Who Else Is Behind The Scenes
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging and publishing.
Its aim is to support the improvements to the productivity of the UK Creative Media Industries to ensure that they remain globally competitive. It does this by influencing and leading; developing skills, training and education policy; and through opening up the industries to the UK's pool of diverse talent.
It conducts consultation work with industry, publishes research and strategic documents, runs funding schemes and project work, and provides information about the challenges the industries face and what they need to do to overcome them.
It also provides impartial media careers advice for aspiring new entrants and established industry professionals, online, face to face and over the phone. Whether you are a freelancer looking for training information, a student seeking careers advice or a creative media company looking to develop your business, Skillset aims to provide you with easy access to the information you may require.
Grant Thornton's Media and Entertainment Group has been advising businesses in the sector for over fifteen years, making us ideally placed to draw on our practical experiences to help our clients. We offer a full range of services including internal, external and royalty audits, tax services, tax advisory, strategic advisory, transaction support, lead advisory, capital markets and business risk services. We are Number one Auditor* for Film and TV production in the UK listed Market.
Our corporate finance Media team is one of the world's leading advisors in the independent television production sector and has led some of the most iconic deals in the sector including the sale of Dangerous Films to Zodiak Entertainment, the sale of Pioneer to Tinopolis, Carnival's disposal to NBC, 12 Yard's sale to ITV, and Twenty Twenty's move to Shed Media.
We are members of industry bodies such as Pact and the Film Council, we have a solid foundation of media industry knowledge, experience and specialist insight that enables us to provide the right solutions for our clients' business.
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Founded in 1981, Olswang is a leading business law firm, with a team of over 650 people, including more than 100 partners, across four European offices.
The firm is widely regarded as the pre-eminent media law firm in the United Kingdom and its deep experience of the media sector, combined with its outstanding client list, are the key contributors to Olswang's commanding reputation in the media industry.
Recent accolades include the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) Team of the Year 2008 (Legal Business), the M&A Law Firm of the Year 2008 (M&A Awards) and the Corporate Team of the Year 2008 – Mid Markets (The Lawyer).
For the last five years Olswang has been ranked in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Pact is the UK trade association representing and promoting the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, digital, children's and animation media companies.
Pact offers a range of business services to its members, actively lobbies government organizations at local, regional, national and European level and negotiates minimum terms with the major UK broadcasters and other content buyers.
Lee & Thompson is the leading media and entertainment law firm, representing some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians, actors, producers, television personalities and sports people.
Our understanding of our clients' creative motivation enables us better to represent their commercial interests and long-term ambitions.
The diversity of our team enables us to offer comprehensive advice in relation to those commercial interests and, in the case of our talent clients, all of their personal requirements.
