Spread out

Half the BBC's staff are now based outside London - compared with 42% ten years ago. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland account for 18%; MediaCityUK, in Salford Quays, now accommodates 17%, and 15% work elswehere across England. BBC-owned and leased buildings are down fromn 300 to 154.

• This year's plan to fill empty BBC production space at the Mailbox, Birmingham, is turning into a recruitment drive. London-based HR employees have almost all decided to take a deal and leave, rather than migrate.