Bingo is as popular as ever in the UK and whilst traditional Bingo Halls continue to pack the punters in, it is the explosion of online bingo that is really driving the industry forward. With new bingo sites appearing almost daily, it is difficult to know which is the best site to join and trying to compare features and prizes would take forever.

Thanks to Bingo Port you don’t have to. Bingo Port constantly monitors the web’s  new and existing bingo sites to see which are currently offering the the best deals in terms of the prizes and jackpots available, the number of players the site attracts and if there are any special prizes on offer. (more…)

Increasing oil prices and the knock on effect to aviation fuel has led Qantas, the Australian airline, to ground some of its planes. A review of its international flight routes is currently underway and announcements will be made next week on the extent of the cuts. Domestic routes are also likely to be affected but these will be a few months away. Increasing fuel costs and route cutting will inevitably impact on jobs and redundancies are also expected to be announced.

Only earlier this week American Airlines decided to delay its proposed expansion of routes to the China due to fuel costs. It has to be only a matter of time before UK carriers take the same, tough decision.

Eos, the airline that offered only business class flights has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The carrier that operated between London and New York was established on the back of increasing demand for business class travel across the pond. However with increasing operating costs, namely fuel prices, and the impact of the credit crunch it had become increasingly difficult to operate profitably. Taking on Virgin Atlantic and British Airways was never going to be easy and other premium carriers such as Silverjet will hope they do no go the same way.

The Competition Commission are to review BAA after their ‘emerging thinking’ report concluded that the airport operator ‘may not be serving well the interests of either airlines or passengers’, which looking at the Terminal 5 debacle may not come as a surprise to many. (more…)

Punch Taverns has ended talks with Mitchells & Butler (M&B) over a possible takeover.  Punch did leave the door open slightly last month as it hinted that it would be interested in acquiring M&B in a joint bid with another interested party. (more…)

British Airways has announced that it will delay moving its long haul flights to Terminal 5 until 5th June, over one month later than the original date of 30th April. The move comes after the opening debacle last month that saw hundreds of flights cancelled and thousands of bags lost. (more…)

JD Wetherspoons (JDW) slumped by 51.75p to 260p on the news that it had been hit hard by the smoking ban and did not expect a speedy recovery from the downturn. Despite customers preferring the no smoking atmostphere, smokers are choosing to spend less time in the pubs, therefore drinking less. 

Whilst turnover was up 0.4%, pre-tax profits fell 13% to £28.5m for the first half of the year. Second half results are expected to be broadly in line with the first half. Despite the news, the interim dividend was increased by 10% to 4.4p.