Realtime Worlds' woes 'a sad day for Dundee'
Politicians greeted the news that computer games firm Realtime Worlds had called in the administrators with "shock" and "sadness" and vowed to do everything in their power to minimise the job losses.
The studios at Realtime Worlds.
- By Alan Wilson
- Published in the Courier : 18.08.10
- Published online : 18.08.10 @ 10.31am
Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie said, "This is a sad day for Dundee, to see our biggest computer games company go into administration.
"We will be doing everything we can to help them. I will be making the strongest representations to the UK Government to support Scotland's video games industry which is so important to Dundee."
Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick added, "It was with some shock I heard the disappointing news. The people at RTW have worked tirelessly to lobby both the current and previous UK Governments for tax relief and other measures to help the industry, but their calls have fallen on deaf ears.
"It's not clear whether tax breaks would have prevented today's announcement but the UK Government need to sit up and pay attention to what is happening in Dundee.
"We have contacted the Minister for Enterprise, Jim Mather MSP, and the First Minister to see what support the Scottish Government can give to minimise any job losses."
Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East said, "Our thoughts are with the staff and their families who must be really concerned about their futures.
"We will be meeting the management tomorrow to find out what the implications are and what we can do to support the staff and company."
Dundee West MP Jim McGovern said, "This news is absolutely disastrous for Dundee — this a huge loss of highly skilled jobs at a time of economic strain for the country and for the city.
"It is companies like Realtime Worlds that are central to rejuvenating Dundee and which provide much needed work and investment.
"The Lib-Tory Coalition in Westminster and the Nationalists in Holyrood must realise that in a global competitive market, if we want highly skilled well paid jobs, then we must support our industries. When other countries are rolling out the red carpet to new companies we cannot keep failing them.
"I have repeated time and again to this government about the need for support and a tax break for the games industry like they have for the film industry.
"I now urge them to stop delaying and start acting. If the Tories and Lib Dems wanted evidence of their dithering and indecision they now have it.
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