Tag: finances/legal

  • What Performers Need to Know About Employment Law Changes

    What Performers Need to Know About Employment Law Changes

    New rights for workers and concerns around tax: how the upcoming changes to employment law will affect performers in the UK. The Labour government is in the process of changing rights for workers in the biggest shake-up of employment law in decades. The government has already introduced legislation to increase the rights of workers in…

  • How Political Parties Shape Cultural Policy with Stuart Andrew MP

    How Political Parties Shape Cultural Policy with Stuart Andrew MP

    The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Stuart Andrew, joins us on The Spotlight Podcast to discuss how cultural policies impact performers. The Rt. Hon. Stuart Andrews MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, joins us in the Spotlight studio to discuss how cultural policies impact performers. He…

  • How to Get a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Performer

    How to Get a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Performer

    Expert advice for freelance actors and performers about how to increase your chance of getting a mortgage and what you can do now to prepare for future home ownership. As a performer, your income structure can be quite unique with your personal finances fluctuating depending on your working situation. Due to the particular nature of…

  • How to Fund Your Feature Film

    How to Fund Your Feature Film

    Discover what sets feature films apart from shorts, as well as the core funding options available for feature filmmakers in the UK. Feature films offer filmmakers a unique set of opportunities compared to short films. They allow you to develop more complex characters and narratives and to stage them within a cinematic world that has…

  • Is Your Audio-visual Work Shown Overseas? Get Additional Payments from BECS

    Is Your Audio-visual Work Shown Overseas? Get Additional Payments from BECS

    How the British Equity Collection Society (BECS) helps performers get additional payments when their film and TV work is shown overseas. If your work is being shown anywhere in the world, you may have the right to receive additional payment (additional to what is provided for in your contract with the producer) – and that’s…

  • The Spotlight Podcast: AI and Performer Rights

    The Spotlight Podcast: AI and Performer Rights

    Solicitor Tony Morris joins us in the Spotlight studio to talk about artificial intelligence and what performers should know about copyright law and contracts when it comes to protecting their identity and work. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at an incredibly fast pace and is becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. Whilst AI offers…

  • Regular Spending with an Irregular Income

    Regular Spending with an Irregular Income

    How to plan your spending as an actor to ensure you’re saving enough when your income is high and surviving when work is slow. One of the biggest obstacles to self-employed actors getting a grip on their finances is a failure to budget properly for their irregular income. It’s easy to spend freely when earning…

  • A Guide to Pensions for Self-Employed Actors

    A Guide to Pensions for Self-Employed Actors

    How to set up a pension as an actor and how much you should aim to save for your retirement. When you’re starting your acting career, retirement is probably at the back of your mind. Finding an agent, preparing for auditions and keeping your Spotlight up-to-date seem more urgent.  Typically, actors are driven by a…

  • What Performers Should Know About Copyright

    What Performers Should Know About Copyright

    Find out how copyright applies to the television and film productions you have been a part of in the UK and how to seek permission before including excerpts in your acting showreel. Copyright is a complex legal subject that can be hard to navigate when starting out as an actor. It’s not always clear when…

  • How to Become a Freelance Drama, Dance or Singing Teacher

    How to Become a Freelance Drama, Dance or Singing Teacher

    Looking for a side job? Start teaching drama, dance or singing as a freelancer now with this helpful guide and teaching tips. Many actors, singers, and dancers transform their passion for the performing arts into a rewarding teaching career. Teaching drama, dance, or singing as a freelancer offers a decent hourly wage, the opportunity to…