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The Entertainment Retailers Association is reaching out to UKIE and calling on games publishers to help stop grey importing and street date breaks. In a letter to MCV, ERA boss Kim Bayley said: There have always been some less than scrupulous retailers who try to steal a march on the …

Studios able to apply for grants of up to £25,000, with plans for fund to run up to 2019

Andy Payne vacates role and takes up position of treasurer

Revolution Software COO and co-founder Noirin Carmody has been named UKIE Chair. She replaces Andy Payne, who steps down after more than ten years in the role. However, Payne remains with UKIE on the Board and will take up the role of treasurer, replacing Sega’s John Clark. Clark joins the …

'What you’ve achieved as UKIE’s chair has been outstanding and can’t ever be over-estimated,' says Jo Twist

Since 2004, Andy Payne has been leading the UK games industry at its trade body, UKIE. After more than a decade in the role, he is stepping down as UKIE’s chairman. Here members of the games industry –from investors to PRs, from publishing execs to members of the trade body …

Industry survey reveals optimistic outlook throughout all British games businesses

UKIE’s 2015 member survey has found that four out of five UK video games businesses expect to experience growth in the next 18 months. That’s up from the 2014 survey, where 77 per cent of businesses expected the same. The highest levels of enthusiasm were found among developers, where 93 …

'It’s great to have people who will tell us straight what’s good and what’s crap'

French to help promote London as a development hub and grow the city's games business