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BBC to create 100 new roles in Birmingham

State broadcaster says it wants to create 'HR Service Centre' in the city to complement its BBC Academy and Workplace

BBC's studios and shop in The Mailbox

The is creating 100 more jobs in Birmingham by bringing some HR services in-house.

The state broadcaster was already shifting about 200 roles, largely around its HR and to The Mailbox this year.

But James Purnell, director of strategy and digital at the BBC, revealed the total was being increased to 300 by creating a "HR Service Centre" in the city.

It comes amid rising pressure on the publicly funded broadcaster to invest more in the region, as presently spending levels are a fraction in the Midlands they are elsewhere in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ.

A BBC spokesperson said: "We announced last year that Birmingham would become the BBC's new hub for HR, the BBC Academy and BBC Workplace. This has involved moving 200 jobs to Birmingham over the last year.

"We have now also announced plans to create a new HR Service Centre in the city, with an additional circa 100 in-sourced roles in Birmingham from December 2015.

"We'll therefore be actively seeking to redeploy BBC staff to the new service centre and expect to be recruiting externally across the city and surrounding area from July."

The latest announcement is a positive step towards filling offices which have become barren in recent years after a series of cuts.