Re: [Swprograms] BBC cuts (BBC story)

[Ricky Leong <rleong@xxxxxxx>]

(And from the horse's mouth...  -- Ricky)


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4073571.stm

"BBC director general Mark Thompson has announced savings of £320m a year
and thousands of job losses as part of a "transformation" of the
corporation.

About 2,900 jobs are expected to go, mainly from administration departments.

 Mr Thompson said the savings were needed so that more of the licence fee
can be put into programmes.

 Almost 2,000 workers are expected to move from London to Manchester by
2008, to make the corporation more reflective of UK audiences.

 The departments hardest hit by the cutbacks are professional services,
including human resources, training, finances and legal services, although
programme legal advice is to remain as it is.

With a target of savings of £57m, they are expected to lose about 47% of the
6,500-strong workforce over the next three years, through jobs lost outright
or outsourced over the next three years.

Another 400 jobs are set to be cut at the corporation's factual and learning
departments.

The BBC currently employs about 27,000 people.

Mr Thompson told staff that the BBC should "spend less on process and more
on content".

The cuts will include a 15% reduction in costs across all content
departments.

 BBC departments including Children's TV and radio, Sport and Radio Five
Live are set to face the move to Manchester, although it could take up to
five years to complete."
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