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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisNew research explores how the creative and cultural industries contribute to the UK’s soft power, economic growth, and national security. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport commissioned the study to understand how each of the seven sectors it oversees builds emotional affinity, legitimacy and trust. It outlines how these can influence people across the world to buy our goods and services, invest in our businesses, forge partnerships with our institutions and companies and study in our universities. Researchers at Ipsos in the UK conducted interviews with 40 sector stakeholders as part of the research, which found that soft power influence is predominantly built through long-term relationship-building and trust, rather than short-term state promotion. The research identified three main ways that our creative industries generates soft power for the nation: 🌟 CULTURAL REACH: Music, film, television, fashion, craft, games and theatre capture global attention and build familiarity and emotional connections with the UK, which can support sales, tourism and demand for UK education. 🌟 UTILITY: our technical competence, infrastructure and operational capabilities encourage global clients to invest and do business with us. Global film companies are drawn to world class studios like Pinewood and Shepperton, for example, as well as a workforce experienced in specialisms such as visual effects, set construction, and post-production. 🌟 VALUES: the perceived independence and integrity of UK institutions like the BBC World Service mean they're trusted by audiences around the globe. This can encourage overseas partners to adopt UK practices or keep working with UK institutions even when relations between governments are strained. Creative education from institutions such as the Royal College of Art helps spread UK practices through international alumni networks. Events and exhibitions like London Fashion Week, Edinburgh International Festival and Glastonbury Festival boost tourism and opportunities for dialogue. The report recommends better measurement of how cultural engagement influences behaviour over time, a clearer understanding of different international audiences, and assessment of the UK’s strengths against competitors. It highlights the need to protect institutions’ independence, address visa and touring barriers that undermine openness, and tailor government support to each sector, including investment in infrastructure and opportunities for business and diplomatic engagement at major events. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eR4FQsKg
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisReally positive conversations at the UKIE panel yesterday with Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and some encouraging steps forward. Thank you to Daniele Schmidt-Fischer for bringing everyone together and organising the session, and to Jon Winkle for doing a brilliant job hosting. It feels like there is real momentum behind the conversations happening across the sector, and I’m looking forward to seeing where we can take things next.
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisAhead of The Funding Formula on the 10th November, we're going to be highlighting a few of our panels. First up is Finding the Right Funding Fit: Publishers, Angels, VCs and beyond. Being one of our first panels of the day, his session will offer a valuable overview of the games funding landscape, exploring the range of financing options available to businesses and how different approaches can support their growth. Speakers for this panel will be: Phil Mansell , Cultivated Games, The Games Angels Joe Burridge, Play Ventures Harvey Elliott , Playstack Oliver Jenkinson, Finstock Capital There's still time to get your tickets to join us if you haven't already: https://zurl.co/kIzyY
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisI couldn’t be prouder to be working on Ukie's Funding Formula 2026! 🎮 Bringing together 40+ speakers for a packed day exploring the funding and commercial opportunities shaping the games industry has been quite the challenge, but I’m SO looking forward to seeing it all come together on the day! Taking place on Tuesday 10 November at Glaziers Hall in London, The Funding Formula will connect games businesses, investors, publishers and funding partners to explore the opportunities, challenges and strategies shaping the future of our industry. There’s still time to grab a ticket, and it would be fantastic to see some of you there! 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eYYPUqVW I don’t post very often, so if you see this and could give it a share to help spread the word, I’d really appreciate it. Cheers! 🙌 And now to tag an inordinate amount of people making it all happen! Kartik Prabhakara, Nick Poole OBE, Oliver Jenkinson, Joe Burridge, Phil Mansell, Harvey Elliott, Charlotte Cook 🔜 GG Berlin 🔜 Funding Formula 🔜 DevGAMM, Anna Mostyn Williams, James Schall, Simon Byron, Aaron Ludlow, Bobby Wertheim, Paul Franks, James Andrews, FCT, Neil Bellamy, Anna Poulter-Jones, Tracey McGarrigan, Phil Wildman, Richard Heap, Elaine Dowman, Paul Topping, Ian M., Doug McConkey, Emily Britt, Max Beckett-Ward, Peter Lewin, Max Deane, Jon Gillard, David Duffield, Stace Harman, Chris Filip, Jordan Allwood, 🎮 Mark Backler, Andrew Stewart, Rob Hewson, Daniel Wood, Tom Jenkins, Mark Horsfield
