Siemens' BBC IT contractors accept new pay offer

15.04.2010

In the four months to January, 70 Siemens contractors working at the BBC were made redundant.

Three years ago, around 3,400 IT and business processing staff employed by Siemens four percent pay rises after threatening industrial action.

Siemens' work at the BBC has also been heavily criticised in the past. In 2007, the BBC set up a to monitor the outsourcer, following a that revealed 60 percent of the key technology projects in the deal's first year suffered delays or went over budget.