Well, the proposed National Insurance 'holiday' period of up to £5,000 per-employee for new businesses could stimulate the number start-ups, but given the bleak state of the nation's financial situation, I'm not sure how many potential new developers would actually benefit from this scheme, or how many British indie…
adding points for "Britishness" kinda defeats the purpose of attracting international developers who set up a shop and pay taxes and create jobs. Companies go to Canada because it's cheaper, no matter what sort of game want to produce. My former employer Funcom moved to Canada and they brough a LOT of staff from Norway who…
Well ........I was super excited lol, was thinking we were gonna start getting some financial help and studios were gonna start booming again with new projects, some new startups, high profile IPs, more jobs. But it turns out they want to promote britishness!?! I really hope this isnt the case. Doesnt really make sense how…
sounded like good news until I read what easterislandnick said. I dont see how imposing the same restrictions as the film industry makes any sense whatsoever. I mean a lot of what we play is based in some fictional place with fictional characters and nationality eg.top ten sellers of last year according to CNBC street…
puke... I would think the opposite to be true. I guess it goes both ways. Culturally we also have our lips n toungues so far down yer sphincters... That when one a yer Royalty members croaks it might as well be the queen/princess of America. ( if I never hear another redneck sobbing "princess" agin', it will not have been…
I would rather they just support the uk games industry as a whole instead of making us make British based games for the sake of promoting our country. I have lots of friends made redundant or contracts not being renewed because studios don't have projects or just can't afford them anymore. A tax relief would go a long way…