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  1. The UK’s Secret Weapon. And Why We Keep It Hidden…

    This week, the UK games industry is in Westminster. Meeting politicians. Making the case for investment, recognition and support.

    It’s the right conversation. But in the wrong room. With the wrong map. And the wrong ambition.

    The UK has a secret weapon. A globally significant, internationally recognised, economically extraordinary capability in interactive technology that is already reshaping healthcare, education, defence, space exploration, urban design, data visualisation and financial services around the world.

    We call it the games industry. And by doing so, we accidentally hide it from the people who need to understand it most.

    Here is something worth reflecting on: The MPs and Ministers in those Westminster meetings are not strangers to games. Many of them play. Their children play. Their grandchildren play. Games are a part of their domestic lives in ways that would have been unimaginable to previous parliamentary generations.

    And yet at a policy level, games remain almost entirely invisible.

    Not because politicians don’t understand games. But because we keep presenting ourselves in ways that make it easy to file us under ‘entertainment’ and move on. We celebrate our significant economic value. We defend ourselves against moral panics and ethically ambiguous business models. We ask for more investment to make more games for more consumers. That’s it.

    And then we wonder why nobody in DSIT, the Department for Education, Innovate UK, the NHS or the Ministry of Defence is calling.

    The UK games industry is not a London industry. It never was. The studios, universities and innovators driving pioneering work in interactive technology are in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Guildford, Leamington Spa, Liverpool, Manchester and beyond. The founding moments of our global reputation were born in bedrooms and small studios far from the capital. Lemmings was built in Dundee. Lara Croft was born in Derby. The creative and intellectual heritage of this industry belongs to the whole country.

    And yet the voices that dominate the national conversation are overwhelmingly those in London. They are the voices of those who have already succeeded within the existing consumer market model.

    Their success is real and deserved. But their vision of what this industry is, and could be, is necessarily shaped by what made them successful. And what made them successful is not what will make the UK competitive in the next decade.

    There is a strategy that looks beyond this. A documented, evidenced, cross-party supported framework, developed in Scotland, that maps exactly how games capability connects to the wider economy. How interactive technology becomes national infrastructure. How the interaction economy, the application of games tools, technologies and techniques far beyond entertainment, would position the UK as a genuinely unique global competitor.

    It exists. It has parliamentary support. Yet it remains invisible to a trade architecture designed strictly to service the legacy consumer market.

    This week, while the industry is in Westminster asking for more of what it already has, that strategy sits gathering dust.

    That is not a failure of government. It is a failure of ambition and vision.

    The interaction economy doesn’t need a celebratory reception in a Westminster conference room.

    It needs leadership equal to the opportunity.

    The UK games ecosystem stands at the forefront of the country’s digital future. It’s time to recognise that and look beyond ‘the industry’ as the architects of our shared digital future.

    #actionPlan #games #Politicians #strategy #uk #westminster #WestminsterGamesWeek
  2. The UK’s Secret Weapon. And Why We Keep It Hidden…

    This week, the UK games industry is in Westminster. Meeting politicians. Making the case for investment, recognition and support.

    It’s the right conversation. But in the wrong room. With the wrong map. And the wrong ambition.

    The UK has a secret weapon. A globally significant, internationally recognised, economically extraordinary capability in interactive technology that is already reshaping healthcare, education, defence, space exploration, urban design, data visualisation and financial services around the world.

    We call it the games industry. And by doing so, we accidentally hide it from the people who need to understand it most.

    Here is something worth reflecting on: The MPs and Ministers in those Westminster meetings are not strangers to games. Many of them play. Their children play. Their grandchildren play. Games are a part of their domestic lives in ways that would have been unimaginable to previous parliamentary generations.

    And yet at a policy level, games remain almost entirely invisible.

    Not because politicians don’t understand games. But because we keep presenting ourselves in ways that make it easy to file us under ‘entertainment’ and move on. We celebrate our significant economic value. We defend ourselves against moral panics and ethically ambiguous business models. We ask for more investment to make more games for more consumers. That’s it.

