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Articles in May, 2008 issue of Leisure Report

• MAMA continues on acquisition trail with Angel Music purchase
• L&G on track but still below 2007 levels
• Analysts urge punt on 'resilient' gambling firms
• Don't bank on the latest rescue deal
  by Duncan Rowe
• AsianLogic forging ahead after posting maiden 210% profits hike
• M&B ready to strike for Georgica?
• Mystery buyer makes approach for Gaming VC Holdings
• Lo-Q riding high as queue management popularity grows
• JJB in fitness focus as retail shops' profits slump
• Lifetime set to aid ex-servicemen into fitness sector
• Westminster backs NSA for London
• Refit pays for Time Capsule
• ODA launches dispute panel
• Millwall agrees loan deal but major shareholder attempts to lead revolt
• Boardroom wrangling continues at Southampton
• Birmingham City shares resume trading in wake of corruption probe
• US Congressmen launch bill to stop implementation of UIGEA
• Playtech and Betsson sign new licence deal
• Struggling Top Ten agrees new debt deal with RBS as its market value falls
• Spanish deregulation set to bring benefits to leading UK bookmakers
• Alphameric on track but warns on legal costs
• GEG buys Global Gaming
• Online bingo player numbers increase
• OFT clears Eastwood buy
• Struggling Neville Porter shares are suspended
• AMF Bowling strikes with energy savings
• Luminar sells 26 non-core units for 5 [pounds sterling]
• Final whistle blown at Sports Cafe
• Cineworld scraps Wood Green buy
• Former CEO Parr buys Pontins for 46m [pounds sterling]
• 'African' safari lodge opens in Kent theme park
• Candover misses Bourne ultimatum
• 'Leap' in visits to London
• Highland Centre's digital deal
• BK eyes casino concept
• Starbucks trials first ever UK drive-thru site
• 500m [pounds sterling] Welcome Break sold
• F&B may miss Olympic benefits
• Costa to use 100% Rainforest Alliance coffee
• Yo Sushi offers diners DS consoles
• Coffee Nation sold for 25m [pounds sterling]
• Coffee Republic in free Wi-Fi offer
• 2012 Olympics 'bringing benefits to local area'
• More than 100 construction firms accused of bid rigging by OFT
• Intrinsic gets Edge in leisure property market
• Marina expands
• Business failure rate soars as credit crunch starts to claim victims
• Private equity market to slow
• Effective marketing crucial to ride out downturn
• Dream of Californication: Southern California's winemakers have some lessons to teach the UK fitness industry about customer management
  by David Minton
• Take me to your leaders: Neale Jackson, from Capitis Partners the sector-specialist search consultancy, poses the question: where are our future leaders going to emerge from, if not from within the sector?
  by Neale Jackson
• Interest for energy savers: Liz Graham investigates plans to extend the Merton Rule, which demands that new developments must generate a percentage of their own energy on site
  by Liz Graham
• UK private health clubs: evolution: Ray Algar's timeline provides an instantly-accessible guide to the emergence of the UK private health club market, illustrating the key changes that have shaped today's marketplace
  by Ray Algar
• Glastonbury: a 73m [pounds sterling] benefit gig: new research has cleared up some of the muddier financial aspects of the UK's leading music festival, and illustrated the economic benefit the event brings to the area
  by Duncan Rowe
• Footprint binding: Tim Helliwell, head of hotel finance, Barclays Commercial Bank, investigates methods by which the hospitality sector can cut its Bulgaria-sized emissions
  by Tim Helliwell
• Gala Coral clears debt hurdle: a refinancing at Gala Coral will leave the group free to explore expansion, while it keeps one eye on a deal to buy the Tote
  by Dominic Walsh
• LR index leisure stockwatch April 2008
• Rank Group
• Vision XS
• IHRSA
• Gladstone
• Lifetime
• The Club Company
• Diary dates: April/May