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Improved LEP clarity, measures to promote UK industry as global games force and apprenticeship levy flexibility also among proposals

Suggestion for pound-for-pound financing of studios by UK government joins removal of limit on subcontracting tax relief in wishlist for March Budget

Tranzfuser initiative aims to provide games graduates with up to £30,000 to form a team and bring a title to market

Two-thirds of companies have less than 50 employees

Total US consumer spending on video games was up five per cent year-on-year in 2015, a new joint report between the ESA and NPD has revealed. That represents a revenue total of $23.5bn, compared to 2014’s $22.4bn. Software sales – including physical, digital, subscriptions and mobile – was up seven …

Racing specialist to take up 9,000 square feet of space in 100-year-old three-floor Custard Factory in Digbeth

Publisher of Avalon, Paradroid and Nebulus was the starting point for studios including DICE

Forget yesterday’s GfK Chart-Track figures, UK game revenue actually grew by 10 per cent last year. Sales of physical disc-based games dropped 2.2 per cent in revenue year-on-year to 927.6m. But according to IHS estimates, digital game revenue was up 17.1 per cent last year, rising from 1.622bn to 1.899bn …

Exhibitor packages and grants now available, as well as assistance with travel arrangements

Long-serving PlayStation veteran David Wilson has been named the new director of communications for Europe. Wilson has spent over 15 years at PlayStation, joining in 2000 as head of UK PR. He has managed the launches of PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita and PS4. Prior to Sony, he worked as …