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Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
An update from the government on industry-led measures to improve player protections with regards to loot boxes in video games.
Find out about Machine Games Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
How to pay Gaming or Bingo Duty, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
How we are going to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.
Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
How Gaming Duty is charged, and who has to pay.
Find out about the Machine Games Duty for Agents online service and how to register.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Register for Gaming Duty using the online service or the postal form (GD56).
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a digital technology expert - fintech, gaming, cyber security, artificial intelligence
What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls: funding opportunity. Aims to build knowledge on what works to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).
More than £3 million of government funding has been awarded to emerging video game developers and start-up studios to help them scale their businesses and create the next British gaming hits.
Millions invested in eight innovative companies behind lifesaving new medical technology which could destroy liver cancer tumours, detect Alzheimer’s and quickly spot those at risk of stroke
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Walker on 17 April 2024.
How to pay Machine Games Duty: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or your bank.
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