BBC North: heat rises over hotdesking

Hotdesking at the BBC's shiny new northern headquarters at MediaCity:UK in Salford is facing increasing opposition from staff. They are being told they have to clear desks of any paperwork at the end of each day. However, Monkey hears the desks have no drawers and the lockers provided for storage are rather small; some people also need specialist software that is only installed on their computers. So, despite threats that anything left will be cleared away by cleaners, staff have taken to colonising desks by leaving books and documents on them. Perhaps the BBC executive who thought up the hotdesking idea – and who Monkey reckons might just have an office of their own somewhere – will reconsider.