Our Team is on-hand to support individual Pact Members and also engages in negotiations with broadcasters, unions and guilds on behalf of all indies in relation to the terms of trade and collective agreements that govern our sector.

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Latest Legal & Business Affairs updates

  • Catch up: Putting Music into Productions

    If you missed our recent webinar with the experts from Wiggin, in which they provided advice on the common pitfalls in commissioning and licensing music, as well as the latest music issues that producers face, you can now catch up...

    10/06/2024

  • Demo and discount on the Call It! App

    Watch our demo webinar with Call It! Co-Founder, Kate Wilson in which she explains how to use the app and, importantly, what you can do with the data. Pact members enjoy a 50% discount on Call It! subscriptions for the first three months...

    14/05/2024

  • Important clarification on Holiday Pay

    We have been in discussions with Wiggin LLP and have updated our advice to members to reflect the choice available to employers as to how to implement the recent changes to Holiday Pay...

    07/05/2024

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Our Team and their areas of expertise

Please note that there are some legal matters that Pact cannot advise on: pure commercial terms (i.e. appropriate fees to pay); litigation and legal issues related to law from other jurisdictions. We can, however, direct you to appropriate independent legal advice.

Full contact details, including telephone numbers, for all Pact staff can be found on the Our Team page.

Summary of Union Collective Agreements
  • Click on the union name to see the relevant agreements:
    • Equity
    • Musicians Union
    • Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB)
    • Film Artistes Association (FAA)
    • BECTU
    • Directors UK (DUK)


Copies of these agreements can be downloaded via the Resource Library.


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