    And then we wonder why nobody in DSIT, the Department for Education, Innovate UK, the NHS or the Ministry of Defence is calling.

    The UK games industry is not a London industry. It never was. The studios, universities and innovators driving pioneering work in interactive technology are in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Guildford, Leamington Spa, Liverpool, Manchester and beyond. The founding moments of our global reputation were born in bedrooms and small studios far from the capital. Lemmings was built in Dundee. Lara Croft was born in Derby. The creative and intellectual heritage of this industry belongs to the whole country.

    And yet the voices that dominate the national conversation are overwhelmingly those in London. They are the voices of those who have already succeeded within the existing consumer market model.

    Their success is real and deserved. But their vision of what this industry is, and could be, is necessarily shaped by what made them successful. And what made them successful is not what will make the UK competitive in the next decade.

    There is a strategy that looks beyond this. A documented, evidenced, cross-party supported framework, developed in Scotland, that maps exactly how games capability connects to the wider economy. How interactive technology becomes national infrastructure. How the interaction economy, the application of games tools, technologies and techniques far beyond entertainment, would position the UK as a genuinely unique global competitor.

    It exists. It has parliamentary support. Yet it remains invisible to a trade architecture designed strictly to service the legacy consumer market.

    This week, while the industry is in Westminster asking for more of what it already has, that strategy sits gathering dust.

    That is not a failure of government. It is a failure of ambition and vision.

    The interaction economy doesn’t need a celebratory reception in a Westminster conference room.

    It needs leadership equal to the opportunity.

    The UK games ecosystem stands at the forefront of the country’s digital future. It’s time to recognise that and look beyond ‘the industry’ as the architects of our shared digital future.

    #actionPlan #games #Politicians #strategy #uk #westminster #WestminsterGamesWeek
  3. Revisione aziendale: ogni gap e' un punto di ripartenza: di Massimiliano Troilo - B.U. President presso HIKVISION ITALY Ogni inizio d'anno e' un momento di revisione: le aziende si fermano, osservano il percorso fatto e decidono come proseguire. Non e' solo un esercizio contabile, ma uno strumento di consapevolezza e crescita. Dietro ogni numero c'e' una...
    #MassimilianoTroilo #HIKVISION #ActionPlan #revisioneaziendale #mercato dlvr.it/TSklfD

  4. RT by @EU_MARE: 🇪🇸 Spanish Atlantic stakeholders: join us - be part of the consultation on the #AtlanticMaritimeStrategy & #ActionPlan review 🌊
    📅 26 May 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–12:30 CET
    💻 Online
    👉 Register: tinyurl.com/msap5sus
    >@EU_MARE @cinea_EU

    🇪🇸 Spanish Atlantic stakeholders: join us - be part of the consultation on the #AtlanticMaritimeStrategy & #ActionPlan review 🌊
    📅 26 May 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–12:30 CET
    💻 Online
    👉 Register: tinyurl.com/msap5sus
    @EU_MARE @cinea_EU
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    nitter.net/EUAtlantic/status/2

  5. YWAP Course for Mental Health Professionals. Evidence-Based Youth Wellness: Integrating Prevention and Intervention. Enhance your clinical practice with comprehensive wellness planning approaches. ymhc.ngo/ywap

    #ywap #onlinecourse #professionaldevelopment #studentmentalhealth #wellness #actionplan #proactive #preventative #mentalhealthawareness #ymhc

  6. YWAP Course for Mental Health Professionals. Evidence-Based Youth Wellness: Integrating Prevention and Intervention. Enhance your clinical practice with comprehensive wellness planning approaches. ymhc.ngo/ywap

    #ywap #onlinecourse #professionaldevelopment #studentmentalhealth #wellness #actionplan #proactive #preventative #mentalhealthawareness #ymhc

  7. RT by @EU_MARE: 📣 Atlantic stakeholders: your input is needed

    The #AtlanticMaritimeStrategy and #ActionPlan is under review and stakeholders are invited to contribute and shape its future priorities

    👉 Share your experience. Influence what comes next
    🔗 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/nhf2asme

