Three quarters of jobs secured by creative industry workers in the last 18 months came through a friend or contact, according ...

Location: City of Westminster College, 25 Paddington Green, London, W2 1NB. Here’s how to get to the event. Chat with a wide range of industry stakeholders and suppliers Discuss the pressing topics ...

A new report based on a Bectu poll of more than 4,000 UK film and TV workers lays bare the shocking work drought and wider crisis facing the sector, and shows that the industry’s freelance workforce ...

A year on from the SAG-AFTRA industrial action in the US and the subsequent halt in UK film and TV production, more than half (52%) of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work. Bectu, the ...

Bectu has published guidance for shooting intimate scenes for the UK film and TV industry. Authored by its Intimacy Coordinators Branch, practicing intimacy coordinators and film and TV professionals, ...

Please be aware that the below article contains descriptions of sexual harassment and assault and may be upsetting for some readers. Bectu, the UK’s union for creative industry workers, has called on ...

A new survey from theatre union Bectu has uncovered the extent of anti-social behaviour from theatre audiences, with many respondents agreeing it has worsened and become more extreme in nature ...

Freelancers Make Theatre Work has today released the results of its Big Freelancer Survey 2022. The survey of 1,497 freelancers, conducted in February 2022, asked about background, financial situation ...

Commenting on today’s National Portfolio Organisation funding announcement from Arts Council England, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “We are shocked and dismayed at the over £50 million worth of ...

Among the interventions announced are a commitment for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to appoint a ‘freelance champion’. Bectu has been campaigning for such an appointment to act as a ...

Commenting on the BBC Director-General’s speech this morning on the future of the BBC, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “The BBC is a globally revered institution, a cornerstone of our democracy ...

In this joint article, Nita Clarke, Director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) and Mike Clancy, Prospect General Secretary, write that any labour market reforms by a new ...