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| BECTU | The union for the UK's TV industry, strongly supporting tvfreelancers.org.uk. |
| PACT/BECTU rates | PACT/BECTU recommended rates of pay |
| NUJ | The union for the UK's journalism industry (which also represents a number of TV grades). They have a strong online presence, especially their London branch whose website has facilities such as sharing of rates and client information - worth a look as a possible example for us to follow? |
| www.film-tv.co.uk | Free on-line resource for film makers, producers, technical / creative personnel, facilities / service providers and production companies, giving industry practitioners in all areas a forum for promoting their employment vacancies / crew requirements, services, talents etc. |
| Skillset | The Sector Skills Council for the Broadcast, Film, Video, Interactive Media and Photo Imaging industries. |
| BBC Health & Safety Database | A complete alphabetical listing of the BBC's Health and Safety Requirements and Guidance |
| NFTS Short Course Factory | UK provider of high-quality, intensive short courses for freelancers and employees in the film and television industry. |
| Media Guardian broadcast | Very useful and industry-specific online news site. They also send out a daily email of media-related news stories gathered from the day's papers, worth registering for. |
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'Broadcast' online. |
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| www.shootingpeople.org | Shooting People puts you in touch with thousands of other people working in independent film via daily email bulletins. |
| DFG Docs | The new documentary website from the Documentary Filmmakers Group in association with the British Council. It's a one-stop shop for documentary, created especially for all of you interested in the art and craft of documentary filmmaking. Useful resources as well like contracts and release forms. |
| Focal International | The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International Ltd, a not-for-profit professional trade association representing commercial film/ audiovisual libraries, professional film researchers, producers and others working in the film and television industry. |
| PACT | Producer's Alliance for Cinema and Television. Many production companies are members of PACT, and for producers they are a valuable source of advice and information. Their directory is also one of the most comprehensive sources of info about independent production companies. |
| Met. Office | Shooting tomorrow? Here's a useful weather site. |
| www.digiguide.com | This site will be a fantastic discovery for anyone who needs to keep an eye on the TV schedules. Gets listings from the internet once a week and displays them with full information - totally customisable, categorisable, archivable and searchable too. A great tool. |
| Inland Revenue guidelines | Specific guidance for payment/tax practices for the film and TV industry. It also has an appendix which contains a useful list of the grades which are accepted as self-employed. |