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Nearly Half Of UK Film & TV’s Freelance Workforce Struggling Financially, Research Finds
Nearly half of UK film and TV’s ailing freelance community are struggling financially, according to alarming research from the Film & TV Charity (FTVC). The charity surveyed more than 2,0…
The UK’s freelance community has been hit over the past few months by a perfect storm of recession, cost-of-living crisis and the U.S. strikes, and a similar Bectu survey recently found that around three-quarters were out of work – having only a year prior been at virtually full employment. The report follows up on a snapshot survey conducted by the charity last year where the organization saw a whopping 800% rise in applications for its Stop-Gap Grant from workers experiencing urgent financial need. “Currently, behind the scenes workers are asked to navigate an industry prone to boom and bust cycles, to deal with structural shifts and respond and pivot to meet the needs of changing business models,” he said.
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