BECTU Launches Freelance Fair

Broadcast union BECTU's annual Freelancers' Fair is now taking bookings.
The event, on Friday 11 June, offers a mix of seminars, an industry exhibition and two sessions of the popular Freelance Toolkit workshop.
A new riverside venue - Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2 ORL - will host the event.
"New, established or prospective freelancers, all are welcome," said Mike Dick, Chair of the Writers Producers and Directors branch (WPDs) which puts the Fair together.
Twenty-two organisations offering support to workers in film and TV will make up the Fair Exhibition, sharing news, offering advice and providing updates on their services.
This year the newly formed BBC Academy joins a strong exhibitor line-up which includes event sponsors Broadcast Freelancer, accountants Hard Dowdy, Production Base, Skillset and Thompsons Solicitors.
Visitors will have the choice of a morning or afternoon session on file-based acquisition presented by the Televisual Roadshow; Nicola Lees, author of Greenlit: Developing Factual and Reality Ideas from Concept to Pitch, will offer her expert take on how to prepare and deliver that winning pitch.
BECTU members can attend the event for free; non-members pay £10.
Visitors are encouraged to book their place online.
See: www.bectu.org.uk/events/freelancers-fair
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