The Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions (BEAU) is a joint representative body based in the United Kingdom, representing workers in TV, theatre, film, music, gaming, cinema, publishing, new media, and other performing arts.
The body was established in 1968 as the Confederation of Entertainment Unions."Entertainment unions form confederation", The Guardian, 6 September 1968 In 1991, two of its larger members merged to form the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU), and it was reconstituted as the Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU).Barrie MacDonald (1993), Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: A Guide to Information Sources, p.138
As of 2017, FEU comprised what is now the BECTU section of Prospect along with Equity, the Musicians Union, the National Union of Journalists, the Professional Footballers' Association, Unite and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.Trades Union Congress, "TUC Directory 2017 ", p.76 Around 130,000 members in total are in the relevant sections of these unions.
In 2025 the FEU became the BEAU, representing BECTU, Equity, the Musicians Union, the National Union of Journalists, and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. The BEAU has an associated All-Party Parliamentary Group
Chair 2025: Paul W. Fleming (Equity)
Presidents 1968: George Elvin 1970: Alan Sapper 1991: Position abolished
References
External links Official Website FEU documents lodged with the Certification Officer