    @cinea_EU >@EU_MARE @EUAtlantic_Fr @NuaFund @m_pasku @forumoceano

    📣 Atlantic stakeholders: your input is needed

    The #AtlanticMaritimeStrategy and #ActionPlan is under review and stakeholders are invited to contribute and shape its future priorities

    👉 Share your experience. Influence what comes next
    🔗 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/nhf2asme

    @cinea_EU @EU_MARE @EUAtlantic_Fr @NuaFund @m_pasku @forumoceano
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    nitter.net/EUAtlantic/status/2

  8. WATCH: Momentum Builds at Holyrood for Scotland’s Games Future

    Level Up: If you missed the live stream of the Scottish Parliament yesterday, you missed a significant turning point in the ongoing evolution of our industry – with a ministerial commitment to review the action plan “line-by-line” at a future meeting of the cross-party group for Scotland’s games ecosystem.

    Building on the foundations laid by Clare Adamson’s 2023 motion, last night’s debate represented a massive step forward in strategic coherence. We saw MSPs from across the chamber champion the Level Up Scotland Action Plan, citing our £151,382 GVA per head and calling for a dedicated Games Supercluster.

    A Chamber in Consensus

    The debate was led by a powerful opening from Michael Marra MSP, who laid out the undeniable economic and cultural case for the plan. We also heard vital contributions from Clare Adamson MSP, Daniel Johnston MSP, Liam Kerr MSP, Foysol Choudhury MSP and a response from Business Minister Richard Lochhead MSP.

    From the “Golden Thread” of games technology to the need for a Chief Games Officer, the Parliament spoke with a level of detail and passion that proves the games sector is now a national priority.

    Watch the Highlights

    The full video of the debate is now available. We encourage everyone – from studio founders to students – to watch. Hear the consensus for yourself:

    WATCH: Members’ Business Debate on the Scottish Games Action Plan

    Your Voice is Needed.

    While the Parliament has spoken with a unified voice, and the mainstream press has put us on the front pages, we need to continue showing the sector is united behind this plan.

    We cannot allow this momentum to be met with silence.

    The Minister, Richard Lochhead, has committed to a “line-by-line” review of the Action Plan at the next Cross-Party Group meeting. This is our window of opportunity. We need to show the Scottish Government that it isn’t just a few of us asking for change – it is the entire community.

    Level Up: Join the Wall of Support

    If you believe in the vision of a £1 Billion games ecosystem, we need you to go on the record today. It takes 30 seconds, but its impact in the halls of power is massive.

    Visit the Scottish Games Network website and deave a comment underneath the Games Action Plan documents here.

    • Studio Heads: Tell the government why you need better scale-up support.
    • Developers: Tell them why you want to build your career in a Scottish Supercluster.
    • Students: Tell them why you need a support to help you develop and publish new IP.
    • Everyone else: Help the government understand games are far more than the huge consumer market. Games can and will impact your sector, from education to healthcare, from film to fintech.

    The Scottish Parliament has opened the door. Now, we as a community must ensure the Government walks through it.

    Let’s make our presence undeniable. Let’s make our sector famous.

    ~Brian

    #actionPlan #debate #games #GamesActionPlan #holyrood #LevelUp #parliament #scotland
  9. Live Debate: Scotland’s Games Action Plan @ Holyrood: 17:50, Feb 3rd 2026.

    The parliamentary debate on Level Up: Scotland’s Games Action Plan will take place around 17:50 tomorrow afternoon – Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026.

    Tickets are already sold out to attend the session in-person, but you can watch live and online using the Scottish Parliament TV streaming service.

    I’ll be present in Parliament for the debate and hope to live blog the whole thing as questions are asked, complete with printed copies for any Members who wish to take a physical copy home.

    I’ll also be answering questions on the Scottish Games Network social media channels (LinkedIn, BlueSky and Facebook) for anyone who’d like to have more information or background on the Action Plan as a whole, specific recomendations within the plan, or around the future of the games ecosystem.

    Hope to see you there.

    ~Brian

    #actionPlan #debate #games #government #holyrood #parliament #scotland