In this week’s roundup: Green Man Gaming hires new performance marketing EVP, Ukie’s Blackwell becomes theMayor of London’s first chief digital officer, a new marketing director arrives at Sold Out, PlayStack gets new COO and board director,Koch Media’s Scarborough joins Improbable and Ukie welcomes three new members. Green Man Gaming …
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Ukie’s former head of public affairs Theo Blackwell has been appointed by the Mayor of London as his new chief digital officer. The position, which is the first of its kind, will see Blackwell play a leading role in realising the Mayor’s ambition to make London the world’s smartest city, …
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Games industry trade body Ukie has welcomed three new members onto its team. Industry consultants Vanessa Joyce (pictured centre) and Marie-Claire Isaaman (pictured left) join to support and scale Ukie’s mission as well as work on special projects, while Laura Martin (pictured right) has been appointed to Ukie’s Digital Schoolhouse …
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New additions to "help scale the ambitions of Ukie on behalf of the UK games industry"
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How do veteran developers feel about the next five years of the UK games industry?How do veteran developers feel about the next five years of the UK games industry?
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73m in video games tax relief (VGTR) was paid out in the 2016-17 financial year, representing an increase of 60 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from HMRC. VGTR was paid out relating to 280 claims in 2016-17, which shows a growth of 115 per cent compared to …
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The companies behind League of Legends and Runescape have been named as the latest members of UK games trade body Ukie. The organisation says it has seen a 400 per cent boost in membership since 2011, with 365 companies now on its books. Riot Games, which makes MOBA giant League …
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The League of Legends developer and the Runescape developer respectively, become members of the UK trade body
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Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of Ukie, talks about the trade body and the work around investement in the UK games industry over the last year
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We first took 22 UK businesses to Gamescom in Cologne in 2012. The UK industry stand at Europe’s largest consumer games show has been the focal point of Ukie’s annual International Trade programme ever since, helping the industry network with international companies, secure investment and promote the UK industry as …
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