ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

11 years, 2 months ago - Claudette FLINT

Jean-Baptiste, je te suggère d'aller au Consulat et de leur demander de te mettre en relation avec quelques français qui ont créé leur compagnie.
Ou bien adresse toi à Olivier Cadic sur le site du Consulat, il est beaucoup plus efficace que le consulat lui-même et il a crée sa compagnie.Il te mettra surement en relation avec des gens utiles.

11 years, 2 months ago - Nick Hilton

There's a missing 'on' from the title of this thread, for which I apologise.

11 years, 2 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Getting work isn't hard, getting paid is. But, when a paid gig comes up, if you're suitable and in eyeline, you're in. As such, any interning you do for free is probably your best bet for turning free work into paid work. Or not, the sector is hugely over subscribed, even with graduates living in London with good degrees from good universities. Attitude will go a long way - be so enthusiastic that people want you around. Make tea, sand learn to make it well, in return you will learn a lot that isn't covered in books just by asking and absorbing.

11 years, 1 month ago - Jean-Baptiste Le Mercier

Thank you all for your advise !
Is there already a discution about that somwhere ? Or any place where professional meet and discuss about that ?

11 years, 2 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Just be aware that setting up a limited company 'Brilliant Movies Ltd' may only cost £20, but it does commit you to about £1000/year of accounting costs for the bare minimum year-end, more if you don't do your own payroll and vat. It is not the ideal structure for most enthusiastic newcomers as you have to understand some accounting principles, and some different reporting deadlines.

Sole trader 'Paddy t/a Brilliant Movies' (note, not Ltd - very important legal distinction) you just tell HMRC that you're going self employed and do your own tax return each year - remember to keep back some of what you earn for tax or you'll get into a big pickle quickly!

11 years, 2 months ago - John Lubran

Obtenir des informations de «fonctionnaires» est toujours bonne idée à mais ne jamais oublier qu'ils ne seront pas vous dire comment contourner les besoins de leurs propres structures.

In the words of the bard "Don't follow leaders, watch your parking meters"

11 years, 2 months ago - Jean-Baptiste Le Mercier

Hello !
I'm french and I just started a London activity as a photographer and filmmaker.
What kind of company should I set up to star my career here?
Maybe it can interest Nick Hilton to ...

11 years, 2 months ago - John Lubran

Better for a career in film and TV to have almost any sort of degree other than a media or film making one! Certainly that's been the case with the BBC. In most cases ones real training in the industry begins after uni.

11 years, 2 months ago - John Lubran

Unlike in France whereby a limited liability company requires a substantial bond (£15,000 last time I checked), here in the pirate island of the UK just about anyone can set one up for as little as £20! There are just a couple of obligations regarding annual accounts and reports but compared with the rest of the civilised world it's ludicrously easy with limited regulatory oversight. Alternatively, again unlike in France, you can just adopt a trading name with a 'trading as' bank account, design yourself a letter head and become a sole trader. It's effectively the same as being self employed but without some of the onerous PAYE (pay as you earn) tax rules that require PAYE exemption certificates that are not always given to 'sub contractors' in our industry. As suggested, it's a pirate island with a system set up for massive piracy (nothing to with stealing intellectual copyright or robbery on the high seas) that the infernal elites therefore can't reasonably refuse to ordinary folk lower down the food chain. Great in terms of freedom. But a mixed blessing for equality.