EAG360 president invites UK ministers to discuss 25% machine games duty
Regulation1 min read
EAG360 president Nick Harding has invited Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Chancellor John Healey and other ministers to attend the event and meet the sector. The UK’s 28 October autumn fiscal package raised Machine Games Duty to 25% and removed business-rates relief for adult gaming centres; Harding said the changes risk business closures, job losses and lower tax receipts.
The UK government's 28 October autumn fiscal package raised Machine Games Duty to 25% and removed business rates relief for adult gaming centres.
EAG360 president Nick Harding warned that the duty increase would cause business closures and job losses and could reduce Treasury tax receipts. He said it would affect sectors represented by trade associations including Bacta, the Bingo Association, the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions and the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain.
Harding has invited Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Chancellor John Healey and other ministers to EAG360 to meet the sector. Amuse Expo, CompSocUK and London Gaming Show take place alongside one another at EAG360.
Short videos and interviews made on the exhibition floor will be shared with Healey and the prime minister, Harding said.