it's one of a number of promises made by the company that owns ladbrokes and coral, including a widersports news correspondent is richard conway. a lot of foreign companies are involved in shirt sponsorship with british teams, and getting them on board i think is going to be nigh on impossible. plus your‘s agreement between the major british companies to ban tv advertising took some time to ban tv advertising took some time to negotiate and agree, so getting a universal ban on shirt sponsorship and perimeter advertising, ithink is going to be that much harder. but gvc, one of the biggest firms in the uk what those brands, ladbrokes and coral, taking a stand today and saying they are going to unilaterally withdraw their sponsorship and commercial agreements on that basis because they think it is the right thing to do. just to clarify, it is gvc, that company. three months after having major hip surgery we have an update on the fitness of andy murray. and it's from his mum who says — he's "cautiously optimistic" about returning to action at some point this summer. last month andy murray

were so busy with earnings we didn't have a chance to get to here are the odds from betting company ladbrokesthe largest financial regulator in the uk he's favored 2-1 former indian central bank regulator. and former deputy governor of the bank of england. next at 5-1 shirtivadera the interesting thing, herman cain didn't take the job on the fed board he says because it doesn't pay well this job does pay well the bank of england governor mark carney gets about 900,000 pounds in total, including salary benefits, housing benefit, that kind of stuff, pension. so that 1.1, $1.2 million. >> not to mention rock star status as one of the most powerful central bankers in the world. tons of money, speaking engagemen engagements. rajan would be a good fit. he's already done it in india. he has a lot of credibility. i love that the bank of england -- >> the cameron and osborne thing to take carney in the first place. >> canadian. >> the bank of canada before that but previously was marvin king, who's british. >> they've hired from different places >> clearly that opens up the field. lots of people apply

gvc — who own ladbrokes and coral — believe it's down to the industry to protect its customers at most sponsorship with british teams and getting them on board will be nigh on impossible. the agreement last year between major british companies to ban tv advertising took time to negotiate and agree, so getting a shirt z and and agree, so getting a shirt and perimeter

qvc, who own ladbrokes,. shirt sponsorships are big money, particularly forfootball because.f the companies were to adopt this, it would have a huge impact. the difficulty is that a lot of foreign companies are involved in church sponsorship with british teams, and getting them on board is going to be nigh on impossible. plus your‘s agreement between the major companies to ban tv advertising took some time to negotiate and agree. getting universal ban on shirt sponsorship and perimeter advertising is going to be the charger. at qvc, as you say, one of the biggest firms in the uk, with ladbrokes and kat mcconnell, taking a stand today saying they will unilaterally withdraw their sponsorship, because they think it is the right thing to do. in terms of advertising, there is going to be a big change next year. what is being called for next year. what is being called for next yearin year. what is being called for next year in terms of extending the sort of man? as we said, the agreement was made late last year between the big british firms to stop so—called muscle to puzzle advert

if you look at the biggest bookmakers in the country, when i was a young man the biggest were ladbrokess law, there is not yet this £2 cap on online betting, so we will have to see whether customers go from physical betting shops to online. that has to be a possibility, but we will find out. do you think the smart move perhaps by these firms who are now making less is to pre—emptively limit the sta kes less is to pre—emptively limit the stakes online to avoid the need for the government to step in and regulate? it something they may well consider. it is something they will wa nt to consider. it is something they will want to see what happens to their shop based activities first. there are other focuses. they have been under regulatory pressure in australia. there has been an online tax increase. and in the uk government has increased online tax from 15% to 21%. what you are seeing with british—based bookies has been a relaxation of the rules in america, so in some ways their strategic focus and investment spending is going there. a long—standing law banning sports betting has been relax