MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU 2020

It’s May the 4th ‘STAR WARS’ day which presents us with a unique opportunity to reflect on these strange times that we find ourselves in, where life seems to be stuck on pause and are waiting to see where it will take us. So I thought it would be fun to take a little time for some mindful reflection through the eyes of ‘Yoda’ who I remembered  looking up to and taking comfort from in times of uncertainty growing up as a young boy, as he became my ‘Intergalactic Guru’.  In fact I was reminded of his wisdom at Christmas…Read More

In Uncertain Times We Provide Some Certainty

Imaginar CG Animation Studio In these uncertain times we would like to provide a small sense of certainty. The creative and advertising industry now find them-selves in an alien place, where they need to create original and thought provoking content, unable to fall back on traditional live action production techniques, needing to think outside of the box and embrace more virtualised production techniques to do this whilst taking advantage of the broadcast and social platforms which have now become the life line of many to help get their clients message out there. We fully understand the challenges ahead for all…Read More

COVID-19 Self Employed Support Update

Hi All, Well…..we finally got an announcement which initially I thought was great news for the majority of you, until I looked more deeply into the details! It now appears to be good news for the ones who are sole traders and not set up as a limited company. That is because there is a section within this new announcement that states: Those who pay themselves a salary and dividends through their own company are not covered by the scheme. I am truly devastated at the moment for those of you who do not qualify. I did not imagine they…Read More

Meeting With Greg Clark To Discuss Creative Tech And Innovation

On Friday 13th March 2020 Neil Rowbottom and Richard Watkins had the opportunity to meet with Greg Clark at the partner offices of ‘Spotted Zebra’ in Tunbridge of which Greg is the MP of. We had the opportunity to discuss all things creative and tech. Greg is currently on the Governments’Science And Technology’committee and met with us marking the start of British Science Week in his constituency. Please read what Greg has to say below after the meeting. “Greg talked to ‘Spotted Zebras’ founder Neil Rowbottom and co founder of ‘Immersive Studio’ Richard Watkins about future developments in their industry…Read More

COVID-19 Self Employed and Freelance

To all my creative Freelance friends here is some breaking news my accountant Gary Foster has sent me about possible ways to claim similar financial support in these uncertain times which is similar to the paye employees are able to: I thought I would drop you all a quick update based on something I have just seen online, as it sounds like the good news we have been waiting for is coming shortly, possibly tomorrow. I have just seen a copy of a proposed ‘Parliament Public Bill Amendment’ (see copy attached) which describes the planned benefits for both self-employed and…Read More