UK Screen Alliance

The UK Screen Alliance (formerly UK Screen Association) is a trade body that represents British companies working in the film, TV and commercials industries. The association promotes the business interests of companies involved in audio and video post-production, visual effects (VFX), special effects, animation, camera and equipment hire and production studios.

The current CEO, appointed in 2016 is Neil Hatton.[1]

Leading member companies include Framestore, Double Negative, Industrial Light and Magic UK, MPC, The Mill, Aardman Animations, Deluxe, Technicolor and Molinare.

History

In 2004 the Department of Trade and Industry and the UK Film Council provided seed funding to assist in the establishment of a new trade body to represent the UK's post production and visual effects sector. This led to the foundation of UK Post (later to be renamed UK Screen Association). UK Post made a contribution to the film tax consultation conducted by HM Treasury and Department for Culture Media and Sport. It also engaged with the BBC to access information to enable its member companies to make decisions about the future direction of their businesses.

UK Post's remit expanded in 2006 to provide representation for all companies providing services to the film and broadcast industry in 2006. On 5 September 2006, the association's name was changed to UK Post & Services. In 2007 the association's board decided that a more radical change of name was necessary to reflect the trade body's broadened remit, its expanded membership and the industry's move towards multi-platform content creation and delivery. The board announced the name had been changed to UK Screen Association on 30 May 2007.

UK Screen played a significant part in driving the changes to the UK's Film and High-End TV tax relief announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement which created an increase in inward investment work. Further lobbying during 2014 resulted in the lowering of the qualification threshold for tax relief from 25% to 10% in the Chancellor's Budget of 2015 and reform of the cultural test. This allowed many productions to qualify for tax relief on the basis of VFX or post production work alone.[2][3]

In November 2016, UK Screen Association announced that it was joining forces with Animation UK to form the UK Screen Alliance, citing increasingly converging policy interests and a desire for a louder voice to government.[4][5][6][7]

Mission

UK Screen Alliance acts as the strategic lobbying group interacting with government agencies, providing a support mechanism and a voice for its members, with particular focus on:

  • Fiscal, legislative, employment and technical standards
  • The promotion of the film, TV, animation and commercials sector to existing and potential clients in both the UK and abroad
  • Development of skills within the UK's film, TV, animation and commercials industry

Projects
  • Access:VFX - UK Screen Alliance supports this VFX industry movement to encourage inclusion in the industry[8][9]
  • Conch awards - awards, recognising the achievements of individuals and companies working in audio post production.
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References
  1. "UK Screen names Hatton as new CEO". Televisual.
  2. "British film culture test to change". BBC News.
  3. "UK industry cheers tax break changes". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. "UK Screen and Animation UK join forces to form UK Screen Alliance". UK Screen Association. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. "Trade bodies merge to form UK Screen Alliance". Broadcast Now.
  6. "Animation UK allies with UK Screen". C21 Media.
  7. "Animation U.K. Merges With U.K. Screen Association". Variety.
  8. "Access:VFX". Animated Women.
  9. "Announcing Access:VFX". The Production Guild.
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