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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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Shining a light on the struggle of live events workers during COVID-19
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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Sharp decline in arts jobs reinforces urgency of swift action from government, says Bectu
13 August 2020
The news that the arts, entertainment and recreation industry has seen the largest…
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Bectu highlights Culture Recovery Fund concerns to Oliver Dowden
12 August 2020
Bectu has written to culture secretary Oliver Dowden outlining challenges theatres and the…
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MPs write to Ofcom over BBC regional news cuts
10 August 2020
Damian Collins MP and 22 other MPs from across the south east of England have written to…
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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
Bectu urges government to extend furlough to save creative jobs
7 August 2020
The general secretary of Bectu’s parent union Prospect has written to Chancellor…
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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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Prospect urges targeted furlough extension to avert job losses
7 August 2020
Prospect general secretary Mike Clancy has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to…
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Bectu supports Time Project initiative from Share My Telly Job
7 August 2020
Share My Telly Job has revealed details of a pilot research project in September to try 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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Aftershocks – what does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for theatre designers?
Natalie Parsons – arts writer, activist and Bectu member · 6 August 2020
What does it mean to be a creative in lockdown? What can we learn about our practice and…
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Keeping your union communications secure and safe
Tracey Hunt · 6 August 2020
There have been a number of data breach incidents lately relating to emails and it seems a…
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Theatre job losses jump from 3000 to 5000 in a month, reports Bectu
3 August 2020
The true scale of job losses in the theatre industry has been laid bare by Bectu the trade…
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