Adamantean is pleased to work with Hickman Shearer to assist any business who would like to buy the assets being sold in the Arena Television auction, being held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th February. An estimated £6M of high quality Outside Broadcast equipment is available for immediate sale. Auction payment terms are strictly enforced, and...Read More

Blimey, another year has flown by – and what a year it has been! In December 2020 we were all preparing for a lockdown Christmas whilst receiving news of the recently approved first vaccine. Twelve months on and with the threat of further lockdowns in abeyance, it may feel like we have not made much...Read More

So. Who’s going to IBC? Currently it’s still due to happen, but by the time you read this, who knows..?   NAB, which was rescheduled for later this month, was only cancelled in mid-September; ridiculously late notice for a show thats key attribute is its global reach, and could never realistically have gone ahead in the...Read More

There are so many moving parts in the world of TV production right now, each of them independently throwing curve balls into an already high-pressure environment. And all have the potential to scupper the best laid production plans, with budget-busting consequences. And yet, at the same time, business is booming, with UK production output at...Read More

Events of the last 11 months clearly require no summarising, but it is a hard fact that, to many small businesses in the UK, CoVid-19 has been the Grim Reaper in all but the black cloak. However, as in all aspects of life, there have been winners and losers. Some companies have enjoyed the opportunities...Read More

Can you measure success in a pandemic? Over the years we have been involved with various manufacturer-supported finance programmes designed to increase sales of specific products during a promotional period. No doubt, you will be familiar with them. When planning the scope, we have always asked the commissioner of any project to consider what they...Read More

The last few months have been some of the most extraordinary in my working life. Who knew that the first call in mid-March from a longstanding client, asking for a help as he’d had a string of job cancellations, would lead to a flood of pleas for help from much of our client base.  We’ve...Read More

When Tom Hanks was diagnosed with CoVid back in March, the entire global filming industry shut down over night. Productions were cancelled, and equipment rental companies, post-production facilities, and other service providers all saw future bookings fall over like dominoes and their revenues cease with immediate effect. Everyone was staring down the barrel. The future...Read More