And? It's about half an hour from Leeds.

I wouldn't want to take the train, too unreliable and quite frankly a pain. I wouldn't want to spend an hour and half (if I'm lucky) in the car in peak time traffic. That said, there's plenty that do commute I guess.

The RFL should have a big purpose built office by the centre of Huddersfield! Failing that, some sy office space that's going begging in the centre of Leeds / Manchester or at MediaCity.

One word response that covers the above options. Cost.

I used to commute from Brighouse to South Manchester and that used to take an hour and a half. Tough luck if they don't want to commute IMO, it's not that far!

I think it's mainly due to employees living in Leeds. I think a lot of the RFL staff contracts are up in 2013 so maybe they will fire some off and move to Media City. Probably not though

Trains every 1/2 hour between Leeds and Manchester!!!

I work in Leeds.

Most of the employees don't live in Leeds, in fact quite a lot commute a further distance than betwen Leeds and Manchester.

I suppose it depends upon personal circumstances where you are prepared work and what you are prepared to do to keep in employment.

three word response that covers that.......sell red hall

Incorporate them in a shared Cas/wakey/Fev ground in the Normanton triangle

Would help if it was the RFLs to sell...

Oh and I wouldn't want to commute to Manchester 5days a week unless there was some significant salary increases.

Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

Nobody ever seems to have the overall betterment of the game at heart

I'm afraid the development of the game is a little more important than a few employees not wanting to commute. As harsh as it sounds, businesses relocate all the time and employees either move or are dealt with accordingly.

For anyone who's not seen Media City - it's simply awesome, and precisely where the RFL need to be located - it's a massive, modern development and will be the centre of the media world if not for the entire UK then certainly outside London.

Is there a need for the RFL HQ to relocate? Surely just the media dept need to. The rest of the RFL like the board, disciplinary, ticketing etc can stay at Red Hall can't they?

we have a media dept???????????




but yeah i guess that all we need to do

It can't be that much more expensive and there are huge advantages to moving to Manchester, many of which have already been mentioned. There's also a better talent pool this side of the pennines too.