Question 72 (Mr Richard Bacon):  Occupancy of the Media Centre

The occupation dates for the Media and Broadcast Centres are set out in the table below.

There are plans in progress to move in Commercial Rights, the College of Journalism (training), Children's Programmes and Heritage and this will reduce the vacant space (in the Media and Broadcast Centre) to less than 1% during 2006.

In addition, as part of the long-term property strategy for the W12 portfolio and the emerging business planning for Worldwide and Factual and Learning (two of the largest occupiers in W12), work is in its early stages to significantly rationalise and reduce the amount of space they require in W12.

This proposal includes fully occupying the Perimeter Buildings and bringing F&L into the Media Centre to utilise the building to its full design capacity. Whilst this will involve decanting certain existing occupiers, it will allow the BBC to vacate and dispose of its freehold interest in Woodlands (330,000ft2) to form part of the White City Regeneration Project.

Departmental moves into the Media Centre and Broadcast Centre

Month occupied

Floor

Sector

Department

Media Centre

 

 

 

January 2004

5th

C&D

Property

 

5th

C

Finance Direction

 

5th

B

Corporate Finance

 

5th

D

LST HQ

 

2nd

A, B, C & D

HR Managers, HR Operations, Assessment, Recruitment, Diversity, Employee Relations, Compensation & Benefits, Leadership Team

February 2004

5th

A

Licence Fee Unit

 

5th

A

Finance-Professional Services Accounts

 

1st

A

Procurement

 

5th

C

Finance Training & Development

 

4th

C

Policy & Legal Direction, Public Policy, Public Affairs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Programme Complaints Unit

 

4th

D

DG and Office

 

3rd

D

Chairman, Governance & Accountability, Heritage

March 2004

4th

D

MC&A Direction Group, Marketing Strategy & Planning, Audience Insight, Digital Marketing, Strategic Communications, Corporate & Public Relations

 

4th

A

Nations and Regions Headquarters

 

4th

B&C

Strategy & Distribution

 

3rd

A

Corporate & Public Relations, Press Information, Audience Research Central Unit

 

3rd

B

Events Unit

 

3rd

C

General Counsel and Deputy, Commercial Policy, Fair Trading

 

4th

C

Charter Review, Editorial Policy

 

4th

B

Technology Direction

 

3rd

D

Technology Direction

 

1st

A

Rights Negotiation, Music Reporting

 

2nd

A

Ariel

 

1st

B&C

SAP Business Centre

 

5th

B

VAT Unit

April 2004

4th

A

Making It Happen

 

2nd

B

HR Director and Office

 

3rd

B&C

Corporate Legal & Intellectual Property, Programme Legal Advice, Litigation, Regulatory Legal

May 2004

4th

A

Deputy DG and office

 

3rd

A

MC&A Finance

June 2004

3rd

D

Information Policy & Compliance

February 2005

Ground

B

Children In Need

June 2005

1st

D

ID&E

 

Ground

C&D

Audience Services, Picture Publicity

October 2005

1st

B

Future Finance

November 2005

3rd

D

College of Journalism

December 2005

4th

B

Media Planning

Broadcast Centre

 

 

 

September 2003

Ground

A

FM White City Village Team

October 2003

2nd

A

BBC Broadcast Ltd.: Direction, Creative Services

 

2nd

B&C

BBC Broadcast Ltd.: Creative Services

 

Ground

C&D

BBC Broadcast Ltd.: Technology

November 2003

3rd

A, B & C

BBC Broadcast Ltd.: Creative Services, Access Services, Playout

December 2003

Ground

A

FM White City Village Team

February 2004 through to June 2005

Ground

1st

2nd

B, C & D

A, B, C & D

D

BBC Broadcast Ltd: Channel migrations: Operational and Technical (12 channels and approximately 60 streams); Tape Library

March 2004

3rd

D

Freeview

May 2004

3rd

D

Information & Archives

July 2004

Ground

B, C & D

Construction Management

January 2005

4th

D

New Media

 

5th

A, B, C & D

New Media

March 2005

4th

B&C

ORM

July 2005

4th

A

Technology Direction

December 2005

4th

B

Siemens