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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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Double the insolvency risk in arts and entertainment highlights need for sector specific support
27 August 2020
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed the arts and…
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TV Craft Awards: lifting the lid on structural racism
Bectu member · 27 August 2020
“Did no-one look around and stop and ask: ‘why are we so white?’”
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Freelance working practices to be discussed by TV Coalition for Change
24 August 2020
Major broadcasters and TV industry bodies have signed up to take part in historic…
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Algorithms at work: what we can learn from the A-level results fiasco
Andrew Pakes · 21 August 2020
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It’s time to start asking questions about the arts bailout and what it will achieve
21 August 2020
As the head of Bectu, the arts and entertainment trade union, I have been in the…
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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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Champion us or lose us – why producers must go the extra mile for backstage staff
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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Bectu joins call to extend SEISS until 2021
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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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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