Association Wins Award for Best Small to Medium Sized Business
TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry,has won a Best Business Award for Best Small to Medium Size Business.
Commenting on the Best Business Award to TIGA for Best Small to Medium Size Business, Andrew Areoff, Chairman of the Judges, said:
“TIGA has had an incredible year – winning a tax break from the Government for its members and the wider games industry, achieving great media coverage and delivering a range of benefits and services to its membership. In doing so the association has set an outstanding example of how best to represent a sector that makes a major contribution to the economy. Well done to TIGA for being proactive and doing an excellent job in representing its members and the gaming industry so well.”
Previous Award winners include British Gas, The Air Ambulance Service and Transport for London (see www.bestbusinessawards.co.uk).
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, said:
“TIGA is the trade association for developers and digital publishers. Our mission is to strengthen the games development and digital publishing sector. We aim to achieve this by campaigning for our members in the corridors of power, championing the sector in the public arena and delivering services that make a difference to our membership’s businesses. Winning this Award indicates that TIGA is on track. I’d like to thank the TIGA team, the TIGA board and TIGA’s members for helping our organisation to win this prestigious Award.”
Jason Kingsley OBE, TIGA Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at Rebellion, said:
“I’m delighted that TIGA’s strong performance has resulted in winning this prestigious Award. TIGA is creating a favourable tax environment for games development, championing the industry publicly and introducing services that are supporting its memberships’ businesses. TIGA is focused on enhancing the game development and digital publishing sector in 2014.”
Oli Christie, TIGA Board member and CEO of Neon Play, the award winning mobile game development studio, said:
“This is a great achievement given the quality of past winners and the highly competitive nature of the award. TIGA has delivering a terrific result for the games industry, particularly through its successful Games Tax Relief campaign and its excellent programme of events. TIGA will continue to strive to advance the development sector in 2014 and beyond.
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Notes to editors:
About TIGA
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK video game industry. The majority of our members are either independent games developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games publishers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities amongst our membership. Since 2010, TIGA has won 16 business awards.
TIGA focuses on three sets of activities: political representation, profile raising and developing services that enhance the competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the media and they receive benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org
Drew Field, TIGA Communications Director on: 07720 643 344, or email: drew.field@tiga.org