Oi Threaded.

[Pondlife]

Last comment on here is you I take it?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-didnt-see.do#

[sasguru]

Can't be anyone else. Well said, Threaded.

[The Lone Gunman]

There is a piece on the news page of CUK covering this today.
This place could become rather high brow if Paxo and Fiona Bruce come looking for advice on IR35.

[darmstadt]

And how comes you live in the middle of a road?

[Muttley08]

There is a piece on the news page of CUK covering this today.
This place could become rather high brow if Paxo and Fiona Bruce come looking for advice on IR35.

mmmm...Fiona....

[threaded]

And how comes you live in the middle of a road?

Because I'm out standing in my field.

[vetran]

Shouldn't be a problem if they do become ltd, ten quid from companies house and you know how much Paxo is stiffing the taxman.

oh yes good comment threaded

[Sysman]

There is a piece on the news page of CUK covering this today.
This place could become rather high brow if Paxo and Fiona Bruce come looking for advice on IR35.

That could indeed be fun, but what price would the general assembly exact?

Non-biased reporting would be my first suggestion.

My second suggestion would involve them paying for the advice.

(maybe I got my priorities wrong there )

[The Lone Gunman]

Shouldn't be a problem if they do become ltd, ten quid from companies house and you know how much Paxo is stiffing the taxman.

oh yes good comment threaded

Thing is, the Beeb should not be doing this.
The licence fee is part of a contract or covenant with us. We fund the Beeb so that it does not have to go down the commercial route for its programming.
I know it is a complex issue and there are business reasons etc.
By buying in these Ltd companies services they are breaking that contract. They are using our money to line the pockets of outside commercial interests. They have been doing this for years with certain shows. Top Gear is owned and produced by Clarksons company I think. There are others. The Beeb pays for these to be produced, but the other business gets the commercial rights.

It is about time the Beeb and the licence fee were realigned with the purpose for which it exists.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Thing is, the Beeb should not be doing this.
The licence fee is part of a contract or covenant with us. We fund the Beeb so that it does not have to go down the commercial route for its programming.
I know it is a complex issue and there are business reasons etc.
By buying in these Ltd companies services they are breaking that contract. They are using our money to line the pockets of outside commercial interests. They have been doing this for years with certain shows. Top Gear is owned and produced by Clarksons company I think. There are others. The Beeb pays for these to be produced, but the other business gets the commercial rights.

It is about time the Beeb and the licence fee were realigned with the purpose for which it exists.

It is also time the Beeb applied the Simon Dee option to a lot of them. For those of you too young to remember, Simon Dee was the highest-paid chat show host on TV in the 60's. He negotiated for an even higher salary on the basis that his talent was irreplaceable. The BBC disagreed. He went to ITV and played the same game. Then he left broadcasting.

The same applies to Clarkson, Paxman, Ross, et al: they are good at what they do, but not irreplaceable. On commercial TV a "star" may be rewarded for bringing in viewers, but on "our" BBC an employee should be paid for the job, not the star quality.