A MAJOR bookmaker has warned it could close all of its shops if Rachel Reeves increases gambling taxes in the Budget. Betfred ...
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
Other major operators have expressed similar worries. William Hill’s parent company Evoke said up to 200 of its betting shops ...
Fred Done, the bookmaker's co-founder and chairman, told the BBC that all 1,272 Betfred shops could disappear from the high ...
He revealed that 300 of his shops were already operating at a loss and cautioned that a 5% rise in gambling taxes would push ...
Betfred has warned the Labour government that proposed gambling tax rises could wipe out its entire UK retail estate of 1,300 ...