History:
A gambling company, Ladbrokes plc was first floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1967. The group also ran a major hotel business, including the famous Hilton hotel brand till 23 February 2006. It was known as Hilton Group plc till this point of time.Activities:
The largest retail bookmaker in the world, the company owns over 2,200 retail betting shops in the UK, Ireland and Belgium. Ladbrokes owns several online gambling websites with more than 2 million registered users from 200 countries. Ladbrokes also organizes Poker events like Ladbrokes Poker Million and Ladbrokes Poker Cruise.Performance:
Ladbrokes reported annual sales to the tune of $19,788.7 million and net income to the tune of $569.5 million in 2005.Performance of the company over the previous fiscals-
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Ladbrokes is apart of the FTSE 250 Index.
Corporate Address:Postal Address: Imperial House, Imperial Drive, Rayners Lane, HarrowLondon, HA2 7JW, United Kingdom Telephone: +44-20-8868-8899 Fax: +44-20-8868-8767 Website: www.ladbrokesplc.com |
Organization:
Ladbrokes is headed by Sir Ian Robinson, who is the company chairman. Mr. C Bell is the company CEO and Director. Ladbrokes plc had an employee count of 50,991 in 2005.| Limousine Company | LG | LM Ericsson | La Poste | Ladbrokes | Lafarge | Lehman Brothers Holdings | Lennar | Loews | L'Oréal | Lockheed Martin | Liberty Mutual Ins. Group | Lloyds TSB Group | Lagardère Groupe | Lowe's | Lufthansa Group | Lukoil | Lyondell Chemical | Lear | Legal & General | Landesbank Baden – Württemberg | | |||||||