Vivendi-owned See Tickets has exited regulatory and trade ticketing body STAR – as it enters a 'bitter' dispute with ticket union BECTU over working conditions.

See Tickets has also given notice that it wishes to terminate the voluntary recognition agreement it has held with BECTU (the UK media and entertainment union) since 2007.

The current conflict between BECTU and See Tickets first flared up in October last year and now the union is preparing to ballot its members over strike action, ...