It must be something about the end of the year, because the figures for the “Number Cruncher” are coming in fast and furious. This time it’s the turn of the BBC. With an announcement of a further 1800 job cuts on top of the thousands already made, have a little look at the Corporations expenses and corporate hospitality bill for last Christmas:
FIVE OF THE CORPORATIONS MOST SENIOR EXECUTIVES SPENT A TOTAL OF £4324.30 ON CHRISTMAS MEALS
DIRECTOR ALAN YENTOB SPENT £1579.63 ON INTERNAL CHRISTMAS DINNERS
JENNY ABRAMSKY, DIRECTOR OF RADIO AND MUSIC, SPENT £1147.22
MARK THOMPSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL, SPENT £680 ON ONE DINNER FOR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS
CORPORATE GIFTS ACCEPTED BY EXECUTIVES INCLUDED FREE OPERA TICKETS, POP CONCERT TICKETS, RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL TICKETS AND TICKETS TO VISIT THE HENLEY FESTIVAL.
Just the ticket!
I wonder how BBC staff would have felt, whilst tucking into their own Christmas dinner (possibly purchased for the last time through gainful employment) had they known their bosses were gorging at the trough of plenty. The same bosses who would return in the New Year with the message that due to financial problems, your jobs are gone. Put it this way, pudding would be difficult to swallow!
Here is a more detailed itinerary of how the BBC spent the tax payer’s money, courtesy of the Guardian
Mark Thompson, director general
External business entertainment: £937.48. Internal business entertainment: £1,363.73. Excerpts of entertainment received: November 2006, Times editorial lunch; November 2006, business lunch with Orange; December 2006, first night of Carmen followed by dinner (gift from Royal Opera House); January 2007, Cirque du Soleil, preceded by dinner as a guest of Fast Track Agency; April 2007, business lunch with Daily Telegraph; May 2007, Chelsea flower show with Reuters; September 2007, Daily Telegraph arts lunch; September 2007, C4 advisory board dinner as guest speaker.
FIVE OF THE CORPORATIONS MOST SENIOR EXECUTIVES SPENT A TOTAL OF £4324.30 ON CHRISTMAS MEALS
DIRECTOR ALAN YENTOB SPENT £1579.63 ON INTERNAL CHRISTMAS DINNERS
JENNY ABRAMSKY, DIRECTOR OF RADIO AND MUSIC, SPENT £1147.22
MARK THOMPSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL, SPENT £680 ON ONE DINNER FOR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS
CORPORATE GIFTS ACCEPTED BY EXECUTIVES INCLUDED FREE OPERA TICKETS, POP CONCERT TICKETS, RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL TICKETS AND TICKETS TO VISIT THE HENLEY FESTIVAL.
Just the ticket!
I wonder how BBC staff would have felt, whilst tucking into their own Christmas dinner (possibly purchased for the last time through gainful employment) had they known their bosses were gorging at the trough of plenty. The same bosses who would return in the New Year with the message that due to financial problems, your jobs are gone. Put it this way, pudding would be difficult to swallow!
Here is a more detailed itinerary of how the BBC spent the tax payer’s money, courtesy of the Guardian
Mark Thompson, director general
External business entertainment: £937.48. Internal business entertainment: £1,363.73. Excerpts of entertainment received: November 2006, Times editorial lunch; November 2006, business lunch with Orange; December 2006, first night of Carmen followed by dinner (gift from Royal Opera House); January 2007, Cirque du Soleil, preceded by dinner as a guest of Fast Track Agency; April 2007, business lunch with Daily Telegraph; May 2007, Chelsea flower show with Reuters; September 2007, Daily Telegraph arts lunch; September 2007, C4 advisory board dinner as guest speaker.
Mark Byford, deputy director general
External business entertainment: £242. Internal business entertainment: £78.50. Excerpts of entertainment received: June 2007, two guest passes for White Stripes concert; October 2007, ticket for Rugby World Cup final from IMG Sports Rights Group; October 2007, complimentary tickets for Miami Dolphins v New York Giants at Wembley, invited by NFL.
Jenny Abramsky, director of audio and music
External business entertainment: £1,101.78. Internal business entertainment: £2,730. Excerpts of entertainment received: September 2007, exhibition, invited by the British Museum
Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer
External business entertainment: £2,607.30. Internal business entertainment: £2,078.35. Excerpts of entertainment received: November 2006, Ernst & Young, tour and drinks; April 2007, Ernst & Young, Renoir landscapes; July 2007, dinner at House of Lords; September 2007, cultural leaders event; October 2007, lunch with Will Wyatt.
Jana Bennett, director BBC Vision
External business entertainment: £680.85. Internal business entertainment: £2,405.84. Excerpts of entertainment received: February 2007, the Brits; July 2007, Wimbledon; July 2007, film premiere with Warner Bros; September 2007, Mercury music prize
John Smith, chief executive BBC Worldwide
External business entertainment: £948.34. Internal business entertainment: £961.08. Excerpts of entertainment received: January 2007, theatre with Lehman Brothers; April 2007, dinner in honour of the minister of communications for the People's Republic of China, Cai Wu, with Tessa Jowell; June 2007, Gyndebourne Opera with Zygos; June 2007, Holland Park Opera with Korn Ferry; July 2007, Holland Park Opera with Korn Ferry.
Alan Yentob, creative director
External business entertainment: £605.21. Internal business entertainment: £1,682.79.
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