It’s spring, which means it’s time for Equity’s Annual Representative Conference, the yearly gathering where issues from across our industry are discussed and debated. Now, as we all know, Brits love their parliamentary procedure – it’s almost as popular a national pastime as gardening or queuing, and I’m sure some of you are thinking it’s just about as interesting. What on earth could be compelling about proposing and seconding, all-those-in-favors, all-those-againsts?

My last blog post was about taxes; this one also has to do with money, but in a happier way. Equity, our union – which of course, we all belong to! – has been extremely busy on our behalf, making sure we all get the money we’ve earned for our hard work. Recently, payments have started coming in for audiobook artists eligible for PLR, and Equity has clawed back money owing to artists who had worked on titles for the now-bankrupt Hallmark TV. However, the headline news is the newly renegotiated Equity/PACT Cinema Films Agreement, covering all UK feature films.