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisNext week is Games Finance Week at Ukie We'll be kicking things off with our Investment Summit. This event is an opportunity for investors and capital allocators to come together and hear about the barriers within the games industry when it comes to investment and funding. Co-founder of Games Workshop, Ian Livingstone will be speaking to attendees on the day to give his own insight on the industry. Following that, we'll be shining the spotlight on our upcoming panels, the messaging we'll be offering through them, and the industry professionals who will be there to lead these important discussions. Finally, we'll be closing the week with The Funding Formula. Running for its second year, The Funding Formula is a unique event aimed at helping games companies better understand the current and future market landscape for funding and commercial opportunities. And tickets are still available! If you'd like to attend, you can get your tickets here: https://zurl.co/qPDKq For both of our events during this week, we are thrilled to have keynotes delivered by Kartik Prabhakara, Founding Partner at Aream & Co. His address will be exploring the changing games investment landscape and what it means for studios seeking funding and growth. You can read a full announcement from our media partner for The Funding Formula, PocketGamer.biz https://zurl.co/BPNHq
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNick Poole OBE reposted thisStanding firmly alongside TIGA and Ukie in calling for improvements to and an extension of the Video Games Expenditure Credit following today’s HM Treasury Budget announcement. Staffordshire Games Institute is proud to support our trade bodies in their continued advocacy for the UK games industry, championing the investment, innovation and long-term growth of a sector with enormous economic and creative potential. The UK has an impressive creative heritage and played an instrumental role in the development of the modern games industry. Many of the world's most recognisable gaming franchises were brought to life on these shores. The talent and technical expertise we have in this country represent an extraordinary source of economic potential. As Head of the UK's largest games department, I see that potential first-hand every day, in the remarkable creativity of our students and graduates. We have the skills, ambition and creativity to remain a global leader in games development. What we need is an environment that encourages and supports that talent to build new businesses, encourages investment and ensures that the next generation of globally successful games companies are built and grown here in the UK. Dr Richard Wilson OBE Nick Poole OBE
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Nick Poole OBE reposted thisNo games news doesn’t mean no news for games. I’ve spent longer reading between the lines of today’s Budget than is strictly healthy, and the most important line for our industry wasn’t about games at all. With fiscal headroom this tight, sector-specific measures were unlikely. But the scale-up announcements caught my eye, and I think they make the case for a UK Games Scale-Up Fund a lot stronger. A few things worth the extra coffee: 1. The Government is now making our argument for us. The new scale-up programme for female founders and the British Business Bank doubling its commitment to women-led businesses come from the same place: UK companies are great at starting up, then struggle when they need growth capital. Add in the new 10% Founders’ Relief on up to £10m of lifetime gains from April 2027, the tripled trading allowance and the young entrepreneurs allowance, and founders get a real boost at the start and at the finish. But from our work with members, it's clear that the hardest part for most studios is the bit in between: turning a first hit into a business that lasts. That’s exactly the gap a games fund through the British Business Bank would fill. It wouldn’t be a new idea for the Treasury either. It would build on something they’ve already backed, which is a much easier conversation to have. 2. Skilled Worker visa reform got a mention, but no detail. That’s actually good news, because there’s still time to shape it. Studios rely so heavily on international talent that getting this right could make a real difference. Overall, the VGEC asks haven’t gone anywhere: 39% on 100% of qualifying spend, a 53% Games Growth rate for projects of £15m or less, and a credit that reflects how games are actually made today. A Budget this focused on growth only makes them more relevant. A quiet Budget isn’t a closed door. It tells you which doors are open. Ukie #superchargeNick Poole OBE reposted thisUkie's response to today's HM Treasury Autumn Budget: The UK helped invent the modern video games industry and today, we have some of the best developers in the world, creating games played by hundreds of millions of people. We welcome the Chancellor’s focus on backing British enterprise and innovation to drive growth in every part of the country, and measures announced today, such as the new Founders’ Relief and the young entrepreneurs allowance, will help the next generation of founders, including in games, take their first steps. But other countries are working hard to attract the next generation of games businesses, investment and jobs, and we had hoped to see more targeted support for an industry with such huge potential for growth. Ukie has consistently called for improvements to the Video Games Expenditure Credit, better access to finance and more support for UK games businesses looking to grow and compete internationally. We will continue making the case for these changes and working with Government to ensure the UK remains one of the best places in the world to make games. https://lnkd.in/ebhWFkRT
