博发 BETFRED 的发言人 Mark Pearson 说有好几个店铺受损,正在评估目前的状况。
立博 Ladbrokes 的店铺被攻击的最多,在电视新闻里出现最频繁,很多店铺现在都用板子围起来了。
下面是立博公司发布的声明:
About twenty of our shops have been affected by burglary, robbery and criminal damage. In the interests of customer and staff safety, around forty Ladbrokes shops across London considered to be at risk of rioters have been closed yesterday, with all cash and valuables taken off site. No staff or customers have been injured. Nevertheless the criminal damage is serious and will require notable investment to repair.
Ladbrokes has excellent security policies in place, a 24-hour security surveillance team and the best CCAV in the business, the images from which are being supplied to the police to assist in their enquiries.
立博的公共关系经理 Richard Royal 说:“我们首先是保证员工和客户的安全,我们今天决定关闭伦敦的一些彩站。我们的安全经常有信心能处理目前的情况。”
“公司很震惊地看到少量暴力行为产生如此大的影响——让无辜的人受害,无法让商业正常运转。”
威廉希尔的发言人 Graham Sharpe 也说:“The situation in London has, as with so many other large companies, affected a very small number of our branches. We have the welfare of staff very much in the forefront of our thoughts and are working to reopen those branches where it is safe to do so as soon as possible.”