This is from "www.televisual.com".

"BBC Studios and Post Production is losing up to 25 per cent of its workforce as it relocates to BBC Elstree and Elstree Studios during the redevelopment of BBC Television Centre.

CEO Anna Mallett made the announcement of restructuring plans earlier today to staff and unions. The announcement will be followed by a consultation period.

Staff will be cut by around 20 to 25 per cent, primarily across its studios and head office business support functions and its Digital Media Services division.

“It has unfortunately been necessary to reduce the number of staff across the business while we prepare to move out of Television Centre and relocate the company to new sites to ensure BBC Studios and Post Production remains commercially robust,” said Mallett. “The biggest impact is understandably felt in the Studios division as the number of studios we will offer at Elstree will be reduced from the level we currently provide at TVC."

The company’s existing work making EastEnders at BBC Elstree is unaffected."


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Studios and Post Production to shed around 40 staff


BBC Studios and Post Production is to shed around 40 staff by the end of March - between 20-25% of its workforce.

Studios, which provides studio space and craft people for BBC and other productions, will take the biggest hit, with a broad range of roles affected.

Some support posts will also close, while jobs will go too in Digital Media Services which preserves, remasters and manages content.

Those S&PP people working on EastEnders at BBC Elstree will not be affected, while some new and reorganised roles will be created as part of the restructure.

Move to Elstree

The cuts are the result of the company's planned move out of Television Centre and into temporary accommodation at Elstree Studios, where it will operate fewer facilities.

The BBC commercial subsidiary will be based at Elstree until 2015 when it will return to the redeveloped TVC.

Anna Mallett, the CEO who took up her post earlier this month, informed staff and unions of the proposals on Wednesday. A six month consultation period will now begin.

Mallett said the cuts were 'unfortunately' necessary to ensure the company remained 'commercially robust'.

'The company remains committed to providing its customers with the same level of expert technical, creative and project management services that they have come to expect,' she added, 'and the staff restructure will ensure that the business remains solid following our relocation exercises.'