Everything you need to manage UK film and TV productions.
Seamless UK film and TV payroll, from the entertainment industry's most-trusted provider.
Entertainment Partners provides expert, hands-on entertainment payroll services for UK film and TV productions of all sizes. Keep your production running and pay your cast and crew quickly, accurately and compliantly with UK's premier entertainment payroll company.
- Get crews up and running faster and streamline your workflows with SmartStart, EP’s secure digital onboarding solution.
- Transform your payroll with SmartTime, the leading solution for entering timesheets, calculating payroll and submitting it to EP for payment.
- Dedicated senior payroll administrator to keep things running smoothly.
- Multi-currency payment and full cross-border support, including U.S. union and guild payroll.
- Compliant with UK employment law and HMRC requirements (including National Insurance, IR35, pensions and holiday pay).
- Quick turnaround times and faster payments as standard.
- Seamless integration with EP’s UK production accounting solutions for up-to-date, accurate reporting.
Industry-leading production finance solutions for UK film and TV productions.
Get the visibility and control you need to deliver your UK productions on time and on budget.
- SmartAccounting→
The most-advanced cost management system in the entertainment industry, with real-time cost tracking, customisable reporting, advanced carbon tracking and built-in HMRC and VAT compliance controls. - Movie Magic Budgeting→
The industry standard for building and adjusting film and TV production budgets, integrated directly with SmartAccounting for accurate cost tracking and forecasting. - SmartPO +Payables→
Streamline purchase order and AP management. Two-way integration with SmartAccounting ensures accurate invoicing and automated vendor certification and approvals. - CASHét Card
Secure digital payments, integrated with SmartAccounting and SmartPO for faster, compliant vendor payments. - Moneypenny Accounting→ (available to UK production companies only)
Purpose-built digital accounting and AP software for single-currency UK productions.
Power every phase of production from prep to wrap.
Automate script breakdowns, manage schedules and maintain continuity with tools built for any production.
- Movie Magic Scheduling→
Convert scripts into detailed, conflict-free schedules. Seamlessly integrated with Movie Magic Budgeting for accurate cost forecasting and faster budget creation. - SyncOnSet→
Manage continuity and share photos across costumes, props, hair and makeup. - Scenechronize→
Share, manage and deliver files securely from one centralised, cloud-based hub.
Manage multiple productions with ease with industry-leading enterprise solutions.
From managing documents digitally across shows to making data-driven decisions, EP's enterprise solutions are designed to ensure smoother, more efficient and secure productions.
- SmartHub→
Everything you need to manage and archive all your production documents and assets on one platform. Remain audit-ready with all your production data instantly available. - Payroll & Labour Insights (PLI)→
Detailed payroll reporting and analysis with workforce KPIs and metrics for proactive problem solving. - Production Accounting Analytics (PAA)
Transform your production data into actionable intelligence, with a consolidated view of accounting data across all your global productions. Increase accuracy and improve cost efficiencies.
Maximise your budget with expert support accessing UK tax relief.
Unlock the available UK tax relief across your next production with expert management of the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC), including the Independent Film Tax Credit and enhanced VFX incentive.
- Save time with end-to-end management of your UK tax incentive claims—from initial eligibility assessments right up to cash receipt.
- Maximise the available UK tax relief with tailored structuring advice.
- Reduce the paperwork with in-house preparation and submission of interim and final HMRC claims, as well as Cultural Test applications and associated reports.
- Stay compliant with accountant’s and auditor’s reports from our expert accounting team.
- Manage your cashflow with detailed incentives estimates based on your production budget.
- Provide formal opinion letters for financiers lending against the incentive.
- Streamline financing for co-productions and multi-territory shoots with expert guidance from our global team of experts.
Payroll, production finance and production management solutions designed specifically for UK film and TV.
Whether you're a major studio or a local production company filming in the UK, Entertainment Partners provides your production with HMRC-compliant solutions tailored to the UK industry — helping you pay your cast and crew accurately, access UK film and TV tax reliefs, and forecast, manage, and track expenses to keep your production on track.
