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August 31, 2018
EDINBURGH TV FESTIVAL 2018 Every year, August’s Bank Holiday weekend is the time when TV Executives and the ‘movers and […]
August 31, 2018
The Report and financial statements of the BBC Pension Scheme have been published in August 2018. This gives very […]
August 31, 2018
WARNING HMRC PHISHING EMAILS AND NOW TELEPHONE CALLS I hope that most of us are aware of phishing emails and […]
August 9, 2018
In a recent deal with the Government, who were keen for Channel 4 to re-locate outside of London, it was […]
August 9, 2018
Whilst it’s generally agreed that getting out and about in the fresh air and sunshine is good for our health […]
July 1, 2018
Whilst some of you will have booked a summer holiday, there are others who might prefer to stay at home […]
May 2, 2018
At our recent AGM Leslie Huss-Smickler organised a great array of booklets provided by Age UK, covering a diverse range […]
March 9, 2018
This advice is from the NHS website on how to look after yourself this winter. This booklet in pdf for which also […]
March 8, 2018
BBCPA AGM 2018 This years AGM has been set for Tuesday 17th April 2018 at 2 pm Friends Meeting House, […]
February 5, 2018
The size and structure of the Trustee Board changed on 1 January 2018.
January 23, 2018
UPDATE 23rd January 2018 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have provisionally found that the proposed takeover of Sky by […]
January 15, 2018
— BBC GENDER PAY GAP The BBC’s gender pay issue, highlighted in its recent Annual Report, became top of the […]
August 25, 2017
This post is by committee member Hugh Sheppard. It is about the current broadcast landscape and the non-regulation of internet […]
March 28, 2017
THE BBC ANNUAL REPORT …a gift for the media The annual report and the press reaction to it seems to have […]
March 10, 2017
UPDATE 17th July 2017 Photo BBC: Rupert Murdoch when famously summoned to by the Sergeant-at-Arms to appear in front of […]
February 26, 2017
Steve Hewlett, journalist and broadcaster, born 8 August 1958; died 20 February 2017 Like many, the BBC Pensioners’ […]
August 16, 2016
In the July re-shuffle, John Whittingdale MP was replaced by Karen Bradley MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media […]
July 21, 2016
UPDATE OUTNUMBERED! ‘A personal view by BBCPA member Hugh Sheppard, who is also a member of the BBCPA committee’. […]
May 11, 2016
The BBCPA AGM was held on 21st April at Friends Meeting House, Euston London. A full house also heard BBC Trustee Richard Ayre speak on the BBC and Charter Review.
April 12, 2020
The BBC has quickly developed a range of resources to help everyone during lockdown. If you want to know how […]
April 12, 2020
The BBC decided, in the middle of March, that because of the coronavirus it would delay the implementation of […]
