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Listed here are the pay deals negotiated by BECTU with the most recent listed first; this list is updated regularly. The End Date column gives the end date of the relevant pay agreement. 

AreaPay Review LatestEnd Date
Walt Disney (Theatrical) Ltd 4% increase for full-time staff working on the Lion King effective 23 August 2010.  Aug 2011
Film Construction Crews 5% increase on the basic weekly rate for all grades. Effective 23 August 2010. July 2011
Balfour Beauty Two year deal agreed in May 2010 providing a £300 non-consolidated increase for 2009/10 to be followed by a 3.01% consolidated increase on rates for 2010/11.  July 2011
Wilson James (BBC Contractor) 2% increase on all rates and allowances effective 1 July 2010 but conditional on a change to the pay date from the end to the 11th of the month. Repayable transition payment agreed as part of the settlement.  June 2011
BBC Worldwide £400 consolidated award for grades 1-4 effective 1 July 2010. Staff below target salary will be fast-tracked to the target with effect from 1 July 2010. A comparison with market rates to determine increases for UK staff on senior grades. June 2011
Arqiva Pay increase of £1375 for those earning up to £55K (over £55K the increase is 2.5%) effective 1 July 2010. The settlement follows a disputed pay freeze for 2009/10. June 2011
Ulster TV Flat rate increase of £600 or 2.5%, whichever is the higher, effective 1 July 2010. June 2011
Belgrade Theatre 3% increase on all rates effective 1 May 2010. April 2011
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2% increase on all rates effective 1 May 2010. April 2011
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2.6% increase on all rates effective 1 May 2010. April 2011
FAA (Background Artistes) No change to daily rates for 2010/11, but travel allowanced increased by 7% effective May 2010. April 2011
Birmingham Hippodrome 2% increase on all rates with effect from 1 April 2010; a further review is scheduled to take place in November. March 2011
Swiss Post Solutions Ltd (BBC Contractor) Basic 2.5% consolidated increase for all staff on the BBC contract; pay settlement underpinned by agreement to pay staff employed at the 2010 review date a minimum of £7.85 per hour (the London Living wage) by April 2011. Pay offer accepted by consultative ballot 6/8/10. March 2011
BBC Natural History Unit £5 flat rate increase on the minimum daily rate for both the 'competent' and 'experienced' categories of freelance wildlife camera crew. Effective 1 April 2010. March 2011
Siemens Flat rate, consolidated, increase of £300 from 1 January 2010. Talks continue on a performance related pay scheme with a deadline of 31 July 2010.  Dec 2010
ITV plc Pay freeze for 2010 but £340 equivalent in shares plus non-consolidated bonus expected in March/April.  Dec 2010
English National Opera 2% increase for those on salaries up to £30K; 1.5% for salaries over £30K and up to £50K; standstill for those on salaries over £50K. Increases effective 1 August 2009.  July 2010
Birmingham Hippodrome
1.5% for 2009/10 (0.5% paid in July, 1% paid in December, both figures backdated to April 2009). March 2010
Royal Opera House 1% consolidated plus £400 as a one-off payment with effect from 1 April 2009. The settlement also establishes that apprentices will be paid NMW plus 2% in year one and NMW plus 5% in year two.  March 2010
Johnson Controls Two year deal confirmed in Dec 2009: £300 non-consolidated for 2009; minimum 1% consolidated for 2010
 
SOLT theates 2.5% increase from October 2009 (the award is an interim arrangement pending the conclusion of talks on a new agreement). March 2010
TMA theatres 2% increase from 6 April 2009, followed by 1% increase from 5 October 2009 March 2010
National Theatre 2% increase, effective 1 April 2009, on all rates and allowances in the BECTU/NT agreement. March 2010
Freelance construction crews 3% increase effective 18 August 2009 for year two of a three-year deal with PACT which will see an RPI increase implemented for 2010/11 August 2011
Edinburgh International Festival Society
3% increase on rates along with increase in holiday pay.  End of 2009 Festival season
BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd
Flat rate increase of £450 for all staff earning below £60K from 1 August
July 2010
BBC
Flat rate increase of £450 for all staff earning below £60K from 1 August; pay freeze applied to all staff with earnings above £60K. July 2010
Deluxe Laboratories
 3.25% increase from 1 July
June 2010
FAA (Background Artistes)
5% increase effective 1 April  March 2010

