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The Hut has received 5 million after winning Bank Of Scotland’s Entrepreneur Of The Year award. The annual award winner also receives mentoring from the UK’s top businessmen and entrepreneurs. CEO Matthew Moulding said: Winning the award feels very special. Starting from an idea on a piece of paper and …

The Italian video game market has begun to approach the maturity of its European counterparts, France and the UK, as strong retail chains cash in on opportunities for growth. While the market has grown by almost 25 per cent over the course of 2008, it is still seen to be …

Could you tell us how TheHut.com started up?TheHut.com was formed in 2004 by Matthew Moulding and John Gallemore. They recognised the opportunity in online retailing and created the business on the back of that. As well as our retail site we also run a white label business. How does your …

Asda has claimed that it is buying entertainment stock at the same rate as it did before EUK – its exclusive supplier – went into administration. Asda general manager for music, video and gaming Ferghal Gara told MCV: It’s business as normal at Asda this Christmas thanks to the contingency …

How has 2008 been for HMV in terms of sales and customer satisfaction? As our results over the past six months show, our trading has been decent considering everything going on with the economy, and we’ve been holding our own against the competition. Games have helped drive this trading performance. …

Cambridge independent now employs over 200 staff

New studio formed by ex-GameFly and EA staff

Suppliers burnt by EUK’s demise disagree over whether to feed Zavvi with Christmas stock that will help it pay off its huge debts. MCV understands that some of the UK’s largest publishers have reclaimed stock from EUK administrator Deloitte and are now trading direct with individual Zavvi stores – after …

The UK faces losing its third biggest video games retailer in the wake of the Woolworths collapse, representing an annual market value of 137 million, MCV understands. Figures from market analyst firm TNS Global show that sales of video games at Woolworths accounted for 8.2 per cent of the total …

Sony Europe President David Reeves has told MCV that he believes games are still the whipping boy” in the British media. In our exclusive interview, he said: In a sense, but often you get the impression that for the likes of The Daily Mail and Keith Vaz we’re the whipping …