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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…
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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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Grphic showing photo of Philippa Childs with quote saying:
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12 August 2020
Bectu has written to culture secretary Oliver Dowden outlining challenges theatres and…
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12 August 2020
Lukas, a Traffic Officer for Highways England, joined Prospect when he started training for his…
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BBc logo on colourful background reflecting street.
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10 August 2020
Damian Collins MP and 22 other MPs from across the south east of England have written…
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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
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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7 August 2020
Prospect general secretary Mike Clancy has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him…
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A television editor working with vision mixer - Getty Images photo
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7 August 2020
Share My Telly Job has revealed details of a pilot research project in September to try…
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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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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…
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Man about to send an email
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Tracey Hunt · 6 August 2020
There have been a number of data breach incidents lately relating to emails and it…
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