BBC Lays Off 450 Workers
In its attempt to modernize services through, technology the world most famous Broadcasting station BBC is laying off 450 workers. BBC news the news division of the British Public Chain announced that it was going to eliminate 450 jobs in the newsroom.
This is as part of a modernization plan that aims to adapt to the new uses of the public when negotiations on its financing approach.
According to Time 24 News Currently, about 6000 people work for BBC News, including 1700 outside the UK – in all, the BBC group employs about 22,000 people
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The BBC expects to save £ 80 million (about € 95 million) by 2022, but half of that has already been achieved. The rest must be achieved with the measures now announced.
“We have to reshape BBC News for the next decade in order to save substantial sums,” Stated information director , Fran Unsworth in a statement saying that job cuts linked to these changes amount to about 450.
As more companies adapt new ways of doing business employees have been on the receiving end as their services are rendered redundant.