Channel 4 Announces Plans For New National HQ In Leeds

Channel 4's Chief Executive, Alex Mahon updated staff and partners in the industry on Channel 4's plans for its new National HQ in Leeds and its Creative Hubs in Bristol and Glasgow – setting out the creative, digital and operational departments to be based in Channel 4's new offices across the Nations & Regions.

In the coming weeks Channel 4 will be announcing the buildings it has selected for its National HQ in Leeds and Creative Hub in Bristol, having confirmed that it will base one of its Creative Hubs in the landmark Garment Factory building in Glasgow.

The new bases are at the heart of Channel 4's 4 All the UK strategy to attract and develop talent from across the UK, both on and off-screen, and support the significant increase in the organisation’s Nations & Regions spend on creative content – from 35% to 50% of main channel UK commissions by 2023, worth up to £250m more in total. When implemented, the 4 All the UK strategy will result in over 300 jobs being created in the Nations & Regions.

Creative decision makers – including Commissioning Editors, who are responsible for commissioning content from production companies around the UK – and digital and creative jobs sit at the heart of the new bases.

Alex Mahon said: "We are moving fast and we are on track to open our three new bases in the Nations & Regions this autumn. Channel 4 will soon be a very different organisation to the one we have been for the last 36 years. There remains much hard work for us to do, but this is part of our strategy to ensure Channel 4 is even more open to new talent and new voices from underserved areas and better reflects the diversity of all of the UK."