公司搬迁项目(2/4)-英语听力

[00:00.062]Two years ago, the Centre announced its plan to relocate. [00:04.316]What brought about that decision? [00:06.314]Well, our first premises were near London and were leased to us by the government, [00:10.823]and we'd always expected to stay here. [00:13.061]But the site offered no scope for desperately needed development, [00:17.066]and we had to do something. [00:18.568]Although we were initially reluctant to borrow money to finance a relocation, [00:23.311]there was no other choice. [00:24.821]Hm. Did it take long finding an alternative site? [00:28.311]Over a year, which looking back seems excessively long, [00:32.309]as we only seriously considered three locations, [00:35.313]Oxford, Ispwich, and Plymouth, which was the one we eventually chose. [00:40.820]All three places had a good labour supply and running costs were comparable, [00:45.060]although I guess Plymouth is slightly cheaper, [00:47.554]while being the furthest by road and rail from London. [00:50.819]I think, in the end, we realised we could do our work just about anywhere. [00:55.310]The data we deal with are all received and sent out via computer, after all.