Thanks to Steve Bassam for chairing this morning's roundtable on ‘Solutions to arts and culture funding across the UK' at the House of Lords. Attendees discussed the declining earnings for artists, authors, directors, and performers and how, with restricted public funds, we

Thank you to everyone who RSVP'd to let us know you can attend our AGM tomorrow. We'll see you there!

Thank you to everyone who came to our AGM earlier this week. We hope you found it informative and enjoyable

The BECS offices will be closed from December 25th and will reopen on January 2nd. Merry Christmas everyone

Yesterday DACS – along with partners ALCS , BECS , Directors UK and PI©SEL – attended a Labour roundtable organised by Gareth Snell MP and Steve Bassam, convened to discuss the pressing challenges facing all creators, including: ✅ the widespread instability

We're moving! Sorry - you might not be able to reach us today and tomorrow. We're moving office. We are aiming to resume normal service from Thursday... if the bubble wrap doesn't distract us too much!

Moving day!

Starting our first proper day in our new office. Already loving it OSiT®!

Thank you Spotlight for the excellent article explaining why it is so important for performers to be a member of BECS - spotlight.com/news-and-advic…

Performers & creators have the right to decide whether or not their work is used by #AI companies & to be paid fairly if it is. Consultation responses are in. The govt. must listen to our world leading creative industries & be at the forefront of fair AI regulation. #MakeItFair

💷 New Creators’ Earnings Calculator 💷 create.ac.uk/blog/2025/03/2… We’re excited to share the (beta) launch of a new digital resource: the Creators’ Earnings Calculator – an open access, interactive tool that lets you explore creators’ earnings across the UK 🔍 Drawing on survey

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First Board Meeting in our new office!

The CMS Committee has today made recommendations that will benefit AV performers: implementing the Beijing Treaty, introducing a levy on streamers to support British production and abandoning the proposed copyright exception for AI training. Now government must act

Our CEO, Tayyiba, has been very busy recently and has just signed another agreement - with AIPA k.o. This is great news for our members who will start receiving payments from Slovenia soon

It's that time of year again! We are finalising all the details for our Summer Distribution of 2025 and we don't want any payments to be delayed reaching our members so if your details have changed please let us know asap: [email protected]

We are just a couple of weeks away from our summer distribution! We don't need to know the who, the what, the when, the why or the where, but we do need to know if any of your details have changed. Please let us know asap to avoid any delay with your payments - [email protected]

We have just completed our Summer Distribution of 2025 and we are very excited to have sent out more than £5.1 million to over 11,000 BECS members all over the world! Jean Rogers (she/her) Ryan Early John Hollingworth Kevin Francis Neil Dudgeon Danny John-Jules Sanjeev Bhaskar💙

UPDATE to BECS Privacy Notice for BECS Members We have made some minor changes to update our privacy notice and make sure it remains legally compliant. The amended policy can be found here - becs.org.uk/updated-privac…

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Natasha Gerson, a devoted member of our Board. Natasha was an accomplished actress, dancer, and writer, whose artistic spirit shaped everything she did. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family and friends.