Case Study: Ladbrokes achieves significant time, cost and paper savings with Diligent Boards

Diligent is a safe bet for Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes plc, a FTSE 250 leader in betting and gaming with over 2,200 UK shops, produces papers for more than 30 board and committee meetings a year. The Legal and Secretariat team faced high costs, long lead times and heavy paper use—relying on printing and courier distribution and an earlier digital tool directors found hard to use—so they sought a more secure, efficient and cost‑effective way to prepare and circulate board materials.

In October 2013 Ladbrokes implemented Diligent Boards and began using its Resource Centre to share inter‑meeting materials. The new platform cut production time for a PA from up to two full days to one or two hours (roughly a month saved annually), reduced printing and courier costs, enabled papers to be issued sooner improving director review and meeting debate, and eliminated tens of thousands of sheets of paper.

Ladbrokes

Adrian Bushnell

Company Secretary