English National Opera recruit to advance EDI and safeguarding
NICKY CARDILLO-ZALLO is to join English National Opera (ENO) as chief people officer at the start of the new year. A people and cu…
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Theatre needs CIISA more than ever
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) was set up to uphold and improve standards of behaviour across the…
Touring, parenthood and the art of making it work
Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki share…
The invisible backbone: Freelance enablers in the arts
Behind every performance, exhibition and education or community project, significant numbers of undervalued freelancers are making…
Kiln appoints playwright and leading agent as trustees
Playwright and actor NATASHA GORDON is to join Kiln Theatre’s board of trustees, alongside top theatrical agent KATIE HAINES and c…
Arts Pay Survey 2025: Preliminary findings
Freelance arts workers are earning an average annual salary 20.5% less than the benchmark set by the Living Wage Foundation’s �…
Arts leaders call for recruitment transparency amid downturn in vacancies
Arts organisations must ensure job vacancies are communicated widely and accessibly amid a notable drop in advertised positions, l…
Bristol should introduce welfare fund for freelancers, says research
Bristol should implement a city-wide welfare fund for marginalised freelancers who are experiencing hardship, according to the rec…
Actors and artists removed from skilled visa list
Actors and drawing or painting artists are among a series of professionals the government is removing from its skilled worker visa…
National Trust to cut 550 jobs in response to rising labour costs
The National Trust is to cut around 550 jobs as part of plans to save £26 million. The conservation charity stated that the cuts,…
UK creative industries ‘reliant on highly-skilled migrants’
The UK’s creative industries employ a disproportionately high number of migrant workers, a report by the Creative Industries Pol…
Creative freelancers facing ‘exploitation, bullying and harassment’
The rights of freelancers working in Scotland’s creative sector are being “ridden roughshod by shoddy employers and poor emplo…
Arts University Bournemouth cuts ‘place student learning at risk’
Plans to cut nearly one in five jobs at Arts University Bournemouth will damage student learning, trade union Unison has warned. T…
Cross-party MPs reignite call for NDA ban in music industry
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) is pushing for the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace disputes to be ba…
Union secures fee rise for playwrights
Playwrights working in the UK independent theatre sector will get a 24% increase in minimum fees over three years as well as new r…
Arts entrepreneurs lack access to resources, survey finds
Research from bank HSBC UK has cast doubt on the viability of starting a business in arts and culture. In a survey of 1,000…
London’s Roundhouse welcomes three new directors
The Roundhouse music and arts venue in London has appointed three new directors across the organisation. LIZ WAINWRIGHT joins the…
Arts University Bournemouth confirms plans to axe 75 roles
Scores of roles at Arts University Bournemouth will be axed to “protect its long-term sustainability”, it has been confirmed. The…
National Insurance rises ‘hammering’ cultural sector, Conservatives say
The Conservative Party has criticised tax rises introduced by the Labour government warning that they are “hammering” the cultural…
Understanding ‘day one’ dismissal rights in theatre
The new ‘day one’ dismissal rights in the Employment Rights Bill will allow actors to claim unfair dismissal from the first da…
Zero-hours reforms ‘threaten entire staffing model of theatres’
Government plans to reform employment law to improve rights for workers could have a significant detrimental impact on theatres an…
Employment rights exemption for struggling arts organisations proposed in parliament
Struggling arts organisations could be given an exemption from proposed legislation to end zero-hours contracts and boost workers’…
V&A settles with former employee dismissed over ‘bullying’ behaviour
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has settled a compensation case with a former technician who won a claim for unfair dis…
Gender pay gap in cultural sector narrows
The gender pay gap in the cultural sector is closing, newly published figures from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DC…
