New Year - New Challenges
 The year is well and truly underway and we are already seeing new people, new appointments and new codes brought into the bingo industry:
* A new head of Gambling Taxes at Treasury, Mark Lloyd
* A new Head of Gambling at DCMS, Julie Carney
* A new Code of Conduct for Responsible Gambling at The Bingo Association.
A number of key meetings and briefings have already taken place, both introductory and update based, to build relationships and keep key individuals and parties informed of the latest Bingo Industry and Association issues. Progress made to date and future plans for growth following the reduction in Bingo Duty
in 2014 will be on the agenda and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will I am sure be keen to understand how the Bingo Industry will be approaching matters of Social Responsibility, through its Code of Conduct; Getting It Right (see page 6) and Operators' Manual and for dialogue on the more controversial issue for the gambling commission of Bingo played in Pubs and Clubs.
2014 was a far better year for the land based Bingo Industry than 2013. 2015 will be a good year, with the return of investment to the Industry. We look forward to the challenges of embracing and representing a wide variety of Licensed Bingo Premises, whilst also avoiding being impacted by any unintentional consequences of regulatory changes made as a result of issues elsewhere.
Miles Baron
Editor
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