Tag Archives: Alex Donohue

Long-time serving Ladbrokes Head of Greyhound Trading Richard Harkness has revealed to the Racing Post that he has accepted a voluntary redundancy package leaving the operator after 16 years’ service. Harkness’ departure is part of an ongoing restructure of Ladbrokes trading division, as the operator looks improve its automated market trades and IT infrastructure Harkness one of Ladbrokes longest serving employees …

Ladbrokes has surprised political commentators by announcing that the UK is more likely to leave the European Union than Greece. The bookmaker has placed Greece at 2/5 to remain a Eurozone member in 2015, while cutting the odds on a ‘Brexit’ from 7/2 to 3/1. Following last Sunday’s Greek Euro Referendum which saw the beleaguered nation vote NO to further …

The 111th NobelPrize in Literature promises to be the closest in recent memory, with Kenyan poet Ngugi Wa Thiong’o  neck-and-neck with Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami as favourites to win the prestigious Nobel Medal for literature. The winner is set to be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday 9 October. The Noble Prize in Literature rewards the author from a country …

The Premier League and La Liga seasons both ended in spectacular fashion, effectively decided on the final day. Summer is etching ever closer and thoughts immediately turn to the Champions League Final, while the transfer mill goes into overdrive. Excitement for Brazil is in the air, time to beat the bookie. Team SBC caught up with Ladbrokes’  Public Relations Officer …