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William Hill on Track to Meet FY View
By Matt ScuffhamLONDON (Reuters UK) - Bookmaker William Hill WMH said profit expectations at its retail business had been unaffected by a run of punter-friendly football results, reassuring investors and sending its shares up by 9 percent.William Hill, which has 2,300 betting shops in Britain and Ireland, said on Monday...
Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., William Hill Plc., Games, Personal Technology, Lithia Motors Inc., Oukbs
News items 2009-10-19
William Hill on Track to Meet FY View
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters UK) - Bookmaker William Hill WMH said profit expectations at its retail business had been unaffected by a run of punter-friendly football results, reassuring investors and sending its shares up by 9 percent. William Hill, which has 2,300 betting shops in Britain and Ireland, said...
Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., William Hill Plc.
News items 2009-10-19
WILLIAM HILL: William Hill launches new Internet business strategy with soccer betting site designed by e-marketing.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 1999-WILLIAM HILL: William Hill launches new Internet business strategy with soccer betting site designed by e-marketing C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300399 * Site launch to be promoted by [pound]40,000 online ad campaign in April LONDON...
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Research articles 1999-04-02
William Hill spreads the betting
William Hill spreads the betting William Hill, market leader in telephone betting, is to move into the sports-spread betting market. The new London-based company will be known as William Hill Index and hopes to be up and running by July. David Lowrey, group racing director, said the dramatic...
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Research articles 1995-05-24
Gambling on TV betting: William Hill is the first bookmaker to announce its own iTV channel. Will rivals feel bound to follow suit, or is it going against the odds with an untried medium?
William Hill has always had a reputation of being firmly committed to online gambling, so its decision last month to launch a TV channel on Sky probably came as little surprise to its rivals. Through a joint venture signed with DITG owner of Avago, William Hill will begin branding the...
Tags: iTV, William Hill Plc.
Research articles 2004-06-17
William Hill goes for pounds 900m stock market float in March
WILLIAM HILL, the UK's second-biggest bookmaker, yesterday confirmed plans for a pounds 900m flotation in a move set to net its owner, Nomura, a profit of almost pounds 200m. The Japanese bank said it planned to offer shares in William Hill, owner of 1,530 betting shops across the...
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Research articles 1999-01-19
William Hill Winery Appoints Richard Sowalsky Winemaker; Napa Valley Specialist to Take Production Reins at Benchland Estate
NAPA, Calif. -- Richard A. Sowalsky has been appointed winemaker at William Hill Winery in the Napa Valley. Sowalsky joins William Hill from Robert Mondavi Winery and was selected after an extensive search for a winemaker with the appropriate regional expertise and winemaking philosophy. "We're very proud to be...
Tags: Allied Domecq Plc., Richard, William Hill Plc.
Research articles 2005-02-22
William Hill returns pounds 453m after scrapping casino plans
WILLIAM HILL, the bookmaker, plans to return pounds 453m to shareholders after abandoning plans to expand into casinos. David Harding, chief executive of William Hill, yesterday said the changes to the Government's Gambling Bill, which has restricted new casino developments, had reduced potential for the company to...
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Research articles 2005-03-03
William Hill could overtake Ladbrokes as it eyes pounds 500m Stanley
William Hill, the UK's second largest bookmaker, is in talks to buy the betting shop arm of its smaller rival Stanley Leisure for an estimated pounds 500m. If successful, the deal will see William Hill overtake Ladbrokes " the betting chain owned by the hotel group Hilton...
Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., William Hill Plc.
Research articles 2005-04-18
William Hill saddles up for float
NOMURA, the Japanese bank, is gearing up for a January flotation of William Hill, the UK's second largest bookmaker, in a deal worth up to a pounds 1bn, writes Francesco Guerrera. The listing will surprise many City analysts as it comes just over a year after the financial...
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Research articles 1998-12-23
William Hill makes threat to go offshore
WILLIAM HILL plans to quit Britain after 66 years of bookmaking if the Government fails to cut betting tax in next month's Budget. In recent months, William Hill has been beefing up its online and telephone betting operations, services which allow punters to avoid the 6.75 per...
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Research articles 2000-02-20
William Hill takes racing database fight to OFT
WILLIAM HILL, the bookmaker, has appealed to the Office of Fair Trading to defend its right to put information from the database of the British Horseracing Board BHB on to its website. William Hill earlier this month lost a High Court case brought by the BHB, racing's...
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Research articles 2001-02-25
William Hill becomes UK's biggest bookie
William Hill overtook Ladbrokes yesterday to become the UK's biggest betting shop owner, taking its total number of shops to 2,237 after buying Stanley Leisure's 624 shops for pounds 504m. Its shares fell 3 per cent to 510.5p on fears the company has overpaid for Stanley's shops....
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Research articles 2005-05-17
William Hill board blocks Rank merger
William Hill, the bookmaker, has rejected a plan for a pounds 4bn all-share merger with Rank, the bingo and casinos group. The William Hill board examined plans which would have created a gambling group spanning Mecca bingo, Grosvenor casinos and Blue Square online betting from the Rank side and William...
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Research articles 2005-12-19
Gain an In-Depth Company Profile for William Hill Plc Ranked 329th in the 2006 Fortune Global 500.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2007-Research and Markets: Gain an In-Depth Company Profile for William Hill Plc Ranked 329th in the 2006 Fortune Global 500C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60374) has announced the addition of William Hill...
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Research articles 2007-06-21
Solve/SE software is a winner at William Hill; "Turbo charged" online payment system in place for Olympics.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 September 2000-RETAIL LOGIC: Solve/SE software is a winner at William Hill; "Turbo charged" online payment system in place for Olympics C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14092000 William Hill, the longest-established high street betting organisation in the UK,...
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Research articles 2000-09-15
William Hill launches television channel with DITG.
M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2004-Digital Interactive Television Group: William Hill launches television channel with DITGC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05202004 William Hill PLC has signed an agreement with the Digital Interactive Television Group Limited DITG that will see it broadcast a branded...
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Research articles 2004-05-20
OFT accepts William Hill undertakings instead of reference to the Competition Commission.
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2006-UK Government: OFT accepts William Hill undertakings instead of reference to the Competition CommissionC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022006 The OFT has decided today to accept the undertakings offered by William Hill plc. It has decided that the undertakings...
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Research articles 2006-02-13
William Hill backs a winner with Eckoh Technologies.
M2 PRESSWIRE-29 August 2002-Eckoh Technologies: William Hill backs a winner with Eckoh Technologies C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08292002 Eckoh Technologies, Europe's leading speech application service provider, has entered into a two-year partnership with William Hill to provide a...
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Research articles 2002-08-29
Diagonal Solutions helps William Hill make the World Cup Finals.
M2 PRESSWIRE-29 May 2002-Diagonal Solutions: Diagonal Solutions helps William Hill make the World Cup Finals C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05292002 Leading bookmakers William Hill has launched its new website this week - in time for the Soccer World Cup, thanks...
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Research articles 2002-05-29