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TEN Entertainment - Ten-pin bowling group increases openings potential

June 2022

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History suggests low ticket leisure is resilient during a downturn and one such business already doing well is ten-pin bowling. Over the month I met with Antony Smith, CFO of TEN Entertainment. As I reported last month TEN enjoyed whopping 42% sales growth in the first 12 weeks of FY’22 versus the FY’19 period, which led to Peel Hunt making double digit upgrades. As Smith notes, ten-pin bowling is right at the bottom of the affordability scale, with the average price of a game being only £5 (including VAT) while average revenue per head, including food, beverages and video games, is only £18. Smith says TEN has widened the range of experiences in recent years to also include pool, karaoke, laser quest and even Escape Rooms, but even when ...

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