Why Pleo is perfect for business owners in the behind-the-scenes film industry

Whether you have a team or you’re a freelancer operating on your own, using Pleo brings a huge number of benefits to businesses in the film & TV industry. Similar to a prepaid debit card, it makes expenses (and life!) a lot easier to manage and organise. No more overspending, lost receipts or missing expense details. More time editing, shooting and doing what you love.

Let’s dive into the benefits.

How does it work?

1. Use your Pleo card to pay for something.
2. Capture the receipt and enter a few details about the purchase.
3. The expenses are categorised in Pleo and upload.

Pleo seriously cuts down on admin work.

The biggest benefit of using Pleo is the sheer amount of time it frees up. Its integration with accounting software cuts down the time spent on credit card reconciliations and manual data input, giving you more time to be creative and do what you do best. 

It’s ideal if you hire freelancers.

Bringing on a freelance sound engineer or camera operator for a one-off project? Pleo means you can instantly issue them with a virtual card for any expenses they might incur. Once their contract is up, you can easily freeze or delete their card.

It makes it easier to stay within budget.

Pleo lets you set spending limits for each team member, so you can rest easy knowing your cash flow won’t be hit with expenses you haven’t budgeted for.

Pleo gets rid of expense reports.

When you buy something with Pleo, you’ll instantly be prompted to snap a photo of the receipt. You can say goodbye to chasing up employees for receipts at the end of the month and wondering “who bought this?” while digging around for invoices. You’ll spend less time on admin and more time on the things that matter.

You can review purchases in real-time. 

When a team member buys something using Pleo, you’ll get a notification detailing the amount, what was bought and where it was purchased from. You won’t have to wait until the end of the month to see your team’s expenses, so you can keep better control of your budgets as you go. 

Your team feel more empowered.

Whether you have a team of one or one hundred, giving your employees their own Pleo cards encourages autonomy and boosts trust. All while maintaining your control and visibility over your business spend.

Pleo also means your team doesn’t have to fork out for expenses using their personal debit or credit cards. They’ll no longer have to go out-of-pocket and submit expenses at the end of the month. Instead, they’ll enjoy more security over their own cash flow and won’t have to worry about reimbursement – also meaning less admin on your end!

Pleo links with your digital accounting software.

Pleo connects to Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, cutting down on the time spent manually inputting expense information into your digital accounting software. Once you’ve confirmed an expense is okay, it’ll automatically upload at the tap of a button. 

Pleo automatically calculates fuel costs.

Working in studios and on sets involves a lot of travelling, and working out fuel costs can get tricky. With Pleo, simply input into the app where a journey starts and ends and it works out what’s owed for fuel. It saves a lot of headaches!

It makes it easy to manage subscriptions.

With subscriptions for editing software, sample banks and online storage, you might find it difficult to keep a handle on your monthly outgoings. When you use Pleo to pay for your business subscriptions, you’ll be able to see all of your recurring payments from one dashboard.

Get set up on Pleo today.

At Tailored, we’re here to help you start feeling the benefits of Pleo. We’ll guide you through the setup process and help you integrate Pleo into your business. 

Book a call with us and we’ll kick things off with a friendly, 15-minute chat.