As a group we researched into the move which took place in 2011. The move from London involved a total of 850 staff to choose whether or not to relocate from London and move to Salford, staff were given £11 million to cover the cost of estate agents’ fees, stamp duty, furnishings, rent and other bills, they were also given lump sums, worth 10% of their salary, to encourage them to move. "Some relocation allowances that the BBC paid to staff to
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As a group we researched into the move which took place in 2011. The move from London involved a total of 850 staff to choose whether or not to relocate from London and move to Salford, staff were given £11 million to cover the cost of estate agents’ fees, stamp duty, furnishings, rent and other bills, they were also given lump sums, worth 10% of their salary, to encourage them to move.
"Some relocation allowances that the BBC paid to staff to move to Salford seem excessive and its recording of exceptions, some of which resulted in higher payments, was inadequate“ a source said.
The benefits of the move included better quality productions and also gave a better reputation of the BBC.
During the move the BBC spent £2m in two years on flights to and from Manchester.
Although there seemed to be a lot of benefits to the move, the public have doubted the statistics and argue against the benefits denying the number of jobs created for the local area etc.
'A colossal waste of money': Fury at BBC giving staff licence fee money to move North including £150,000 to buy a £1million home’
• More than 850 staff given thousands of pounds to move to the north
• Rent, utility bills, council tax, train fares and even curtains were refunded
• National Audit Office criticises 'exceptional' and 'unusual' payments
• Sport, children's TV and BBC Breakfast among programmes moved north
• One person offered allowance to sell a second home
• Still not clear if £233million move will give value for money
Media City has been designed to provide a purpose-built home for creative and digital businesses. The first phase, spread over 36 acres, was completed in 2011 but there is the potential to use up to 200 acres of land over the next decade.
Phase One Includes: •70,000 square feet of offices (including space for the BBC, ITV and University of Salford)
•250,000 square feet of high definition studios (including the largest high definition studio in Europe and one dedicated to the BBC Philharmonic)
•Public park and events space - twice the size of Trafalgar Square!
•The Landing - a new facility for digital and media professionals at the heart of MediaCityUK
•378 new apartments
•218 bed Holiday Inn
•Booths supermarket
•WH Smiths, Costa coffee, Wagamamas, Prezzo and Damson restaurants
•2,200 space car park
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