Search this site
Categories
- Bectu Agreements (6)
- Bullying and Harassment (18)
- Sexual harassment (11)
- Copyright & Intellectual Property (12)
- Personal data (3)
- Coronavirus (56)
- Culture policy (11)
- Economics (67)
- Employment (30)
- Environment & Sustainability (4)
- Housing costs (3)
- Inflation (14)
- Productivity (20)
- Employment Law and Rights (61)
- Employment Contracts (10)
- Employment intermediaries (10)
- Employment status (9)
- Family rights (8)
- Gig economy workers (19)
- Illness and disability (3)
- Migration & working abroad (5)
- Whistleblowing (3)
- Equality (53)
- Disability equality (11)
- Diversity of representation (16)
- Gender equality (11)
- Gender pay (9)
- Gender representation (13)
- Race equality (10)
- Wealth inequality (11)
- Equipment and kit (3)
- EU & Brexit (36)
- Film & TV industry data (68)
- Factual & Entertainment sector data (23)
- Feature film data (34)
- High End TV data (47)
- Skills & capacity (28)
- Film & TV industry policy (116)
- Animation & VFX (3)
- BBC (25)
- Copyright and piracy (1)
- News programmes (1)
- Outside broadcast (2)
- Post-production (3)
- Public Service Broadcasting (53)
- Quotas (31)
- Regulation (41)
- Sports rights and broadcasting (2)
- SVoD (40)
- Tax incentives (22)
- UK studios (12)
- Freelance working (61)
- Freelancer rights (30)
- Personal Service Companies (11)
- Health & Safety (99)
- Child protection and safeguarding (3)
- Coronavirus (35)
- Long hours (28)
- Mental Health (21)
- Occupational Health (2)
- Remote working (14)
- Safe working practices (19)
- Safe working standards (10)
- The working environment (2)
- Wellbeing (33)
- Work-life balance (23)
- Workplace conflict (21)
- Management (24)
- Organising Skills (13)
- Ownership & Control (10)
- Pay & inflation (16)
- Pensions (11)
- Politics (11)
- Labour Party (5)
- The Conservative Party (3)
- Radio (1)
- Tax (50)
- ESM4118 (9)
- IR35 (25)
- Loan arrangements (1)
- National Insurance Contributions (NICs) (8)
- VAT (2)
- Theatre and Live Events data (25)
- Trades Unions (23)
- Uncategorized (5)
- Wages and Pay-rates (21)
- Low pay (17)
- Minimum wage rates (7)
- Welfare and benefits (18)
- CJRS & SEISS (7)
- Workplaces (11)
Tags
- Audiovisual Media Services
- BBC
- Bectu branch activity
- Bectu branch websites
- Channel 4
- Channel 4 privatisation
- Cinema/Theatrical release
- Coronavirus
- Cultural diversity
- Cultural Tests
- Disney
- European Audiovisual Observatory
- Expenses
- Eyes Half Shut
- France
- Holiday pay
- Housing costs
- Housing market
- Housing rents
- Hybrid working
- IATSE
- Investment Quotas
- IR35
- Long hours working
- Media Ownership
- Media sector consolidation
- Minimum Wage
- Netflix
- Ofcom
- Pensions
- Quotas
- Remote working
- Resolution Foundation
- Self-employment
- Sexual harassment
- SVOD
- Theatre and Live Events sector
- The Freelance Deal
- Touring visas
- TUC
- TV Without Frontiers (TVWF)
- UK Studio Watch
- Umbrella Companies
- Vaccination
- Working from home
-
Recent posts
- Bectu enagement with external Health & Safety structures
- National Living Wage will rise to £9.50 an hour
- Drivers particularly badly hit by soaring costs
- Busy industry = unsafe industry?
- Devaluing arts education
- Halyna Hutchins – the latest film set tragedy
- Bluffer’s guide: Cabotage
- IATSE briefs members on the proposed deal
- Piracy of films is still a thing
- UK radio to get ‘discoverability’ boost on smart speakers
- General sense of wellbeing fell during the pandemic
- Comprehensive European figures on women’s representation in TV drama
- Public Service Broadcasting – contestable funds under threat?
