Dough Balls

Although Cohen, D has fingered Television and News for further BBC savings, many are looking to Anne Bulford for some smart simplification moves.

A farewell honour from UCL

Anne's Finance and Business Board has eight members, on packages adding up to £1.98m. It sneaks under £2m with the quiet release of Liz Rylatt last month, as Director of Transition and Business Management, on a package of £174k. "Is transition over, is the function redundant ?", I hear you cry.

As at August 2012, the total bill for Senior Managers in Anne's division was £5m. She had 8.7% of the BBC population of Senior Managers, yet 9.5% of the Senior Manager wage bill - more than 20 of the team on salaries above £100k. And, oddly, she seems to be carrying Alan Yentob's salary on her books.