Equity secures pay hike for BBC performers
Performers’ union Equity and the BBC have agreed a range of improvements for performers including pay increases. Under the deal th…
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Majority of freelancers getting less work post-pandemic
Freelancers in the creative and cultural industries have experienced a drop in work since the Covid pandemic, the findings of a ne…
Welfare reforms ‘pit disabled people against the taxpayer’
Trade union Equity has criticised government proposals to reform the welfare system set out in a green paper this week, saying the…
BBC Scotland soap cancellation ‘devastating’ for writers
The cancellation of the BBC drama River City is “devastating news” for writers, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has said…
More than half of artists in Yorkshire and Humber earn under £5,000
Well over half of artists and art workers in the Yorkshire and Humber region earn less than £5,000 a year from their work, resear…
Unions sign agreement with Bradford 2025 on creative workers pay and conditions
A memorandum of understanding between four trade unions and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture has been agreed, securing creative wo…
Major rights holders seek assurances over AI drive
A coalition of arts sector bodies and creative rights holders is calling for assurances from the government after it set out its p…
Security guards at three London museums set for more strike action
Security guards at the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum will begin fresh industrial a…
Playwrights secure new terms for streaming work
A “landmark” agreement has been reached with playwrights to protect their pay and other rights relating to the digital deliver…
Security guard strikes at Natural History and Science Museums suspended pending talks
Security guards at the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum suspended a planned strike on this week (03 December) to allo…
Visual artist earnings down 40% on 2010
The median income for visual artists is just £12,500 a year, a 40% decrease in earnings since 2010, when it stood at £16,000, a…
Kate Nash: OnlyFans ‘more lucrative than touring’
Musician Kate Nash has started selling pictures on the website OnlyFans to subsidise the cost of touring. The BBC reports that Nas…
Legislation needed to improve financial security for freelancers
There is a need for changes to government policy and for sector-wide guidelines and regulations to be introduced to ensure fairer…
Ireland extends basic income for artists scheme
A study into the first year of the scheme has found it is having a consistent, positive impact on practice development, secto…
National Theatre gains real Living Wage accreditation
The National Theatre joins more than 100 venues, including Shakespeare’s Globe and The Old Vic, in signing up for the s…
Don’t let your marketers head for the exit door
A survey of arts and cultural marketers reveals a growing sense of unfairness around pay and working conditions. Matt Ecclestone h…
Fee rises for playwrights at Royal Court, RSC and National
Playwrights working under the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's (WGGB) minimum terms agreement will see a 4% increase in t…
National Museums Liverpool staff agree pay deal
Longrunning strike action at National Museums Liverpool (NML) has ended after museum workers accepted an improved pay offer. The M…
Liverpool set for fresh museum strikes
Museum workers in Liverpool will take part in 30 days of strikes over the summer as part of an ongoing dispute over pay. The BBC r…
Do artists’ livelihoods matter?
After far too many decades of jam tomorrow, artists deserve better, says independent arts researcher Susan Jones.
Gender pay gap within culture sector increases
For every £1 earned by men employed in the cultural sector women are paid 85 pence, government statistics show.
Australia trade deal introduces royalties for UK artists
UK artists will earn new royalties when their work is resold in Australia as part of a free trade agreement between the UK and Aus…
DACS launches national survey of artists’ earnings
Artists across the UK are being invited to take part in a survey intended to gain a better understanding of how they earn their mo…
Speakers cancel RSA events after union calls for boycott
Internationally renowned speakers have withdrawn from engagements at the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) after members of the Inde…
