The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is inviting organsiations to submit an expression of interest to its Regulatory Sandbox for 2020-2021. The regulatory sandbox is a free service designed to support…
Suzi StephensonAugust 24, 2020
On 18 August 2020, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) began inviting businesses to take part in a new survey which aims to understand the impact of the…
Suzi StephensonAugust 19, 2020
The Government has announced that, this summer, students in England will receive teacher assessed grades for GCSE and A level results. On Thursday 20 August 2020, students awaiting their GCSE…
Suzi StephensonAugust 18, 2020
On 14 August 2020, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) published research on the sales of subscriptions to video, music, and games services. The figures show that Disney+ was the top…
Suzi StephensonAugust 17, 2020
On 12 August 2020, the Government updated their workplace guidance ‘Working Safely During Coronavirus’. Further information has been added on consulting the workforce before returning to work (section 3), protecting…
Suzi StephensonAugust 14, 2020
On 13 August 2020, HMRC published their annual Creative Industries Statistics. The statistics highlight the impact of VGTR amongst other tax reliefs for the Creative Industries. There were 150 British…
Suzi StephensonAugust 13, 2020
On 11 August 2020, the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced a ‘Triple Lock’ process to provide security to young people receiving their grades this year. As part of this process,…
Suzi StephensonAugust 12, 2020
The Mayor’s £1m Back to Business Fund is offering up to £5,000 in match funding to small businesses to help them survive through COVID-19 and adapt to do business through…
Suzi StephensonAugust 12, 2020
The Universities Minister, Michelle Donelan MP, has written to all Vice-Chancellors asking them to hold places for students who are appealing their A level results, ahead of results day later…
Suzi StephensonAugust 11, 2020
TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, is conducting a survey into Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) and a Video Games Investment Fund (VGIF), to bolster TIGA’s campaign…
Suzi StephensonAugust 11, 2020
TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry, has today announced that its tenth annual Games Industry Awards are…
Suzi StephensonAugust 11, 2020
On 8 August 2020, the Government reached a gigabit broadband rollout milestone, with half a million premises now having access to gigabit connectivity as a result of government investment. As…
Suzi StephensonAugust 10, 2020
On 6 August 2020, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DCMS, Matt Warman MP, responded to a written question on the role of full-fibre broadband to the economic recovery…
Suzi StephensonAugust 7, 2020
On 7 August 2020, TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, responded to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry into ‘Employment and COVID-19’. The inquiry is designed to…
Suzi StephensonAugust 7, 2020
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…
Suzi StephensonAugust 6, 2020
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…
Suzi StephensonAugust 5, 2020
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…
Suzi StephensonAugust 5, 2020
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…
Suzi StephensonAugust 4, 2020
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…
Suzi StephensonAugust 3, 2020