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Calvin Allen · 28 August 2020
Prospect has been working with a coalition of unions, tech specialists and researchers to…
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A theatre set designed by Grace Venning. Photo: Linda Carter. Used with blog by Natalie Parsons, 6/6/20 about coronavirus pandemic and theatre designers
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27 August 2020
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed the arts and recreation…
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Bectu member · 27 August 2020
“Did no-one look around and stop and ask: ‘why are we so white?’”
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24 August 2020
Major broadcasters and TV industry bodies have signed up to take part in historic…
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Andrew Pakes · 21 August 2020
The fiasco around the calculation of A-level results earlier this month clearly has huge…
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21 August 2020
As the head of Bectu, the arts and entertainment trade union, I have been in the privileged…
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Emily Walls, self-employed freelance technical stage manager, Bectu member and author of blog 20 Aug 2020
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Emily Walls, self-employed freelance technical stage manager · 20 August 2020
On 28th July, the Arts Council CEO Derren Henley announced additional resources to fund…
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April 27, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces micro loan for small businesses. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Credit Simon Walker HM Treasury
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19 August 2020
Over 120 organisations including Bectu have signed a letter to the Treasury calling on the…
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Lighting designer and Bectu member John Rogers (wearing glasses) on the #WeMakeEvents protest boat trip on Tuesday 11 August 2020 with his friend Koy Neminathan, sales Director of Avolites Ltd and a PLASA board member.
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John Rogers, live events lighting designer/technician · 14 August 2020
The devil makes work for idle hands, or so the saying goes. In the small hours of a Sunday…
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Bectu members took part in the #WeMakeEvents #RedAlert protest on 11 August highlighting the economic crisis facing the live events sector. Photo shows the Tate Modern lit up in red
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13 August 2020
The news that the arts, entertainment and recreation industry has seen the largest…
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