Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect union, responding to the launch of the government’s consultations on the implementation of aspects of Make Work Pay, said: “Changes to the employment rights ...

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

The UK’s creative industries are a global success story. But behind the curtain, workers are being pushed to the edge. Bectu’s Big Survey 2025 is the largest-ever survey of behind-the-scenes creative ...

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 ...

The IR35 changes to the ‘off-payroll’ tax rules which came into effect in April 2021 have now bedded in, and in Bectu’s view, are here to stay. These reforms led all companies who use members working ...

Our VFX branch continues to grow, with members supporting each across several companies. The VFX industry is dynamic, exciting and unstable. Film, television and commercials increasingly rely on the ...

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 ...

Responding to the announcement of new tariffs on US imports of films, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, ...

As part of our Broken Turnaround Campaign, we are collecting data about productions breaking turnaround to help us monitor and take action on this issue in collaboration with the HSE. If you have ...

This is a new course for 2024 on manual handling from Bectu delivered primarily online via Zoom. The Lifting Safely course has ‘flexibility by design’ so that it can meet the needs of specific crafts ...

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 ...

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 ...