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Nick Poole OBE shared thisAll eyes are on No 11 today as Chancellor John Healey prepares to deliver the first Budget of the Burnham Government. He faces a complex challenge - factors like the war in Iran and sluggish domestic growth have cut his "headroom" from a reported £23bn over the Summer to just £12bn. The cost of Government borrowing has risen sharply along with gilt yields and the OBR has once again cut growth forecasts, this time to just 1.1%. That's the economics, but the politics are challenging too. This is the first opportunity for the Government to put it's money where it's mouth is on Devolution, while commitments on Social Care will require nothing less than a wholesale re-engineering of our approach to Pensions. At the risk of being reductive, the Exchequer needs more money in the form of tax receipts, if the Government is to make good on it's ambitions. This is why Ukie has structured our budget proposals to Government around a set of fiscal measures designed to boost growth without requiring a huge capital outlay. Our thinking is this: supporting games, and particularly games SME through enhanced tax reliefs and "catalysing" grants is a low-cost, high-return option for HM Treasury. Because games studios are in every town and city, boosting our capability for growth precisely hits the Government's stated ambition for "growth in every postcode". We know that small studios are more resilient to financial downturns, and constitute the "backbone" of an industry that delivers in excess of £6bn back to the UK economy - both in terms of real tax receipts, jobs created and local economic activity. There are no magic bullets here, just solid economics. You cannot cut your way to growth - you have to build confidence and create the right kind of environment for growth to happen. Boosting SME across the UK, particularly high growth-potential creative digital SME with a clear export path is exactly the kind of smart policy Treasury is looking for. It's an uphill battle - the mood music is "Treasury says no", but even if we can secure some concessions on the modernisation of VGEC, the better to reflect how games are made today, it will open a door for structured dialogue around the next Governmental Spending Review. So we will be watching the Budget carefully, after months of dialogue with officials and elected representatives. Will the Chancellor take the opportunity to boost one of the UKs true growth industries? We will know very soon. https://lnkd.in/egTeQUr5UKIE calls on government to modernise Video Games Expenditure Credit ahead of Autumn BudgetUKIE calls on government to modernise Video Games Expenditure Credit ahead of Autumn Budget
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Fantastic analysis Dani! There was a lot to learn from this budget about where Governments head is at and where the opportunities lie ahead.
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Louise O'Connor and you had adoring fans waiting to do a photo op! Not surprised, you were absolutely awesome.
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Nick Poole OBE liked thisNick Poole OBE liked thisNot in a million years did I think this could happen. But this is not about me. What matters is what this platform might make possible for others. If one young person sees me in rooms they never imagined open to someone like them and thinks, maybe I can be there too, this recognition will mean far more. I am privileged in my own way. My Jamaican parents came to Britain as part of the Windrush generation. I am immensely proud of them and the values they gave me: hard work, respect, family and a belief in education. I grew up in a loving, secure Sheffield home. At Carfield Primary, Mr Saunders played Beethoven and Strauss as we entered class. At Newfield Secondary School, teachers like Mr Cunnington, Sue Beeley and Mr Hewitt were kind and nurturing to us black kids. I experienced overt racism growing up, but as a popular, aspiring footballer I probably escaped the worst. Working life was different. At 18, a senior manager asked if I knew anyone who sold stolen car stereos. I worried I'd no longer be in the "in crowd" because I couldn't deliver. Years later, a project director, somehow convinced I was a drug dealer, used charity funds to have a private detective follow me. Nothing was found of course. I was physically sick when I found out. Then came perhaps my darkest professional moment. After I won a senior role through a fiercely competitive process, someone tried to end my career. To this day, I can identify no legitimate reason why. Yet there has always been light. I have had an incredible 40-year career, built alongside thousands of people. Every achievement attributed to me has been collective and darker moments met with support. Throughout, allies and sponsors saw ability, potential and character, and opened doors rather than closed them. They understood that talent does not belong to any background, accent, school, postcode