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The UK Government has outlined its plans to train up the first generation of computer science teachers as it prepares to introduce the course to the curriculum. To begin in schools from September 2013, Education Secretary Michael Gove also announced that funding had ended for the current Information and Communications …
Read More »What makes a game ‘British’? UK Gov wants to know
Department of Culture, Media and Sport opens direct line for games professionals to shape games tax breaks policy
Read More »UK Gov asks: What makes a game ‘British’?
The UK government has today opened the call for industry feedback on its imminent tax break for games economic policy. In the March 2012 Budget UK chancellor George Osborne announced that the Government will introduce corporation tax reliefs for the animation, high-end television and video games industries from April 2013. …
Read More »MP Ed Vaizey "pleads" with civil servants for a console in his office
The Government’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries wants a games console in his office. Tory MP Ed Vaizey has, according to The Daily Mail, pleaded” with civil servants for the installation of a games console in his office. However, the powers that be” have told him such a …
Read More »38 Studios collapse still plaguing Rhode Island
The sudden and unexpected falling apart of 38 Studios put the state of Rhode Island in a crisis they’ve yet to resolve. The MMO studio infamously shut down earlier this year, leaving millions in unpaid loans squarely on the shoulders of the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee, who’s been in the …
Read More »Creative Scotland defends games industry report
'Figures beyond our control', insists creative industries network
Read More »Scottish Govt: Our games industry is worth £1bn
Nation's authorities respond to controversial Creative Scotland report
Read More »Creative Scotland report ‘ridiculously inaccurate’
Document with power to influence government policy lists nation's games sector as having a gross value of £0
Read More »Why the video games sector in Scotland doesnâ??t exist
Brian Baglow of Scottishgames.net reacts to a new government report that seems to misrepresent the status of Scotland's games sector
Read More »Tiga calls for 30% tax relief rate
UK trade body publishes response to the Government's Consultation on Creative Sector Tax Reliefs
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