Work will not be transferred from Glasgow, corporation confirms

The BBC has decided not to transfer control of a studio from its Pacific Quay site in Glasgow to a London-based arm of the broadcaster. director Mark Taylor confirmed that control of Studio A will not be moved to its BBC Studioworks subsidiary after bosses decided it "made the best financial and operational sense" to remain in Scotland.

The broadcaster is also exploring how to use another facility in the city's Kelvin

Hall as part of its "ambitions of increasing production activity in Scotland", Mr Taylor told staff.

The decision has been welcomed by the Scottish Government and the Bectu trade union, with Culture Secretary Angus Robertson declaring that "the future for TV and film production in Scotland looks bright".

Holyrood's Culture Committee had previously raised concerns about any possible transfer of the Pacific Quay studios, with particular warnings about the impact on jobs, training and skills in the secbusiness tor. But in an email to the corporation's staff, Mr Taylor confirmed that the options for how the Glasgow studios were managed had been under review and had reached the decision to continue running them as part of BBC Scotland.

He wrote: "This review work is now complete and I wanted to let you know it has been agreed that Studio A at Pacific Quay will continue to be run as part of BBC Scotland.

"The detailed analysis we undertook showed this made the best financial and operational sense.”