TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, has won‘Trade Body of the Year’ in the prestigious Public Affairs News’ Awards.
TIGA fought off tough competition from three other well-resourced and
well-organised trade bodies: the Airport Operators Association, Animation UK and the Energy Networks
Association.
Dr
Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said:
“To win ‘Trade Body
of the Year’ in recognition of our campaign for Games Tax Relief is a great
honour. It’s terrific that TIGA’s achievement has been recognised in the Public
Affairs News’ Awards. I’d like to thank my team, TIGA’s members and those MPs
and MSPs who supported our campaign and made this achievement possible. TIGA
will continue to focus on strengthening the UK games industry and enabling
developers and digital publishers to achieve their potential.”
Jason
Kingsley OBE, TIGA Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at Rebellion, said:
“I’m really pleased
that TIGA has won the Award of ‘Trade Body of the Year’ on account of our Games
Tax Relief campaign. Games Tax Relief will make a real impact on the UK games
industry. TIGA will continue to focus on enabling developers and digital
publishers to grow successful businesses.”
Notes to editors:
About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s
games 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 13 business awards and has been nominated a
finalist for 16 other awards.
TIGA's
vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games
business. We focus on three sets of activities: political representation,
generating media coverage 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
information about the Public Affairs News Awards, please see:
http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/panawards/shortlist
For further information, please contact
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org.