ABOUT THE UK
THE UK VIDEO AND COMPUTER GAMES INDUSTRY MAKES A
VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMY. IN 2006, GAMES
GAMES SECTOR
GENERATED £2 BILLION IN RETAIL SALES IN THE UK; £370
MILLION WAS INVESTED IN GAMES CREATION; AND 21,000
PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN GAMES DEVELOPMENT,
PUBLISHING AND RETAILING.
The UK games market is the largest in Europe
and we are currently the fourth largest producer
of games (measured in terms of revenue),
closely behind the US, Japan and Canada.
Most multinational games companies choose to
locate their European headquarters in the UK
and we have by far the largest concentration of
games development studios in Europe. There
are clusters around Brighton, Dundee, Guildford,
Leeds, Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester and
Coventry/Leamington Spa and many more.
For more info and advice visit:
www.berr.gov.uk/sectors/games/index.html
or
www.elspa.com and
www.tiga.org
FALLING SALES FACTS:
DENT EBAY PROFITS
AVERAGE
WEEKLY VALUE OF
RETAIL SALES IN
AUGUST 2009 WAS
Online auction giant eBay has reported a fall in
profits of almost one-third, but analysts had
£5.3 BILLION,
expected a sharper fall.
Net profit was $327.3m (£198.6m), down 29%
1.8% HIGHER THAN
compared with the $460m made in the same
period a year ago. Revenue also fell slightly, from
IN AUGUST 2008.
$2.2bn to $2.1bn.
SOURCE: OFFICE OF NATIONAL STATISTICS
"We drove solid second quarter results, with
strong momentum and market share gains at
PayPal and continued stabilisation in our core
eBay business," said eBay's chief executive
John Donahoe.
Read the full story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8164091.stm
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