No senior Channel 4 executives will move to Leeds as part of its relocation, the broadcaster has said while confirming that it expects the majority of staff whose roles are being moved will quit rather than leave London. Channel 4 confirms Leeds HQ will be in former nightclub Read more“We’ve always expected – and have been very clear – that previous moves by the BBC show that 70% to 90% of people won’t be able to take up the jobs, or will not choose to. “The great thing about that is that it makes lots of jobs available.”Around 300 of Channel 4’s 800 staff are being moved to new offices, with the majority going to a converted nightclub in Leeds. Channel 4 has said it hopes the move will create new jobs in television production companies based outside London. Channel 4 News also lost a tenth of its audience, despite winning a number of awards for its coverage of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 12:02 UTC