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BBC website busts budget



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THE BBC went almost £36 million over the intended budget for its website in the past year, it was disclosed yesterday.
The BBC Trust published its conclusions after completing an extensive review of the site. The trust revealed that in 2007-8 the actual spend on bbc.co.uk was £110 million, 48 per cent higher than the baseline budget of £74.2 million, with an upper limit of £81.6 million.

Most of this increase was not overspend, but due to a misallocation of £24.9 million in overheads and costs to other budgets within the BBC, representing poor financial accountability, the trust found.



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  • Last Updated: 29 May 2008 9:42 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: The BBC
 
1

Guga II,

Rockall 30/05/2008 01:06:52
Yet another reason they should scrap the iniquitous television tax, and force the EBC to compete on the open market.

Not that we'll get much support from Westminster for this, as they all seem to claim for their television tax in their dodgy expenses claims. Some, like Maggie Broon, even claim for their Sky Television subscriptions.
2

Tatties ower the side,

Johannesburg 30/05/2008 05:17:10
"..due to a misallocation of £24.9 million.."

Excuse me! We are not talking pennies here. What kind of accountants do they employ over there?
3

Guga II,

Rockall 30/05/2008 06:00:00
#2. The type that ensures that only a small percentage of the television tax they steal from Scotland is spent on making programmes in Scotland.

4

Chaplin,

30/05/2008 07:07:18
#2 Tatties ower the side

"Excuse me! We are not talking pennies here. What kind of accountants do they employ over there?"

probably the same ones who built Holyrood !!
5

Dave from Barra ©,

Western Isles 30/05/2008 07:30:56
We don't use or need the BBC website. I demand a reduction in my fee immediatly. I no longer wish to pay for services I do not use, want or need.

Rip F_King Off!!
6

Nebulous,

Aberdeen 30/05/2008 08:32:55
The BBC website contains a host of valuable information. We use it on pretty much a daily basis. However it is just about impossible to navigate. There are multiple start pages, broken or circuitous links and poor search functions.

7

Dave from Barra ©,

Western Isles 30/05/2008 08:45:46
6

So it's shoite then?
8

donald,

glasgow 30/05/2008 08:52:22
Scrap Eastenders.
9

Guga II,

Rockall 30/05/2008 09:05:45

Scrap the EBC.
10

Annoyingboi,

Edinburgh 30/05/2008 13:56:47
The BBC site is much more informative than anything you will read in this rag
11

Guga II,

Rockall 30/05/2008 19:36:22
#11. So is Al Jazeera.

 

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