BBC Worldwide that Channel 4 merge with either the commercial network Five or BBC Worldwide. Channel 4's preferred option of a partnership with the latter was confirmed by chief executive Andy Duncan, who added: "We're in discussions with BBC Worldwide at the moment and they're really very exciting." In the same year, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of the companies growth and success. In 2012, the company began to reorganise their divisions from a product based system to a location-based system, resulting in Jana Bennett leaving the company. BBC Worldwide sold Lonely Planet in 2013 to
BBC North network production centre and BBC North West. The project began in 2006 when Salford was named as the chosen location by the Board of Governors and in 2007 the go-ahead was given to the project by the BBC Trust. The previous BBC Director General Mark Thompson indicated that either BBC One, BBC Two or BBC Three could also move by 2015. The day-to-day operation of production and broadcasting at MediaCityUK is now operated as BBC North for the BBC. BBC North BBC North (Group) is an operational business division of the BBC. It is headed by the BBC Director, North;