[citation needed] Citing his experiences with Cenergie, he now writes and campaigns for greater scrutiny of UK money-laundering activities and industrial espionage.

He worked with the British Film Institute on productions including The Stonemen and The Earthmovers, which document St. Paul's Cathedral's masons and the reclamation of Britain's largest coal tip (respectively).

He pioneered music videos with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Kate Bush, The Damned, Queen and Lena Lovitch while Covent Garden's Freerange recorded Gary Numan, The Sex Pistols, Patti Smith and The Slits, supporting musicians by subsidizing them with film profits.

In 1979, he closed Freerange to pursue careers outside of the music industry after his longtime business partner Neville Wills who died 1981, following health issues[12] (aged 36).

Abson's strong political and social interests led him to television with current affairs programs such as Left Right and Centre, Public Eye, and The World This Week.