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Margot James appointed as Minister for Digital and Creative Industries

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The games industry has a new key minister of state. Margot James has been appointed as Minister for Digital and Creative Industries, following a wider government reshuffle. James previously was Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for two years. …

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Budget extends UK Games Fund

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Yesterday’s UK budget provided some welcome news for UK games studios, with confirmation of another £1m to extend the UK Games Fund until 2020. This falls a fair way short of the £23.7m proposed in the Independent Review of the Creative Industries just two months ago, however, although does at …

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EC extends UK tax relief until 2023

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Amid the uncertainty of Brexit, the European Commission has ruled that existing video games tax relief (VGTF) rules for British game developers will remain in effect until at least 2023. Confirmation of the successful re-notification ensures that VGTF to be viewed as state aid exempt under the cultural exemption. Without …

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