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Camelot records 10-year high in good causes funding


National Lottery operator reports £171m increase in returns to good causes, as overall sales reach £5.5bn By Tom Walker


The total figure of £1.5bn is a


National Lottery operator Camelot Group has announced its second best sales perfor- mance since the lottery’s launch in 1994. In the year to 31 March 2010,


the first full financial year of its third lottery licence, Camelot's total National Lottery sales across all channels rose to £5.5bn – a £302.7m (5.9 per cent) increase on the previous year’s figure of £5.2bn – which has resulted in the best returns to the good causes in a decade.


rise of £170.8m (12.4 per cent) on 2008/9’s returns of £1.4bn, with lottery players now having helped to raise more than £24bn for the good causes in total. This equates to in excess of 330,000 individual lottery awards to date. Dianne Thompson, Camelot's


CEO, said: “This has been an exceptional year for Camelot. Our outstanding sales perfor- mance and returns to the good causes have consolidated our position as one of the world’s leading lottery operators."


The National Lottery contributed £1.5bn to good causes in 2008-9


First in-store London site for Movers and Shapers By Tom Walker


Fitness operator Movers and Shapers has opened its first in-store location with the opening of a personal training studio in Fenwick Bond Street in Mayfair, London. The company, which now


operates five sites in the capital and a further three nationwide, will offer Fenwick customers the chance to take part in bespoke personal training sessions while


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First phase of Lakeland ready


Fitbug and Power Plate kit. The concept, which offers two


The company now has five sites


shopping. Movers and Shapers is one of a number of lifestyle services located at the depart- ment store, and offers users


30-minute instructor-led sessions a week, aims to open sites in more than 100 new stores and is designed for people too busy or unwilling to spend time at a regular health club. Jill Strieder, managing


director of Fenwick Bond Street, said: "We aim to gather all the most innovative, highest quality elements under one roof, right in the heart of Mayfair."


New facilities have opened at a leisure centre in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, after work on the first £1.3m phase of a wider refurbishment of the venue was completed. Lakeland Forum now


boasts a new entrance, an enhanced reception area, a viewing gallery overlooking the 25m, six-lane swimming pool.


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