Article: Rank finds 'stability' despite profits slump.(Business)(Financial report)

Article: Scottish smoking ban hits Mecca Bingo.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 2, 2006 ;     547 words ... ... said trading was down at its 14 Mecca Bingo sites in Scotland because of the ... jobs in the gaming division and at Mecca Bingo to cut costs. Chief executive Ian Burke said 200 jobs will be cut at Mecca Bingo clubs around the UK, with a further ...

Article: Rank profits fall as Mecca Bingo trade is hit north ...
Evening News - Scotland;  September 1, 2006 ;     423 words ... ... 426.1m. Trade at its 14 Mecca Bingo sites in Scotland was still ... the gaming division and at Mecca Bingo to cut costs. Chief executive Ian Burke said a recent strategic review ... growth, although trading in Mecca Bingo is held back by the impact ...

Article: Mecca Bingo fails to deliver full houses for ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 27, 2009 ;     484 words ...MECCA BINGO owner Rank yesterday reported ... earlier. Chief executive Ian Burke said the short-term ... in operating profits at Mecca Bingo after revenues declined ... by 25.2%. Rank said Mecca Bingo's like-forlike revenues ...

Article: 'I spend most of my Friday nights introducing MPs at the local ...
The Independent - London;  July 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... crackberries" in the back of the car - Ian Burke drives himself from his north London ... directors of each of Rank's businesses - Mecca Bingo, bookie Blue Square, Grosvenor Casinos ... says. Noon Mr Burke heads out to the Mecca Bingo branch in nearby Hayes for a Gamcare ...

Article: HEAVY HITTER ; IAN BURKE RANK GROUP
Evening Standard - London;  December 18, 2008 ;     297 words ... ... recession this is no time to be running a bingo business. But Ian Burke is making the best of a bad job. A trading update from Rank ... shows revenue up 1% across the group, although sales at the Mecca Bingo arm itself are off 11%. The market was relieved trading ...

Article: Burke hopes the odds work in his favour; Burke hopesRank chief ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Tamsin Brown LUCKILY, Ian Burke has hedged his bets. He has a second profession tofall back ... stillcycles, he no longer teaches. Shares in the operator of Mecca bingo halls and Grosvenor chain of casinos arenot in such good shape ...

Article: Does Rank need an outsider? Dominic Walsh says pressure is ...
Leisure Report;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... only after his somewhat abrupt departure and the arrival of Ian Burke last year to replace him that Rank was able to put the whole ... summer weather coaxed more players back into the warmth of a Mecca bingo club during the normally quiet summer months. Burke's mistake ...