Employment News

Contest Spell Broken as UK Comes in Second

Posted on 16 May 2022 in Employment

Pink News reports that fans are as elated as they are surprised that the UK’s run of bad luck at the Eurovision Song Contest, with year on year coming last in the festival, was finally broken on Saturday night with Sam Ryder’s stunning anthem “spaceman” chalking up “douze points” from country after country as the results came in. Television presenter Graham Norton, overseeing the BBC coverage of the pan-European event, told viewers at one point “this is not a sketch, we really are winning” and elation was echoed by thousands of fans.

First Female TUC Chief To Quit at Year End

Posted on 27 Apr 2022 in Employment

The Metro Newspaper reports that the first woman to lead the Trades Union Congress in the UK is to step down at the end of 2022. Frances O’Grady was elected General Secretary of the TUC in 2013 and remarked that it was the greatest honour to help steer the UK’s Trade Union and workers movements

Gay Fetish Portal Recon Seeks New Staff

Posted on 23 Mar 2022 in Employment

T101, which is the company that owns gay and bi men’s fetish network RECON, is advertising for several positions at its London offices close to Shoreditch and Hoxton.

Adult Industry Realities Explored on TV Doc

Posted on 18 Mar 2022 in Employment

Channel FiveStar, a free to view and cable television station in the UK, spent time last Monday evening with a tiny fraction of the estimated one hundred thousand people who work in the adult industry. Many people interviewed were open and candid about their means of making money, and spoke of t

OFCOM quits Stonewall Equality Scheme

Posted on 8 Sep 2021 in Employment

The BBC News Channel reports that OFCOM, the broadcast and telecommunications regulatory body, is to quit the Stonewall Equalities Scheme, Called Diversity Champions.

Sep

TV Industry Still has to go far on Disability

Birmingham's LGBTQIA radio station, Gorgeous FM, reports that disabled people working in the television industry report large barriers to their careers.

Aug

Community Paper Looks for Reporters

There is a activist phrase, “Don't Hate the Media – Become the Media”.

Jun

4 Music TV to Celebrate Pride Season

4Music, the youth and pop music culture station attached to Channel Four Network Television, is marking Pride Month.

Apr

Anti-Violence Charity Seeks Engagement Worker

GALOP, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity based in London, are advertising for a new Young People's Engagement Worker.

Oct

Working Class Boys Held Back by Economics

The BBC News Channel reports that only thirteen per cent of white working class boys are going to University, a figure which is far lower than for other social, ethnic and class ba