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ELSPA wants to take advantage of its strengthened relationship with the Government to get more important issues for the industry discussed in Parliament. After the body’s success in lobbying the Government to choose PEGI as the UK’s only age classification system, it has now turned its attention to tax breaks, …

Director General of ELSPA Michael Rawlinson today called on the Government to encourage more young people into science and maths degrees to maintain Britain’s leading position in the digital economy. Rawlinson addressed the Westminster Media Forum’s seminar, Priorities for Digital Britain, this afternoon – focusing on the future role of …

The industry’s most notable faces met with Labour Ministers last week – to discuss games’ exclusion from a major Government report into ‘Britain’s online future’. The Digital Britain report, headed up by Lord Stephen Carter, aims to ‘secure the UK’s digital future’, and maximise the country’s economic online potential. However, …

ELSPA has appointed Michael Rawlinson to the position of director general, as current incumbent Paul Jackson steps aside into an advisory role. Rawlinson has been with ELSPA since 1999. He was appointed deputy director general in November 2001 and promoted to MD in 2006. Jackson joined as director general two …