- Netflix global strategy on films
- IATSE update – strike averted – members consider a deal
- Visa-free short-term touring allowed in 20 EU countries
- Flexible working – Arup explore the seven-day week
- Protecting mental health in the workplace – TUC webinar
- UK commissioned productions losing crew talent to streamers
- Energy bills to rise by 50% between 2020 and 2022
- Bectu: “Do Nothing To Undermine The IATSE Action,”
- Vaccinated or a negative CoViD test – new guidance in Wales
- More on freelance pensions
- Yet another big streamer eyes European markets
- BBC Studios Appoints Tom Fussell as CEO
- What is happening to self-employment in the UK
- French cultural policy
- IATSE ramps up the pressure: a deal – or a strike on Monday!
- Basic income for artists and art-workers – Irish trial
- Self employed workers using their own home as a workplace
- There’s a lot of job-switching going on
- Got a pay claim coming up? Want advice on inflation, and stuff like that?
- Directors Guild of America approach to diversity
- “The tightest labour market in modern times”
- How often do Freelancers need to opt out of the pension scheme with a regular employer?
- Women leaving the theatre sector after the pandemic?
- Shift-working and disrupted patterns of rest – a research round-up
- Why unions matter – the economic argument
- Vaccination mandates
- How you can support IATSE
About us
BECTU branch & member group websites
- Animation and VFX Branch
- Bectu London Production Division (LPD)
- Camera Branch
- Costume & Wardrobe
- Grips Branch
- Hair Makeup and Prosthetics Branch (LPD)
- JIGS – Joint Industry Grading Scheme (Riggers / SFX / Grips)
- Sound Branch
- Sparks Branch – Bectu Lighting Electricians
- The Rough Assembly – post production and facilities branch
- Theatre Freelancers Branch
Behaviours and mental health
Co-ops and employee ownership
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Coronavirus guidance
Economics
Employment Law
Entertainment sector news
Equalities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Beacon Films
- BFI Press Reset – disability equality
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- Living Income campaign (NEF)
- Share My Telly Job
- Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity
- Sphinx Theatre
- The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film
- UK Disability Arts Alliance
Federation of Entertainment Unions
Health & Safety
Industry data
- Ampere Analysis
- BARB – British Audience Research Board
- BFI industry data
- BFI Statistical Yearbook
- Creative Industries Council
- Creative Industries Federation
- Creative Wales
- EU Audiovisual Observatory
- Film industry tax relief
- Institute for Screen Industries Research
- Internatioal Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE)
- Raising Films
- Screen Industries Growth Network (Uni of York)
- Screenskills info & resources
- Standard Industrial Classification Codes (SIC codes)
- Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
- TV Watercooler
Industry employment agencies & intermediaries
Info & advice
Pensions and Investment
Self Employment
Tax and accounting
Think Tanks & thinking
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Autonomy
- Brave New Europe
- Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
- Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Nesta)
- Creative Workforce Pledge
- Dark Matter Labs
- Employee Benefits
- Engage Britain
- Federal Trust
- Institute for Employment Studies
- Law & Policy Blog
- LSE blogs
- Matthew Taylor blog
- Media Reform Coalition
- More in Common
- Next Wave Futures
- Oliver & Ohlbaum
- ONS Employment & Labour Market stats
- openDemocracy
- Persuasion
- Persuasion
- Practical Ethics
- PWC Future of Work
- Resolution Foundation
- Royal Society of the Arts
- Social Market Foundation
- The Democratic Society
- The Good Corporation
- The Work Foundation
- UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity (UKCCD)
- Will Davies
Trade Associations & Guilds
- Advertising Producers Assoc. (APA)
- Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (US)
- Animation UK
- Association of British Insurers
- Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
- British Film Commission (BFC)
- British Film Editors
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
- Incorporated Society of British Advertisers
- Incorporated Society of Musicians
- Institute of Chartered Accountants (Eng & Wales)
- IPSE – The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed
- National Rigging Advisory Group
- Parents and Carers in Performing Arts
- Personal Managers Association
- Plaza – entertainment technology
- Royal Television Society (RTS)
- Screenskills
- Telly Mums Network (facebook group)
- The Alliance of Associations and Professionals in Theatre & Live Events
- The Production Guild
- TUC blogs
- UK Crowd Management Association (UKCMA)
- UK Screen Alliance
Training & development resources
Archive
- October 2021 (55)
- September 2021 (74)
- August 2021 (66)
- July 2021 (89)
- June 2021 (65)
- May 2021 (61)
- April 2021 (6)
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Busy industry = unsafe industry? | Bectu Freelance Research on Plaza guide warns of ‘skills fade’ in safety-critical live events roles
- Halyna Hutchins – the latest film set tragedy | Bectu Freelance Research on “No-one should die for a shot.” Mark Milsome update
- UK radio to get ‘discoverability’ boost on smart speakers | Bectu Freelance Research on Regulation and Policy related to audiovisual works – an overview.
