The BBC have made a fool of themselves again by refusing to pay for flowers at funerals for their staff who have died in service, despite spending money on flowers to reward staff for their ‘talent’.

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Isabel Cosgrove, of the BBC’s human resources department, has complained that she has been banned from sending wreaths and flowers to the families of deceased colleagues:

“I work in BBC People and therefore have to deal with sad situations like the death in service of a member of staff. In these cases, one of the things that helps the family is that the BBC acknowledges its appreciation of the deceased staff member. I think most of us would agree that this is normally shown, amongst cards and letters, by the sending of flowers to the funeral. However, we have been prevented from doing this in the last few situations in Scotland because of the expenses policy. I have been looking at the recently published expenses of the senior executives and note that they have successfully claimed for sending flowers to individuals. How on earth is that possible?”

The outrage comes after the release of BBC executive expenses, including a £100 bouquet of flowers for Jonathan Ross congratulating him on his £18 million contract. The BBC’s chief financial officer Zarin Patel said executives were allowed to buy bouquets to reward the corporation’s ‘talent’. The BBC’s chief financial officer Zarin Patel said “Flowers and other gifts are however occasionally purchased for talent to mark notable successes and significant events.”

Ouch…

Source: Telegraph