Mayflower, Southampton

3% across the board, covers technical, front of house and box office staff. March 2010
Culture and Sport Glasgow 2.5% across the board March 2010
Sadlers Wells Theatre 2.5% across the board for all technical, front of house and box office staff March 2010
ITV plc From 1 January 2009: all full-time staff earning up to £25K, 4.2%; all full-time staff earning £25,001 - £40K, 2.5%; all full-time staff earning £40,001 - £60K, 2.1%. Pay freeze applied to all staff earning over £60,001. Dec 2009
Wales Millenium Centre 3.1% increase for the stage technical department Dec 2009
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
3% across the board for all staff
March 2010
English National Ballet 2.7% increase for all technical grades. March 2010
Royal Shakespeare Company 3% increase across the board for technical, production, front of house, and box office staff March 2010
Disney Theatrical Productions 4% or RPI, whichever is the greater, for technical staff working on Lion King in the West End (Year 3 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2010
Disney Theatrical Productions 4% or RPI, whichever is the greater, for technical staff working on Lion King in the West End (Year 2 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2009
Welsh National Opera 3%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 3 of 3 year deal) (Details) April 2009
Odeon 3%, or 3.5% depending on inflation, for projectionists (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details) January 2009
ITV Increase based on October 2008 RPI (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details) January 2009
BBC Scotland freelance 2% (Details) October 2008
SOLT (West End Theatres) 4.8% (Details) October 2008
Disney Theatrical Productions 5% for technical staff working on Lion King in the West End (Year 1 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2008
Siemens SIS and SECL (formerly BBC Technology) 2.15% (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details). In Siemens SIS further negotiations resulted in 3% increase (Details). August 2008
BBC Resources 2% and £400 (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details) August 2008
BBC 2% (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details) August 2008
Wilson James 3.8% for Wilson James BBC security staff (Details) July 2008
Johnson Controls 4% for Johnson Controls BBC facilities management staff (Details) July 2008
Royal Opera House 4.5% until Sepetmber 2009 (Details) April 2008
National Theatre Front of house and catering 17.6% (Year 2 of 2 year deal) (Details), other staff 3.25% for 2008-2009 April 2008
Sadlers Wells Theatre 4% April 2008
TMA (Outside London theatres) 3.5% minimum hourly rates, 3% other payments and allowances, 0.5% increase in employer's pension contributions (Details) April 2008
Birmingham Hippodrome 4.1% April 2008
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2.7% April 2008
Welsh National Opera 3%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 2 of 3 year deal) (Details) April 2008
Odeon 2.7% for projectionists (Year 1 of 2 year deal) (Details) January 2008
Glyndebourne Opera 8%, 2 year deal runs January 2008 to December 2009 (Details) January 2008
ITV 4.2%, £1,000 increase in redundancy pay cap, initiatives to encourage greater take-up of defined contribution pension scheme (Year 1 of 2 year deal) (Details) January 2008
London International Film School 4.2% (Details) January 2008
FAA (Film Artistes Association) 5.5% (Details) November 2007
BBC Scotland freelance 4% (Details) October 2007
SOLT (West End Theatres) 5%, 1.5% increase in matched pension contribution (Details) October 2007
Siemens SIS and SECL (formerly BBC Technology) 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) (Details) August 2007
BBC 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) (Details) August 2007
English National Opera RPI plus 0.5% (Year 3 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2007
CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) 4.6% (next review date April 2008) July 2007
Soho Images 3% (Details) July 2007
National Theatre Front of house and catering 9% (Year 1 of 2 year deal), other staff 2.76% April 2007
Sheffield Theatres 4% April 2007
Birmingham Royal Ballet 3.5% April 2007
Birmingham Hippodrome 4.4% April 2007
Welsh National Opera 3.8%, includes Cardiff Theatrical Services (Year 1 of 3 year deal) (Details) April 2007
ITV £303 part cash, part shares bonus (Details) April 2007
BBC Resources 4%, £1,000 minimum rise (Year 1 of 2 year deal) (Details) April 2007
Film construction crews 9% (Details) April 2007
TMA (Outside London theatres) 4% Grades 1-4, 3% all other minimum pay rates, 0.5% increase in employer's pension contributions (Details) April 2007
Royal Opera House 3.5% (Details) April 2007
VT Communications (formerly Merlin) (BBC international transmitters) 4.6% (Year 1 of 2 year deal) April 2007
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1.9%-3.6% or rate of inflation if greater (Year 2 of 2 year deal) April 2007
Glyndebourne Opera 3.9% pay and allowances with an increase to matched employer's pension contribution from 2% to 5%. January 2007
ITV 3.95% January 2007
SOLT (West End Theatres) 3.4% (Details (40k pdf)) October 2006
Downtown Radio (Northern Ireland EMAP) 3% October 2006
BBC 2.8%, night pay (low rate) increased by 6.4% (Details) August 2006
Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) 3%, minimum £800 bonus, £1000 bonus for almost all staff with more than 12 months service (Details) August 2006
English National Opera 4.3% (Year 2 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2006
Soho Images 3% (Details) July 2006
BBC Worldwide 2.6% July 2006
London Studios (ITV) 2.5% for grades affected by new conditions (Details) July 2006
Ofcom Increases for each performance level based on May 2006 RPI of 3% (staff get increases through performance review scheme except those on ITC terms retained after TUPE). Results in 71% of administrators, associates and senior associates (grades covered by recognition) receive increase equal to or more than 3%. In future the May RPI figure will be used each year to 'fix' the band three pay recommendation band. July 2006
UTV (Ulster TV) 2.5% increase in basic salary, 1% employer contribution to UTV Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (no increase in employee contributions). Company also putting 5.3m into the pension fund over the next three years. Nothing additional for those in Defined Contributions pension scheme. July 2006
ITV £500 part cash, part shares bonus for contribution to company's 2005 performance (Details). April 2006
TMA (Outside London theatres) 3.3%, 0.5% increase in employer’s pension contributions (Details) April 2006
Siemens Business Services Media (formerly BBC Technology) 3% (Details) April 2006
BBC Resources 2.5% (Details) April 2006
Technicolor Film Laboratory 3.5% (Details) April 2006
RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) 2.5% April 2006
Lyric Theatre, Belfast 3.5% cost of living allowance April 2006
Birmingham Hippodrome 3.4% April 2006
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2.4% April 2006
Sheffield Theatres 2.5%-3.5% April 2006
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2.4%-4.7% (Year 1 of 2 year deal) April 2006
CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) 2.4% April 2006
National Theatre 2.75% increase on rates of pay and allowances, with a minimum hourly rate of £6.25 which represents an increase on minimum rate of about 9%. April 2006
S4C 2.4%, salary less than £25,000 receive welcome rise of £1,000, working week reduced by 30 minutes, extra day’s annual leave per year of service after first five years up to a maximum of five extra days (Details) February 2006
English National Opera 3%, £50 increase in employer’s pension contributions (Year 1 of 3 year deal) (Details) August 2005

 

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