Union anger at Granada news move

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Granada Television and broadcast unions have failed to agree on plans to discontinue the transmission of news bulletins from Liverpool, England. Based on Granada's proposal, news transmission is to be transferred to Manchester, England, and its On Digital joint-endeavor shopping channel with Littlewoods will be accommodated at the studio complex at Albert Dock in Liverpool. However, Broadcasting union Bectu and the National Union of Journalists have submitted to the Independent Television Commission a formal rejection of Granada's offer of a relocation or voluntary redundancy, which they consider a breach of Granada's franchise commitments. Meanwhile, a spokesperson from Granada stated that the unions had reacted rather strongly regarding the issue.

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Fails to agree w/ broadcast unions on plans to discontinue the transmission of news bulletins from Liverpool, England

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Granada to create genre heads in production rejig

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Simon Shaps, Granada Content's new managing director, is planning to replace the separate director roles of each franchise with a new network of genre heads. The change is intended to simplify the selling of Granada's programming internationally, and follows the recent announcement of an expected savings of 20 million pounds sterling by 2003 due to a downslide in advertising.

Strategy & planning, Management, Shaps, Simon

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Granada to axe 100 jobs

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Granada is planning to terminate 100 jobs, and to resume operation in two divisions, Granada Platforms and Granada Content. Many senior and middle manager positions in the broadcasting and Granada Broadband sectors are to be cut. The decision, which resulted from a large downturn in profits, is intended to help the company save 60 million pounds sterling by the year 2003.

Human resource management

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