Last week, bacta members endorsed the new Rules for a new bacta at the same time hearing the result of the election for a President, Vice-President and other Past-President Board members, as well as the 20 members of the new Amusement and Gaming Councils.

Rishi Sunak hailed his “pubs guarantee” this week, which saw lower taxation on pints, Prosecco and some other alcoholic beverages – which may see some draught alcoholic beverages up to 11p cheaper than in supermarkets.

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for their kind and considerate thoughts on the passing of the late Roy Deeming, it was lovely to see in words and hear the words spoken that people thought about him

I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of John McLoughlin who died peacefully at home on the 19th July following his battle with cancer.

A report released this week shows who is spending money in pubs and bars and what they want to play.

Chatting to one of the independent single site machine operators in the UK market the other day, several things became apparent. The first thing is that this is not a sector of the industry that many would choose to enter any more.