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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…
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Bectu welcomes £10m Scottish funding for struggling theatres and workforce
3 July 2020
The Scottish government has unveiled £10m of funding for theatres facing insolvency and…
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Theatre storm will turn into a tsunami without government intervention, says Bectu
3 July 2020
Close to 3,000 theatre jobs are at risk of redundancy with many more expected,…
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Squeezed budgets and fewer staff will only add pressure to BBC striving to bring nation together during coronavirus
2 July 2020
The BBC has announced that it is looking to cut 450 jobs from English regions as well as…
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PMQs demonstrate extent of concern across the country for theatres and the arts
1 July 2020
Questions about the future of the theatre industry were asked during Prime…
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