Is Nick and SME

what transpires over Ross is that he has his own production company, and therefore Ross is not paid by the BBC but the company is. Ross is not employed by the BBC, this I believe to be true, but by his production company.

Now I think we ought to be told if you are actually directly employed by the BBC, or are you effectively an independent contractor through a separate company, hired by the BBC to perform your analysis, and to do this blog.

It might help some people to understand how the BBC has changed, furthermore are you really therefore a SME, and not a person at all.