In the air

Odd bits of FOI responses...

BBC Future Media spent close to £35,000 decorating its offices during the Olympics, as part of "internal communications" for the "Never Miss A Moment Campaign". COO Andy Conroy explains, "As you probably know, internal communication works to increase staff engagement which in turn is consistently shown to improve a range of outcomes including productivity, customer service etc."

As well as staff already based in the States, 94 BBC employees were shipped there for coverage of the Presidential election.

And another enquiry reveals that the BBC centrally spent £1.1m on flights between the UK and the USA in the seven months April to October this year. This covers staff, guests, contributors and equipment - but doesn't include any flights that may have been booked directly and claimed back. Altogether, there were 1,026 tickets issued, at an average of £1106 each. One was first class, 51 were business class.