- Netflix global strategy on films | Bectu Freelance Research on Is UK audiovisual content about to hit a perfect storm?
- Public Service Broadcasting – contestable funds under threat? | Bectu Freelance Research on BBC & Channel 4’s contribution to the UK economy
Category Archives: Personal Service Companies
IPSE on the Dividend Tax and NIC increases
Some light weekend reading for you: IPSE have a post up outlining how the NIC increases to pay for social care will impact freelancers, along with a view that the changes to Dividend Tax means that “Government is making it … Continue reading
At what earnings-level are you better off trading as a Limited Company?
I sent a link to the long-read post on The Contingent Production Army to Kenne Sykes of Blue Skies Partnership (always a helpful source of advice for myself and my predecessor Tony Lennon). The article included this observation: “Examples the … Continue reading
The Freelance Deal: 1. Employment Rights, Tax and Pensions
This is the first draft of the policy document that has been agreed by the Tax, Employment Rights and Pensions Working Group of London Production Division (LPD) on the 7th May 2020. It is a contribution to Bectu’s proposed ‘New … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Contracts, Employment Law and Rights, Employment status, Freelance working, Freelancer rights, Gig economy workers, IR35, Long hours, Management, Pensions, Personal Service Companies, Skills & capacity, Tax, Welfare and benefits, Wellbeing, Work-life balance
Tagged The Freelance Deal
Leave a comment
Making Tax Digital – quarterly tax filings from April 2023?
Government plans for Making Tax Digital – a programme that will require about 4.3m self-employed people and small businesses to keep digital records and report their income to HM Revenue & Customs every quarter from April 2023 – are facing … Continue reading
Posted in Freelance working, Personal Service Companies, Tax
Tagged HMRC helplines, Making Tax Digital, Tax evasion, VAT
Leave a comment
Ban Umbrella Companies?
The TUC is calling for a ban on Umbrella Companies [pdf]. The document under that link also outlines what they define as an Umbrella Company – I’ll be reading this in some detail as I think there may be some … Continue reading
National Insurance Contributions to rise?
This story is a few weeks old now, but today I’ve been reminded of just how much the balance between NIC and taxes changes the dynamics in those big decisions that people make when deciding to be a freelancer or … Continue reading
Lord John Hendy QC – The Status of Workers Bill.
Lord Hendy’s bill The Status of Workers Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on the 26th May 2021. It is… “A Bill to make provision for the creation of a single status for workers by amending the meaning … Continue reading
Your first freelance tax bill – beware ‘payments on account’!
Following on from the recent post on how tax returns are completed, looking through Bectu’s ‘Tax for Freelancers’ today (with prompting from a colleague – thanks Sean!) I was reminded of an important factor that people need to bear in … Continue reading
Posted in Freelance working, Personal Service Companies, Tax
Tagged Payment on account, Tax Forms
1 Comment
How tax forms are completed
I’ve had a query from a member about how Self Employed Sole Traders file their tax returns and I thought the answer should be somewhere that everyone can find it. Broadly…. unless you are always PAYE you will need to … Continue reading
Posted in Freelance working, Personal Service Companies, Tax
Tagged CT600, SA103, SA103F, SA103S, Tax Forms, UTR
1 Comment
Can someone trading through a PSC claim employment rights from an engager?
A very interesting post on AccountingWeb. Among other cases referred to in the article, in 1994, a disgruntled individual, who was providing their services through a limited company or PSC, brought a claim for unfair dismissal. In Catamaran Cruises Ltd … Continue reading
Taxed twice? Workers’ fears of addressing complex employent relationships
Just a quick personal observation based on advising members, but also helping family members with personal employment issues… I think everyone overestimates the degree to which workers are actually the robust rational actors that some policy-makers think they are.