Churn

You'll get a lot of facts and figures from the BBC this week - it's annual report time. We've already had some strategic leaking on talent pay (largely hoping to put MPs on the back foot when they try to pin down CFO Zarin Patel and her tax man David Smith on Monday afternoon about paying people as companies).

Here's some stuff about employment trends that you won't get in the accounts, but hats off to the indomitable "Spencer Count" and his FOI requests. The blue line below shows new recruits into full time jobs; the red line shows the number of staff made redundant, and the green line shows the number of people hired on short-term contracts. Note the two peaks in the red line, as the BBC managers try to hit their various head count reduction targets demanded under efficiency "plans" - and yes, similar highs in the appearance of short-term contract employees.