This week Bectu hosted a roundtable in Parliament to discuss the findings of Bectu’s Big Survey with MPs and Lords, as well ...

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As a self-employed worker you should take out public liability insurance to cover you against the cost of any damages caused by your work activities. We’ve partnered with industry specialists Hencilla ...

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 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 ...

Anti-social behaviour in UK theatres has reached a tipping point. Our recent survey uncovered the shocking extent of anti-social audience behaviour in theatrical venues across the country. From West ...

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 ...

A new poll from Bectu reveals that nearly half of UK freelancers working in unscripted TV are not currently employed, with many struggling financially as a result. Nearly 2000 freelancers shared their ...

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 ...

A new survey from UK film and TV union Bectu lays bare the effect of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA industrial disputes in the US on the UK’s film and TV workforce. Nearly 4000 freelance film and TV workers ...

July is Disability Pride month. What’s that I hear you say? You’ve never heard of it before? Well neither had I. As a disabled woman, I had no idea there was a Disability Pride month until this year ...

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 ...