Government

• Anger Over Tax Relief for Rockstar; Calls for Industry to Counter ‘Skin Betting’ Sites

  2 months ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Anger over tax relief for Rockstar North; calls for industry to counter ‘skin betting’ sites; Valve disables TFS inventories due to item-drop bug. Anger over tax relief for Rockstar Rockstar North is facing criticism after it was revealed that the Grand Theft Auto developer has not paid tax in the UK since 2009 despite receiving £42m in subsidies aimed at ‘culturally British’ games in the last three years, according [...]

• Migration Advisory Committee recommends games roles are added to UK skills shortage lists

  4 months ago News

  

  The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee has recommended to the nation’s Government that several video games industry roles be added to an official list compiling careers in which the country sees shortages of appropriate talent. As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the near-400 page ‘Full review of the shortage occupation list‘ report spans all industries and roles. If the recommended games industry and related roles were added to the ‘shortage occupation lists’ (or ‘SOL’), it would be made easier for companies to hire from [...]

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