Supporting some of the UK’s most popular sports with millions of pounds in sponsorship funding must go “hand in hand” with promoting safer gambling, the Betting and Gaming Council has declared. The call came as the country enjoys a sporting bonanza featuring top class horseracing, football, darts and cricket over...
Betting and Gaming Council chief executive Michael Dugher has called on the Government to “take heed” of punters after a survey showed high levels of opposition to stringent checks on how much they are allowed to spend. Racing TV asked 2,000 of their members for their views on so-called “affordability”...
Mark Fenhalls QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar Council, inaugural speech. At the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn tonight, Mark Fenhalls QC, presented his inaugural speech as the Chair-Elect of the Bar Council. He covered a range of topics including culture, regulation, court capacity and backlogs, diversity, and international issues. Mark...
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has congratulated Lucy Powell on her appointment as Labour’s new Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The Manchester Central MP, who was previously Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, was given the new role as Labour leader Keir Starmer...
5 min read20 min Age Assurance is one of the most disputed but least understood areas of digital policy. Often characterized as a fight between privacy and safety – which fails to account for the fact that the tech sector is predicated on surveillance (data collection) and knowing their customer...
3 min read1 hr In the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “music is the universal language of mankind”. Music transcends borders and nations. But while music will always travel freely internationally, thanks in a huge part to the wonders of modern technology, the reach of our musicians has become increasingly...
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council have welcomed the news that Facebook are to introduce an opt-out for the vast majority of betting adverts on their platform. It means that Facebook users who no longer want to view such advertisements will be able to stop doing so. The BGC...
Further Actions To Build More Inclusive Workforce Planned For January and March 2022 All In, the industry’s drive from the Advertising Association, the IPA and ISBA, to build a workplace for UK advertising where everyone feels they belong, has announced it will award ‘All In Champion’ status in summer 2022...
Safer Gambling Week 2021 has been described as a “huge success” after it emerged this year’s campaign had broken all previous records. Data released in the wake of this year’s event - which ran from November 1 to 7 - show that it generated nearly 25 million social media impressions,...
