Halls could close. It highlights a point I’d missed in past posts about why they’re not taking the gaming outside. They can’t, it’s banned. Bingo halls are worse affected than bars and pubs, which have coped […]
