Flutter to cut up to 1,400 jobs in the UK and Ireland

Flutter Entertainment will cut up to 1,400 jobs in its UK and Ireland operations. The cuts also cover UK and Ireland staff working in Leeds and Dublin, as well as at hubs in Porto, Portugal, and Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The company currently has about 9,000 employees in the region.

The company cited the tax increases announced in last year's Autumn Budget as the reason for the decision. Remote Gaming Duty rose from 21 percent to 40 percent in April 2026. General Betting Duty will rise from 15 percent to 25 percent in April 2027. The industry also expects Machine Games Duty to be raised to 40 percent.

Betfair Romania Development confirmed on LinkedIn that about 300 employees in Cluj-Napoca will be affected. Meanwhile, 90 Labour MPs, in a letter written by Alex Ballinger, asked the government to double Machine Games Duty on Category B gaming machines.

The news came just weeks after Dan Taylor, the former CEO of Flutter International, replaced Peter Jackson as CEO of the whole group. Kevin Harrington, CEO of Flutter UK&I, said his priority is to support the affected employees. Harrington said the tax increases have fundamentally changed the economic model of the licensed betting and gaming sector, and that they are also feeding the unlicensed market.