Record Store Day, taking place this Saturday, brings the high street to life and shows us that connected and buzzing community spaces can be synonymous with growth.

For the first 21 years of my life, everything I did revolved around becoming a professional football player. As a teenager, I was living the dream - on a fast track to play for my boyhood club Liverpool and training with legends of the game daily.

There is no better example of the resilience of northern towns than rugby league. The government should use the game as a blueprint for helping communities not just survive, but thrive.

Since taking weight loss medication, I have lost six stone – so far – reaching my first goal of no longer being clinically obese. I know that I am not alone amongst my colleagues in taking this kind of drug, and yet there is still such a stigma around it.

When Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross addressed the BGC’s AGM in central London days ago, she delivered some welcome home truths, too often lost in the noisy debate around betting and gaming.

Anyone who has been, or supported, a whistleblower knows the playbook. The whistleblower is subject to smears, initially deemed a nuisance, and then attacked.

The government’s consultation into the UK’s copyright regime and AI closes today, marking a critical moment in the ongoing debate between our world-leading creative industries and Big Tech. The outcome will be a game-changer for the UK and must strike a delicate balance between innovation, regulation and growth.

The government has accused Kemi Badenoch of "complete hypocrisy" after the Tory leader appeared to backtrack on her support for reforming English football.

Betting and Gaming Council CEO Grainne Hurst today (WEDS) opened the annual Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group (GAMLG) training event, welcoming industry collaboration and warning of the growing threat of the illegal gambling black market.

Minister for Gambling Baroness Twycross toured the landmark Hippodrome Casino on Friday (FEB 7), to learn more about the UK casino sector.

Exclusive: The Government has accused Tory peers of “extraordinary” and cynical behaviour to slow down the Football Governance Bill's progress in the Lords.

A Labour MP is leading calls for the BBC World Service to be given a funding boost, arguing that it has helped Ukraine fight Russia by combatting disinformation.

A group of Lords are pushing the Government to go further in reforming English football by preventing club owners from moving stadiums away from their original locations without fans' consent. 

This year’s Safer Gambling Week event will run from 18th – 24th November 2024 and will see the whole industry coming together to further promote safer gambling, by highlighting the tools available so customers can stay in control and signposting help and advice to those who need it.

Betting and gaming is enjoyed by around 22.5 million people in the UK each month and with the launch of this year’s Safer Gambling Week we are on a mission to further strengthen awareness about safer gambling.

The Labour Government must act to keep terrestrial television. The people who rely on it most are often those in our society who have the least.

Football clubs will be named and shamed if they do not promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) targets under a strengthened Football Governance Bill.

The Government is set to meet with Europe's top football body in the coming weeks as it prepares to introduce an independent football regulator.

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has launched its first International Best Practice Guide, a vital new resource for online gaming operators and policymakers around the world.

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council is delighted to elect Entain’s Simon Clare as its appointee to the Horserace Betting Levy Board.

We are delighted to present our 14th Annual Conference event in 2024.

For some months now there has been an ongoing debate about the role of betting advertising in sport. Amid that debate, there are voices on the sidelines demanding extreme measures like outright bans to tackle, what they mistakenly consider, a major challenge. But before anyone jumps two footed into this row, I suggest a strategic breather and a closer look at the facts.