<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Nick et al,<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">I would recommend that everyone should operate a 'payment in advance’ (PIA) policy these days. PIA for comprod and PIA for the airtime, monthly in advance. If you use voice artists or external compared I would also recommend that you ask them what their tariff would be if you paid them in advance. I can’t believe the number of VO artist that spend hours each week on the phone chasing payment after a session. It would help them and should help you get a better price from them.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">As for taking someone to the Small Claims court - for what it’s worth, Nick, walk away. Apart from the financial cost of taking someone to court (which admittedly is low) there is an emotional cost. It drags you down and takes you away from all the good stuff you are doing. Sure, it sends out a message that ‘we are not to be messed with’ but that not always the strong arm image that a community organisation want to portrait.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">David<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font class=""><font face="Arial" class="">The Radio People</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font class=""><br class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="14A2A466-DD08-4F78-86BB-0E051C4B826F" height="151" width="151" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0408A.70A76EF0" class=""></font><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:david@theradiopeople.co.uk" style="color: blue;" class="">david@theradiopeople.co.uk</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Website: <a href="http://theradiopeople.co.uk" style="color: blue;" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/theradiopeople" style="color: blue;" class="">@theradiopeople</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> </font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Facebook:<font color="#5f86ff" class=""> </font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk" style="color: blue;" class="">facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>