BBC buyers ‘will not escape cull’
28 August 2012
Procurement at the BBC is in line for major efficiency savings and possible job cuts in the broadcaster’s attempt to double its savings target.
In what analysts said is the biggest shake-up of the corporation in a decade, the BBC has raised its cost-savings target from £155 million to £320 million a year. All departments have four months to come up with plans to meet a 15 per cent savings target.
Up to 2,900 of the corporation’s 27,000 employees could be made redundant and some areas of the business...