Taking the UK Video Games Industry up a Gear

By February 19, 2018 April 12th, 2019 Press Releases

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games industry, has set out ambitious goals to grow the video games industry and the measures required to achieve these objectives. TIGA’s vision, objectives and policies are set out in a publication, Reinforcing Success (TIGA, February 2018).

 TIGA’s ambition is for the UK video games industry to grow strongly over the next five years. TIGA’s goals for the UK are:

  • Increase the games studio population from 768 games studios in 2017 to 1,100
by 2022;
  • Expand the number of games development companies (including publishers, service companies and broadcasters) from 1,031 in 2017 to nearly 1,600 by 2022;
  • Increase games development employment from 13,277 in 2017 to nearly 20,500 in 2022;
  • Increase annual investment by games development companies from £670 million in 2017 to over £1 billion in 2022;
  • Increase the development sector’s GDP contribution from £1.5bn to nearly £2.3 billion; and
  • Ensure the UK becomes a globally recognised centre for games education and continuous professional development in the sector’s workforce.

TIGA will achieve this vision by successfully delivering the following measures:

  1. Retaining and improving Video Games Tax Relief, the Research and Development Tax Credits and tax incentives for start-ups and small firms to ensure that the UK has one of the most favourable tax regimes for the video games industry in the world.
  2. Introducing a Video Games Investment Fund to provide grants and £ for £ match funding for original IP game projects to improve games businesses’ ability to access finance.
  3. Successfully accrediting 30 UK video games degree courses to ensure that more UK universities are providing games businesses with the skilled graduates that they need.
  4. Enabling UK games companies to recruit highly skilled workers from the EU and the wider world.
  5. Establishing a British Games Instituteto drive the video games sector forward and to promote the cultural, creative and economic impact of video games in the UK.
  6. Delivering the TIGA Games Industry Awards to celebrate success.
  7. Publishing business guides to highlight best practice and to share knowledge.
  8. Providing an authoritative source of data on the state of the UK video games industry.
  9. Assessing industry investment in continuous professional development.
  10. Maintaining a strong, effective and reasonable voice for the video games industry in the media, government and political circles.

TIGA CEO, Dr Richard Wilson, OBE, said:

“Our vision is to make the UK the best place in the world for games development, games education and games service providers. Our ambition is for the UK video games industry to grow strongly over the next five years, with full-time employment in the development sector expanding to over 20,000 by 2022. We have set out a clear, cogent and compelling policy agenda to achieve this in Reinforcing Success.”

If you share our vision and want to make it a reality, then contact TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson OBE, to discuss joining TIGA and/or sponsoring our campaign (richard.wilson@tiga.org).

About TIGA

TIGA is the network for games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry. Since 2010, TIGA has won 24 business awards and commendations. TIGA focuses on three sets of activities:

  • Political representation
  • Media representation
  • Business services

This enhances the competitiveness of our members by providing benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities. It also means our members’ voices are heard in the corridors of power and positively represented in national, broadcast and UK video game trade media.

TIGA CEO, Dr Richard Wilson was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to the video games industry in the New Year’s Honours list 2018.

Get in touch:
Tel: 0845 468 2330
Email: info@tiga.org
Web: www.tiga.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tigamovement
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TIGAMovement
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/tiga

For further information, you can also contact:  Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO by email: richard.wilson@tiga.org

 

 

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