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COVID-19 TV and film relief fund welcome, but more must be done
24 March 2020
The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create the new fund, established with…
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Freelancers flood MPs with requests for financial assistance in less than 24 hours
24 March 2020
More than 7,000 freelance workers in the creative industries have written to their MPs in…
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Freelancers set to lose £33,000, unless government extends 80% wage help to them
24 March 2020
Film and TV freelancers report average earnings of £38,000 per annum compared to…
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Bectu urges theatres to take advantage of government employee income protection
24 March 2020
Bectu has written to two leading theatre employers organisations asking that they take…
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Creative industries freelancers: write to your MP NOW
23 March 2020
We are calling on all creative freelancers to write to their MP to urgently ask for…
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The situation for freelancers could not be more urgent – government needs to act now
23 March 2020
Several weeks into the COVID-19 crisis and, while the government has eventually taken…
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Further delays in help for freelancers won’t cut it. We need action now
21 March 2020
Bectu, a union representing tens of thousands of freelance members, has responded to…
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Chancellor must urgently revise income support plan to include freelancers and self-employed
20 March 2020
Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “The Chancellor’s support package for workers…
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This is devastating for workers at Cineworld and Picturehouse
20 March 2020
Workers at Cineworld and Picturehouse have received notice that many of them are being paid…
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Bectu presses DCMS and Treasury for urgent support of workforce during COVID-19 pandemic
19 March 2020
Bectu is maintaining pressure on the government to put measures into place to protect the…
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