"Pro video editing is likely to cost £600 + VAT per day in London for offline" I can only wonder why, when for a couple of thousand you can set up an Avid Xpress DV system, edit from a DV copy of your rushes, and produce an EDL for your online edit. I honestly don't understand why anyone who's doing more than a one-off project would pay that much for offline editing anymore: even if you have to hire an editor to run the system for you I'm sure you can find plenty willing to work for a lot less than 600 a day.