Channel 4 HQ - Sheffield

[The Joker 10]

However, Leeds isn't far away and we've a thread on the go at the minute discussing commuting options so there will be some jobs for sheffield people with the ambition do drive a few miles up the motorway or get on a train.

 

yeah, all half-dozen of them

[tinfoilhat 11]

So that's part of the price of giving away our HS2 station and airport then

 

Be interesting to see where their chosen site will be in relation to hs2 and the airport. I don't think there's really that much between Sheffield and Leeds apart from that. Good luck to them.

[Jim Hardie 524]

The council did make a bid for it and we made the shortlist.

 

Are you sure?

 

The shortlist is now:

 

Bristol,

Cardiff,

Glasgow,

Greater Manchester,

Leeds,

Liverpool,

West Midlands

[Mister M 1,609]

Are you sure?

 

Yes I thought Sheffield made the shortlist...

[Bob Arctor 11]

Sheffield was on the long list but didn't make the short list. There was some hope that Sheffield would get to host one of the creative hubs but those have gone to Bristol and Glasgow, so it looks like there might have been a decision made based on geographical spread, rather than having a hub close to the HQ. Suggesting that the decision has owt to do with HS2 and the airport is likely hobby horsing. Doubtless every other decision that doesn't go in Sheffield's favour in future will be attributed to those by some people.

[Baron99 779]

Swings & roundabouts.

 

We lost out on C4 but Sheffield got McLaren & Boeing, as well as the Advanced Manufacturing Centre. On the same day Leeds get 200 C4 jobs, mostly already filled by existing workers from London, Leeds is looking to loose a few hundred with the restructuring of NHS Digital: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-46043752

 

Couple these job loses with those that are due to go at Leeds based ASDA & cash strapped Leeds Council looking at the possibility of shedding up to 2,000 jobs by 2020, then Sheffield's employment prospects don't look so bad.

 

Let's also remember that Sheffield is also one of the highest rated cities for retaining its graduates.

[tinfoilhat 11]

Sheffield was on the long list but didn't make the short list. There was some hope that Sheffield would get to host one of the creative hubs but those have gone to Bristol and Glasgow, so it looks like there might have been a decision made based on geographical spread, rather than having a hub close to the HQ. Suggesting that the decision has owt to do with HS2 and the airport is likely hobby horsing. Doubtless every other decision that doesn't go in Sheffield's favour in future will be attributed to those by some people.

 

Both Sheffield and Leeds aren't as well connected as Manchester and birmingham but Leeds is better than Sheffield. Both have a couple of universities and are served by the M1, both more or less the same distance to Manchester (ie media city). You could, COULD suggest Leeds is a tad more cosmopolitan but really the airport and hs2 are the key differences. I think a couple of C4 shows are produced in Leeds but would that swing it? Toss of coin maybe?

[ormester 11]

Both Sheffield and Leeds aren't as well connected as Manchester and birmingham but Leeds is better than Sheffield. Both have a couple of universities and are served by the M1, both more or less the same distance to Manchester (ie media city). You could, COULD suggest Leeds is a tad more cosmopolitan but really the airport and hs2 are the key differences. I think a couple of C4 shows are produced in Leeds but would that swing it? Toss of coin maybe?

 

countdown is or was thats the reason jeff stelling stopped doing it the travel

[tinfoilhat 11]

countdown is or was thats the reason jeff stelling stopped doing it the travel

 

They stopped filming countdown in Leeds in 2009.

[WalkleyIan 10]

Swings & roundabouts.

 

We lost out on C4 but Sheffield got McLaren & Boeing, as well as the Advanced Manufacturing Centre. On the same day Leeds get 200 C4 jobs, mostly already filled by existing workers from London, Leeds is looking to loose a few hundred with the restructuring of NHS Digital: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-46043752

 

Couple these job loses with those that are due to go at Leeds based ASDA & cash strapped Leeds Council looking at the possibility of shedding up to 2,000 jobs by 2020, then Sheffield's employment prospects don't look so bad.

 

Let's also remember that Sheffield is also one of the highest rated cities for retaining its graduates.

 

Its good for Leeds and the area but for the doom-mongers let's not forget Sheffield is attracting high tech business, not just Boeing & McLaren

 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/barclays-first-into-giant-tech-hub-in-sheffield-1-9157519

 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/sky-s-the-limit-as-three-sheffield-tech-firms-expand-1-8604052

[Dan_Ashcroft 10]

Sheffield was on the long list but didn't make the short list. There was some hope that Sheffield would get to host one of the creative hubs but those have gone to Bristol and Glasgow, so it looks like there might have been a decision made based on geographical spread, rather than having a hub close to the HQ. Suggesting that the decision has owt to do with HS2 and the airport is likely hobby horsing. Doubtless every other decision that doesn't go in Sheffield's favour in future will be attributed to those by some people.

 

Business needs transport infrastructure. That and a skilled workforce are the only two factors.

 

Do you really think a guest coming onto channel 4 news is going to fly into Manchester, then get the 60-90 minute chugger over to Sheffield, for the sake of a 5 minute interview? Or get the slow diesel train up from London and back - a 5 hour round trip?

[Top Cats Hat 10]

 

Do you really think a guest coming onto channel 4 news is going to fly into Manchester, then get the 60-90 minute chugger over to Sheffield, for the sake of a 5 minute interview?

 

I assume that Channel Four News will continue to use studio facilities in London for their daily news programme.

 

Even This Morning had to eventually relocate to London because they couldn't get guests to travel to Liverpool.