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16 February 2022
Bectu, the union for the creative industries, today welcomes the publication of the Film…
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1 February 2022
Bectu has appointed screen practitioner Mairi Claire Bowser to the newly created role of…
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28 January 2022
Bectu has published rate guidance for members in unscripted television, an unprecedented…
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17 January 2022
Bectu, the largest union in the BBC, has defended the funding model of the BBC, as…
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24 December 2021
The Government’s announcement of funding via Arts Council England for freelancers in the…
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21 December 2021
Head of Bectu, Philippa Childs, has written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture,…
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16 December 2021
Following a wave of theatre cancellations and show closures Bectu has written to the…
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15 December 2021
Head of Bectu Philippa Childs, responds to COVID-related cancellations of a number of West…
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13 December 2021
Prospect has welcomed a call asking government departments and agencies to encourage civil…
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1 December 2021
On Tuesday, Bectu hosted a virtual panel discussion about what the potential privatisation…
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