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Ladbrokes Claimed \u20a4 102m Furlough Despite Online Boost<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ladbrokes declared \u20a4 102m furlough despite online boost<\/p>\n

7 January 2022<\/p>\n

ByBen King
\nBusiness reporter, BBC News<\/p>\n

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Bookmaker Ladbrokes declared<\/a> \u20a4 102m from the furlough<\/a> plan, in spite of rapid growth in online betting<\/a> making up for all losses from the closure of shops.<\/p>\n

Accounts released on Thursday show that Ladbrokes declared \u20a4 57.5 m in 2020, and the BBC comprehends it declared a further \u20a4 44m this year.<\/p>\n

Since the pandemic began moms and dad business Entain has really increased revenues, driven by strong online development.<\/p>\n

Entain said the money secured 14,000 tasks, and is “under evaluation.”<\/p>\n

The most significant claimers from the furlough plan were mostly those for whom Covid lockdowns<\/a> indicated high falls in income – airline companies, pub companies, leisure groups, stores, restaurants and catering services.<\/p>\n

One company stands out in the list – Ladbrokes, the UK’s biggest operator of wagering stores, with 2,845 facilities branded Ladbrokes or Coral.<\/p>\n

For though it needed to close them for big parts of 2020 and 2021, it had a online.<\/p>\n

Its parent business, FTSE 100-listed video gaming giant Entain, has a huge online gambling company, and clients<\/a> who could not bet in stores throughout the dark days of lockdown gathered to websites and apps instead.<\/p>\n

Last April’s Grand National climaxed for the greatest online sports betting event in the UK.<\/p>\n

This implied that in spite of lockdowns, Entain’s 2020 revenues were the same from the year before at \u20a4 3.6 bn, and it even managed to record a revenue of \u20a4 114m. In the first 9 months of 2021 earnings grew 8%.<\/p>\n

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Entain is likewise well placed to take advantage of the explosive development of online wagering in the US through its BetMGM joint venture.<\/p>\n

\u20a4 102m furlough<\/a> claim<\/p>\n

Despite a strong monetary efficiency, Ladbrokes made a large furlough claim.<\/p>\n

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Accounts<\/a> for Ladbrokes Gaming and Betting Ltd, a subsidiary business of Entain, submitted<\/a> with Companies House and released on Thursday reveal that it claimed \u20a4 57.5 m of furlough in 2020.<\/p>\n

The BBC comprehends the company declared around \u20a4 44m in 2021, taking the overall to \u20a4 102m.<\/p>\n

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According to BBC analysis of data released by HMRC, that would be one of the 20 most significant furlough claims for 2021.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Entain said: “The furlough scheme was a practical and extremely bet9ja’s welcome offer<\/a> policy intervention that helped us, as one of the country’s largest merchants, to preserve the incomes of more than 14,000 retail colleagues on full pay.<\/p>\n

“Whilst the virus is still with us and the outlook, although improving, is still far from specific, the Board will continue to keep the circumstance under review.”<\/p>\n

Entain is lawfully entitled to claim the cash, and there is no recommendation that it did anything incorrect in making the claim or maintaining the yohaig code<\/a> cash.<\/p>\n

However rival bookie William Hill decided to return \u20a4 24.5 m of furlough cash in August 2020, pointing out the “strength of the post-lockdown healing.”<\/p>\n

Iain Duncan Smith MP, the vice chair of the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group, said: “The greed of these business, that derive vast benefit from addicted gamblers, never ceases to amaze.<\/p>\n

“Any company with a clear sense of morality would immediately hand this refund to the UK taxpayer.”<\/p>\n

A variety of companies in other markets decided to return furlough funds when the impact of the pandemic showed less severe than initially feared – including<\/a> housebuilders Redrow, Barratt<\/a> and Taylor Wimpey, Games Workshop, and circulation huge Bunzl.<\/p>\n

Flutter, owner of the Paddy Power betting stores, did not tap the furlough scheme at all.<\/p>\n

Betfred declared a minimum of \u20a4 46.6 m in furlough<\/p>\n

Betfred, which operates 1500 wagering shops, likewise made significant furlough claims despite rising revenues.<\/p>\n

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It claimed \u20a4 28.1 m in furlough the year ending 27 Sep 2020, according to company accounts.<\/p>\n

In addition, a Betfred subsidiary<\/a> company, Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Ltd, declared<\/a> somewhere between \u20a4 18.5 m and \u20a4 37.5 m from Dec 2020 to May 2021, according to HMRC data (which just offers a range, not a particular figure).<\/p>\n

The total for the group amounts to between \u20a4 46.6 m and \u20a4 65.6 m, though these figures don’t consist of any claims it might have made in October and November 2020.<\/p>\n

Betfred Group saw turnover fall from \u20a4 621m to \u20a4 525m in the year ending 27 September 2020, the newest figures readily available, as lockdowns forced its stores to close.<\/p>\n

However the group still made considerable earnings, up from \u20a4 171m to \u20a4 205m, raised by some one-off gains consisting of \u20a4 98m arising from a successful lawsuit<\/a> against HMRC for VAT paid on fixed-odds betting terminals from 2005 to 2013.<\/p>\n

A Betfred spokesman said: “Thanks to the Government’s Job Retention [furlough] Scheme we have not had to make a single redundancy due to the pandemic and we will continue to buy our shops on the high street.”<\/p>\n

Coronavirus lockdown steps<\/p>\n

Job Retention Scheme<\/p>\n

Trump golf resorts declared<\/a> over \u20a4 3m in furlough<\/p>\n

25 December 2021<\/p>\n

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Businesses invite back workers as furlough ends<\/p>\n

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