{"id":52590,"date":"2023-02-14T09:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T09:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=52590"},"modified":"2023-02-14T09:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T09:13:25","slug":"uk-casino-goes-into-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/uk-casino-goes-into-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Casino Goes Into Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_52591\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52591\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52591\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-broadway-casino-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-broadway-casino-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-broadway-casino-220x146.png 220w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-broadway-casino.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Broadway Casino in Birmingham, photo courtesy of Google Earth<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UK casino Broadway Casino in Birmingham has fallen into administration after failing to find a buyer for the struggling business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Owned by Clockfair Limited the casino had been struggling since the re-opening of casinos since the COVID lockdown, business according to locals say never returned to its previous numbers and the company were unable to pay debtors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The casino owners have appointed Matthew Ingram and Elizabeth Welch from Kroll the risk assessment firm as its administrators since the start of February.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kroll said in a written statement that: \u201cThe casino was forced to close its doors during the Covid 19 Pandemic, in accordance with Government guidelines, which had an immediate impact on its finances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cCustomer footfall at the casino did not return to pre-Covid Pandemic levels impacting on its working capital and ability to pay its debts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Kroll was tasked with marketing the casino for a sale however has failed to find any interested parties and now are now in the process of selling off all available assets from the casino.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is not clear how many staff will be affected but it is reported the casino employed just over 100 staff. 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