Apologies

Nomad thought that the BBC was a lumbering state owned industry that failed to spend its income efficiently. How wrong can you be? According to this report from accountants Deloitte Touche the BBC contributes 7.6 billion pounds to the economy.

One wonders however, whether Deloitte were paid to produce this report and if so does that money count toward the 7.6 billion?

According to Wikipedia "Total levies from the licence fee were £3.49 Billion in 2008-09". Whatever Deloitte were paid they clearly deserve it, I wish they were doing my taxes.

So to summarise, the licence payers give the BBC 3.49 billion, the BBC pays rent on its offices, Mark Thompsons pension fund, flowers for performers, taxi cabs for people working late, etc, etc and it still manages to find 7.6 billion which it contributes to the economy. Fantastic.