Cultural tax breaks for the games industry have now been in place for a couple of months, with the first companies taking advantage of the approvals process to take their latest projects through the programme. Yet …
If you missed the video games tax breaks roadshow which took place in Edinburgh in April, there’s another one coming up next month. Our friends at TIGA have a series of Q&A sessions taking place across …
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to come along to tomorrow’s Tax Breaks roadshow organised by UKIE and the Scottish Games Network. Tickets are FREE and available through Eventbrite. The workshop takes place at TECHCUBE, Summerhall in central …
MCV is carrying a fairly large interview with the UK’s Minister for Culture, Communication and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaisey following last week’s announcement of tax breaks for the video games sector. Mr Vaisey reveals …
After years of campaigning, outreach, advocacy and explaining things patiently to various governments, parliaments and public sector bodies, the European Commission has finally approved the games production credit scheme. From April, companies across the UK …
The European Commission is to open an investigation into the UK’s plans to provide tax relief to the video games industry. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the European commission outlined why it believes …
The government’s tax breaks for the creative sector (including video games, television and animation) comes into effect in April 2013 The tax relief should make it simpler for game development studios to lessen the risk …
On Saturday (and Sunday), BBC Radio Scotland’s Business Scotland programme looked at the game industry in Scotland. What is it? Where is it? What does the new tax relief mean for companies creating games north …
The government’s proposed tax breaks system for the interactive industry has generally been considered a good thing. The devil, however, is in the details. Many developers are at least partially suspicious that the government will …
…complete with basic errors and added Darth Vader. The issue of tax breaks for the games industry refuses to disappear, despite being turned down by Chancellor George Osborne in his first budget, earlier this year. …
