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INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY London staff visited Manches- ing the way. Maintaining the link ‘If we’re not failing every Telephone 0800 0688 159 ter and asked a taxi driver to take with staff at Kingswood Warren now and then, then we’re Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 them from the station to Medi- was recognised as an issue. Hug- not trying hard enough,’ he Ariel is produced by Internal aCityUK the drivers didn’t know gers was keen to know if those in said. ‘When people fail it’s Communications for people at the BBC where it was. Months later, after Manchester felt like they were in a because they took a leap of increasing numbers made the northern bubble. The feeling was faith. We should celebrate journey, drivers knew where it yes, to an extent, and the possi- that and thank them for was, but said it would never work. bility of Skype on the corporate going out on the cutting Today, the taxi drivers of Man- network was greeted with a cheer edge.’ chester know all about it, and are from the small audience. Construction of MediaC- keen to know when it’s all going Huggers also talked about the ityUK is ahead of schedule. PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL to open. growing use of Yammer as a net- It was also announced in Just one anecdote related in working tool, as well as raising the Manchester that the exten- a staff session headed by Erik possibility of HD real time video it again,’ he said. ‘We need to fig- sion to the tram system (which Huggers when he travelled to the conferencing: ‘Because it’s not ure out how to make sure we don’t will take people into the heart of north west last week. good at the moment, you use it all feel like we’re sitting in silos.’ the site) will be ready early - by The director of FM&T talked once, and then never want to use In true FM&T style, Huggers December 2010 > ARIEL ONLINE: BBC NEWS AS IT HAPPENS – EXPLORE.GATEWAY.BBC.CO.UK/ARIEL< a 04·08·09 News 3 £50m for local news PHOTOGRAPH: ANNA GORDON by Cathy Loughran justify £68m or the negative impact on commercial media.