BBC North boss says he will relocate family in the future
BBC North boss says he will relocate family in thePeter Salmon, director of BBC North has said that he will buy a ‘family home’ but no until his children finish their current stages of education.
Salmon, who earlier this year admitted that he had no plans to relocate his family to the North of England, was the focus of negative publicity as other BBC staff were facing moving from their family homes in London as part of the BBC’s plans to move departments to MediaCity UK.
"They have tried to make mischief when I was very honest and said that it would be difficult to buy a house here because I've got one kid doing A-levels and one finishing up at primary school,” Salmon told The Manchester Evening Times.
"As a husband and father I am putting their interests first. I support that for every member of the BBC who is thinking of moving, they have to put their family first. But equally as soon as they have finished that round of their education I'm going to buy a family home here."
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It's none of their business where the man lives so long as he does a good job.
What is this? A police state?
Will, Paul and Giles, I think you are all missing the point here. The BBC bigwigs, of which Peter is one, are forcing swathes of staff to relocate their families to the north when they clearly are not prepared to do so themselves. Double standards. If he was fully commited to this move he would move his family lock stock and barrel as he expects BBc staff to.
Is it not possible that some of these staff can live in London, work through the week and go home at the weekends? I know lots of people who've done this. It's not ideal, but it is possible.
This is a dreadful excuse - there is no good time to move children out of school. And yes - is commuting not an option? Appalling double standards by the BBC - the PR spin that surrounds this move north is unravelling by the second.
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