Why choose Entertainment Partners for your UK productions
One provider. Every solution you need. All connected. From payroll and production accounting to budgeting, scheduling and incentives — built and customised for UK productions.
- Industry-leading payroll, production accounting, budgeting and production management solutions for UK film, TV and streaming projects.
- Expert guidance accessing the UK’s film and TV tax relief: Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit, Independent Film Tax Credit and enhanced VFX incentive.
- HMRC-compliant systems that simplify UK employment, union and tax rules, including VAT, Pact/Bectu rates, PAYE, NI, IR35, holiday pay and pensions.
- Accurate, real-time budgeting and cost reporting for complete visibility and smarter production finance decisions.
- Enhanced UK support hours and a dedicated local team.
Local expertise studios can trust.
Our UK-based experts in local payroll, employment and tax law, incentives, production finance and regulatory and legislative issues can assist throughout the entire arc of your film and TV productions.
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Why Choose EP for Your UK Productions
Entertainment Partners offers the most reliable payroll service for independent and studio film and television productions filming in the UK. Trusted by major studios worldwide, EP combines global expertise with deep local knowledge to deliver quick, accurate, entirely digital UK payroll. EP is the only UK payroll provider to provide a dedicated payroll administrator to ensure personal support, and its integrated, global SmartStart, SmartTime, Payroll and SmartAccounting solutions provide studios with consistent workflows across territories as well as end-to-end control over budgeting and cost tracking.
Entertainment Partners is the only provider of film and TV payroll, production finance, production management and incentives solutions that offers a consistent global experience to studios producing in both the US and the UK. EP’s globally leading onboarding, timecard, budgeting and accounting software SmartStart, SmartTime, Movie Magic Budgeting, SmartAccounting, SmartPO +Payables and CASHét Card are fully customised for UK productions, ensuring studios comply with UK laws and regulations while maintaining consistent financial reporting across territories. Plus, EP’s enterprise solutions Payroll & Labor Insights (PLI) and Production Accounting Analytics (PAA) transform UK production data into actionable intelligence, giving studios complete visibility over their global production activity and driving quick, informed decision making across their UK slate.
Entertainment Partners is the only provider of film and TV payroll and production accounting software that enables UK production companies to provide a consistent global experience to studios commissioning content in the US and the UK. EP’s industry-leading production finance solutions Movie Magic Budgeting, SmartStart, SmartTime, SmartAccounting, SmartPO +Payables and CASHét Card are fully customised for UK productions, ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations while enabling production companies to align their financial reporting and workflows with ever-evolving studio requirements.
Entertainment Partners offers the most reliable payroll service for film and TV productions filming in the UK. Trusted by major studios worldwide, EP combines global expertise with deep local knowledge to deliver quick, accurate UK payroll. EP is the only UK payroll provider to provide a dedicated payroll administrator to ensure personal support, and its payroll system integrates seamlessly with SmartStart, SmartTime and SmartAccounting, digitising payroll from onboarding through to payment while streamlining reporting and giving studios visibility over budgeting and cost tracking.
For independent UK producers, Entertainment Partners delivers the most personal payroll service in the industry, providing the peace of mind you need to keep your payroll running smoothly. You’ll get a dedicated payroll administrator, so you always know who to call if things don’t go to plan. And with Faster Payments as standard and an expert team with deep knowledge of UK payroll and tax law, you can be confident your cast and crew will be paid quickly and accurately, every time.
EP's flexible industry-leading accounting solutions Movie Magic Budgeting, SmartAccounting, Moneypenny Accounting and CASHét Card simplify production finance for indie producers, ensuring real-time visibility, seamless cost control and instant, compliant payments to cast, crew and vendors. EP’s local team have decades of experience in UK production payroll and provide unmatched hands-on support to ensure your cast and crew are paid on time. EP is also the only UK payroll provider with in-house UK incentives experts, who work with productions to help them maximise the available tax relief while eliminating the administrative burden.
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