Closing nurseries saves BBC £4m

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 22 February 2007

The BBC is saving more than £4m by closing down its workplace nurseries and plans to spend the money on programming, Nursery World has learned. Trade unions BECTU and the National Union of Journalists have collected more than 1,200 signatures against the proposal for phased closures of seven subsidised nurseries announced by the BBClast year (News, 14 December 2006). The closures will begin in late 2007 and the last nursery will shut in 2010.

The BBC is saving more than £4m by closing down its workplace nurseries and plans to spend the money on programming, Nursery World has learned. Trade...

Registered user content only - want to read on?

New users register here free for full access

Sign up free to Nursery World now.

1. Your details
 
2. Data Protection
3. Select bulletin

Log in

Forgotten your password?