Rocking boss’s night out beats being stuck in with homework

TWO very different nights this week for two chief executives. UKHospitality boss Kate Nicholls was among the 4,000-strong audience at The Brits on Tuesday. She tells City Spy it felt great to be out on a school night again. “What we lacked in numbers we made up for in enthusiasm and a genuine heartfelt

WHAT is it about gambling executives and their tendency to flit off at the very worst times? Shay Segev quit as CEO of Ladbrokes owner Entain in the middle of its £8 billion takeover fight with MGM, then yesterday arch-rival Flutter said Matt King, boss of its Fanduel business, is joy in being back at a live event.” Not such a cool evening for catering giant Compass Group’s Dominic Blakemore. Some 400 staff from his firm served up pizza, burgers and macaroni cheese to guests at the Brits, but Blakemore was too busy prepping at home for the half-year results announced yesterday to attend.

upping sticks. Flutter has been looking to list that division in New York. King says: “Now is the time for me to take on new opportunities.” For Segev, moving to Len Blavatnik’s DAZN sports media group was too much to resist. Do our listed gaming firms need to be paying execs even bigger jackpots to stay?