The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report.
Click here for further details

William Hill William Hill is to sell a further 48 betting shops to Tote for £20m, taking Tote's total estate to more than 500. 13-Dec-2005 William Hill is to sell 28 betting shops to the Tote for £15m, in order to win regulatory approval for the acquisition of Stanley Leisure's betting shops. 12-Jul-2005 William Hill is to acquire 624 betting shops from Stanley Leisure for £504m, taking its total estate to 2,237. 17-May-2005 William Hill is looking to expand its chain of betting shops from 1,577 to almost 2,000, and could spend up to £100m on acquisitions. 10-Sep-2002 William Hill has confirmed plans to raise £350m in a flotation, in order to reduce borrowings and fund the expansion of its chain of 1,500 betting shops. 14-May-2002 William Hill is planning to open a new call centre for its telephone betting service in Sheffield city centre early next year, with the creation of 200 jobs. 29-Nov-2001 William Hill is considering plans to close a betting call centre in Athlone with the loss of up to 300 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Leeds. 16-Oct-2001 William Hill has sold its sports spread betting business to IG Group for £1.1m. 03-May-2001 William Hill is to move its offshore tax-free betting site from the Isle of Man to Antigua, in order to avoid paying 6% tax on bets placed by customers from mainland Britain. 31-May-2000 William Hill is planning a flotation later this year, having decided against spinning off its telephone and internet betting operations. 10-Apr-2000 William Hill is launching a tax-free offshore betting service for telephone and internet-based customers, having set up a computer in Antigua and a call centre in Ireland. 22-Jan-2000 William Hill is to launch an internet site based in the Isle of Man that will enable gamblers in Europe and Asia to bet on football and other sports. 30-Mar-1999 Nomura has dropped plans to float its William Hill betting business in favour of a trade sale to the venture capital groups CVC and Cinven for £825m. 22-Feb-1999 William Hill is expected to be valued at up to £900m in its forthcoming listing, and has announced plans to expand its chain of 1,500 betting shops by acquiring small businesses. 02-Feb-1999 Nomura International is to seek a stock market listing for the William Hill chain of bookmakers, which is expected to value the business at £900m. 19-Jan-1999 Nomura has appointed Warburg Dillon Read to advise on a possible flotation for the William Hill chain of bookmakers, and it could be valued at about £900m. 24-Aug-1998 Nomura is to launch a £200m junk bond to help finance its £700m acquisition of the William Hill betting shop chain from Brent Walker. 10-Nov-1997 Brent Walker is selling the William Hill betting shop chain to Nomura of Japan for £700m, and will now put itself into liquidation as William Hill was its last big asset. 11-Oct-1997 Brent Walker has extended the deadline for bids for its William Hill betting shop chain to early October, in the hope of receiving a bid without retention clauses. 08-Sep-1997 Brent Walker is planning to make a list of about five potential buyers for its William Hill betting shop chain, which is thought to be worth over £600m. 15-Jul-1997 More from the Leisure sector Related pages: Sheffield United Ultimate Leisure Furlong Hotels Hilton Yotel William Hill website: www.williamhill.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008