or race. Many have been in my corner: Joanne Partridge, Jill Dawkins, Kevin Ward, Amanda Verran, Ian Duncan, Mike Cooney, Bruce Buckley, Barry Lewis, the late Cllr Longden, Malcolm Newsam CBE, Chris Read, Liz Green and Chris Hayward. And many more, including brilliant sponsors and colleagues at the City of London Corporation whom I thank today. So perhaps this is the message. There is talent in every postcode. But talent alone is not enough if people never get through the door. If meritocracy were alive and well, we would not still have today's representation problem. Our challenge is not to lower the bar. It is to ensure everyone with the talent to clear it gets the chance to try. I end where I began: with family. Today my own loving family is the centre of my support network and a reflection of my parents' standards. To my late mum, Clemora Agatha Thomas: I know you are looking down proudly. This accolade is for you. But the opportunity that comes with it? That must be for others. https://lnkd.in/efKkcv7aCity of London chief named UK’s most influential Black Briton in Powerlist rankingCity of London chief named UK’s most influential Black Briton in Powerlist ranking
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Nick Poole OBE liked thisNick Poole OBE liked thisNew research explores how the creative and cultural industries contribute to the UK’s soft power, economic growth, and national security. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport commissioned the study to understand how each of the seven sectors it oversees builds emotional affinity, legitimacy and trust. It outlines how these can influence people across the world to buy our goods and services, invest in our businesses, forge partnerships with our institutions and companies and study in our universities. Researchers at Ipsos in the UK conducted interviews with 40 sector stakeholders as part of the research, which found that soft power influence is predominantly built through long-term relationship-building and trust, rather than short-term state promotion. The research identified three main ways that our creative industries generates soft power for the nation: 🌟 CULTURAL REACH: Music, film, television, fashion, craft, games and theatre capture global attention and build familiarity and emotional connections with the UK, which can support sales, tourism and demand for UK education. 🌟 UTILITY: our technical competence, infrastructure and operational capabilities encourage global clients to invest and do business with us. Global film companies are drawn to world class studios like Pinewood and Shepperton, for example, as well as a workforce experienced in specialisms such as visual effects, set construction, and post-production. 🌟 VALUES: the perceived independence and integrity of UK institutions like the BBC World Service mean they're trusted by audiences around the globe. This can encourage overseas partners to adopt UK practices or keep working with UK institutions even when relations between governments are strained. Creative education from institutions such as the Royal College of Art helps spread UK practices through international alumni networks. Events and exhibitions like London Fashion Week, Edinburgh International Festival and Glastonbury Festival boost tourism and opportunities for dialogue. The report recommends better measurement of how cultural engagement influences behaviour over time, a clearer understanding of different international audiences, and assessment of the UK’s strengths against competitors. It highlights the need to protect institutions’ independence, address visa and touring barriers that undermine openness, and tailor government support to each sector, including investment in infrastructure and opportunities for business and diplomatic engagement at major events. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eR4FQsKg
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Nick Poole OBE liked thisNick Poole OBE liked thisReally positive conversations at the UKIE panel yesterday with Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and some encouraging steps forward. Thank you to Daniele Schmidt-Fischer for bringing everyone together and organising the session, and to Jon Winkle for doing a brilliant job hosting. It feels like there is real momentum behind the conversations happening across the sector, and I’m looking forward to seeing where we can take things next.
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Nick Poole OBE liked thisNick Poole OBE liked thisAhead of The Funding Formula on the 10th November, we're going to be highlighting a few of our panels. First up is Finding the Right Funding Fit: Publishers, Angels, VCs and beyond. Being one of our first panels of the day, his session will offer a valuable overview of the games funding landscape, exploring the range of financing options available to businesses and how different approaches can support their growth. Speakers for this panel will be: Phil Mansell , Cultivated Games, The Games Angels Joe Burridge, Play Ventures Harvey Elliott , Playstack Oliver Jenkinson, Finstock Capital There's still time to get your tickets to join us if you haven't already: https://zurl.co/kIzyY
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A cross-European study to estimate importance of income from re-use of public sector information within the cultural sector.
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