On 6 August 2020, the Government published a directory of more than 50 UK-based companies which provide technology or solutions that protect users from harmful content, contact or conduct. These…
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The EU Goods Sub-Committee, chaired by Baroness Verma, has written to Michael Gove about its inquiry ‘Beyond Tariffs: facilitating future UK-EU trade in manufactured goods.’ The letter outlines the key…
On Wednesday 5 August 2020, TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, has published a guide to the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Incentive Schemes. TIGA have paired…
On 3 August 2020, the Government announced £20 million of funding to improve small business leadership and problem solving, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. There will be two…
On 1 August 2020, the Government launched a new telephone and online support service designed to help apprentices who have lost their job due to COVID-19. The Redundancy Support Service…
On 30 July 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published guidance on AI and data protection. The guidance is a framework for auditing AI, focusing on best practices for data…
On 30 July 2020, the Welsh Government announced a £53 million announcement to help Wales’ diverse culture sector deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will be…
On 28 July 2020, the Government announced a new £500 million Film and TV Production Scheme to kickstart film and television production. The scheme is designed to give productions the…
On 28 July 2020, the Minister of State for Universities, Michelle Donelan MP, responded to a written question on the cost to the public purse of support for higher education…
On 29 July 2020, the Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Darren Jones MP, wrote to Secretary of State for BEIS Rt Hon Alok Sharma, outlining a…
On 28 July 2020, the Matt Warman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DCMS, answered a written question on the Government’s target of full fibre broadband for all people by…
On 27 July 2020, the ICO updated their statement on the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the Schrems II case. The CJEU have confirmed how EU standards…
The Government have published research, conducted in 2017, which examines the amount of time that students spend on building their skills and employability in pre-16 and post-16 education. The research…
On Monday 24 July 2020, TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, published a guide to claiming Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR). TIGA have paired with RSM, a…
TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, has today published a Parliamentary activity update for the higher education sector. Guidance: Higher education: reopening buildings and campuses Department…
On 22 July 2020, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced that Ofcom will be granted new…
On 20 July 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published their annual report for 2019-2020. The Information Commissioner has called the 2019-2020 period as “transformative” for privacy and data protection,…
On 22 July 2020, Jonathan Gullis MP, made the case for Video Games Tax Relief and a Video Games Investment Fund in his contribution to the Summer Adjournment debate in…
On 23 July 2020, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published their report on the impact of coronavirus on the DCMS sectors. The report concludes that the Government has…
On 22 July 2020, the Government published their response to the proposed reforms to permitted development rights 5G consultation. TIGA submitted their response to this call for evidence in October…