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BBC News cuts demonstrate need for over-75s licence fee to be handed back to government, says Bectu
15 July 2020
The BBC has announced further changes to BBC News which follow on from planned changes…
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Bectu urges DCMS to specify details of cultural bailout
14 July 2020
Bectu has written to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport re-iterating the…
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Bectu says government has put BBC in ‘impossible position’ re over-75s licence fee
9 July 2020
Bectu has criticised the government for forcing the BBC to charge over-75s for the licence…
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Bectu and Primtime organised ne-to-one sessions with high profile directors of photography and camera operators at BSC expo in January 2020
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Bectu partners with Primetime women’s visibility platform as return to work begins
9 July 2020
Bectu has endorsed online women’s platform, Primetime, as the film, TV and commercials…
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Bectu seeks BAME workers’ views on how to improve diversity in creative industries
8 July 2020
Bectu is inviting Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the creative industries to…
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Bectu dismay as excluded freelancers once more left out in cold by Chancellor
8 July 2020
The government has let down excluded freelancers yet again, Bectu said today (Wednesday 8…
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No help for forgotten freelancers
8 July 2020
The Chancellor today has announced a raft of measures to try to help the economy recover…
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UPDATE: If the Arts package isn’t administered properly we will still see unnecessary job losses and closures
7 July 2020
Head of Bectu Philippa Childs, responding to the Arts funding package announced on Sunday…
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We will be scrutinising the details of this package to make sure it lives up to the real needs of our sector
5 July 2020
Bectu has responded to the announcement of financial support for cultural and arts…
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Providing hope in desperate times – Bectu mental health webinar hears “you are not alone”
3 July 2020
Community is the key to supporting mental health problems and there are many initiatives to…
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