Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums  
 Latest news     Press releases     Search news     Submit news     Our RSS newsfeed     Advertise at AfterDawn.com
Tuesday 24.11.2009 / 04:47 AM
Search AfterDawn.com:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > news > elspa warms to uk government
Show topics
News
News

Elspa warms to UK Government

30 January 2007 18:04 by James "Dela" Delahunty

Elspa warms to UK Government The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (Elspa) needs to work more closely with the UK government, director general Paul Jackson has said. He emphasised how the group must boost the industry's standing. "What's been said to me is that so far we haven't really been punching our weight. Everybody is keen that we really step up to the plate, and we're equally keen to do so," he said.

He said that Elspa has already begun engaging more in the political arena "but we need to develop it more aggressively, not just with Government ministers but with shadow spokespeople and Lib Dem spokespeople."

"When I first joined the ELSPA board in '92 or '93 there was almost no interaction between us and the political world. There's been a huge growth in the interest in and appreciation of our industry in the last five or six years particularly," he said.

He added: "But I would say that we're facing enormous challenges, and that we as an industry need to step up and take them on."

Source:
GamesIndustry.biz

Permalink to this article

Get AfterDawn's news to your favourite feed reader! Share this story with your friends!
 

 
Related articles:

  • 2006 was best year for UK games industry (12 January 2007)
  • ELSPA responds to criticism from Tory MP (8 January 2007)
  • ELSPA modchip assistance gets man longer jail term (3 April 2006)
  • Ice cream man convicted for piracy (7 February 2006)
  • UK games industry opens site for parents (7 December 2005)
  • UK man convicted for chipping Xbox consoles (4 July 2005)
  • Microsoft aims to sell 10M Xbox 360 consoles in 12-16 months (21 June 2005)
  • UK games industry needs more government support (18 March 2005)
    •  

    « Previous news article
    Analyst predicts PS3 price cut within 12 months     		Next news article »
    Shipments of PSP, PS2 dropped in holiday season
    Discuss this article! 
     Post your comment
     

    Subscribe to our newsfeed

    Get the latest headlines delivered directly to your favourite RSS reader or content aggregation service by using the links below.

    AfterDawn.com: News - RSS feed
    Add to Google
    Add to My Yahoo!
    Add to MyMSN

    Latest news

    RSS Feed

    Latest news from AfterDawn.com.

    More news...

    Search for headlines

    Search through our news archive.

    Latest threads

    Recently updated
    discussion threads.
     

    More...

    Last week's most popular software downloads

    Most popular devices

    Last week's most popular products in our product comparison service.

    More products...

    Latest software updates

    RSS Feed

    More software updates...

    Top links

    Most popular links

    Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
    Music: MP3Lizard.com
    Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
    Software: Software downloads
    Blogs: User profile pages
    RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
    International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | download.fi
    Navigate: Search | Site map
    About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
    Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
     
      © 1999-2009 by AfterDawn Ltd.