Creative industries are ‘crucial to the economy’ but film-making and tax have long had an uneasy relationship in Britain

Only the most geeky of movie buffs will have heard of him but Alan Latham is one of the UK’s most prolific film producers.

Credited on 81 releases dating back to 1996, according to the online film bible IMDb.com, Latham has been behind a string of barely known films fronted by much better known actors.