New BBC director-general Tony Hall seeks to restore public trust after Savile scandal Lord Hall, 62, will arrive at Broadcasting House in central London for his first day of work at 8.30am tomorrow. His first appointment will be a management board meeting with the BBC's most senior executives, including Roger Mosey, the acting director of television, Fran Unsworth, the acting director of news, and James Purnell, the former Labour Cabinet Minister who was appointed the BBC's director of strategy and digital in February. He will be briefed on the main issues facing the Corporation, including the "Delivering Quality First" cost-cutting programme and two ongoing reviews into alleged sexual harassment and whether the BBC's culture allowed Savile to carry out his abuse. Lord Hall will then ask his top managers questions about how the BBC can restore trust after the Savile affair, how it needs to change its management culture in order to avoid a repeat of the Newsnight false allegations fiasco, what future technologies it should invest in, and how it should operate globally. A BBC insider said his arrival was intended to sound a "division bell" between the Corporation's recent period of crisis and how it will develop in the future. Later this week Lord Hall will make the first of a number of trips to BBC sites outside London to solicit the opinions of staff and licence fee payers. A source close to the new director-general said: "He is very interested to hear the views of the public, about how they feel the BBC is working. It may be through talking to people, it may be in the emails he receives. Pretty much every conversation he has is going to be about the BBC. He is not coming in with a pre-formed vision. He wants us to have a sense of where the BBC should be in ten years time - is technology the central question, or is creativity the central question, or is it news? Lord Hall, who told the Sunday Telegraph in March that he believes in saving money "wherever you can," has ruled out calls by unions for the BBC to seek to renegotiate an agreement with the Government to keep the licence fee at the same level until 2016. He will meet the leaders of the National Union of Journalists and the Bectu broadcast technicians" union on March 10. Gerry Morrissey, general secretary of Bectu, said he had a "very good" working relationship with Lord Hall during his time at the Royal Opera House but warned that he would be in "constant dispute" with the unions if he persisted with former BBC director-general Mark Thompson's programme of cuts. "If they categorically say, "we are going to plough on with job cuts in the next six months," then I think further strikes are inevitable," he said. Mr Morrissey said he would be in favour of targeted strike action designed to affect the BBC's coverage of prestigious events such as the Wimbledon tennis championships, the British Open golf tournament and the party conference season. Meanwhile, BBC Television Centre closed its doors on Sunday after 53 years of broadcasting history. The one-time home of Top of the Pops and Blue Peter has been sold for £200 million and will be made into a shops and offices complex that will include hotels, flats and a cinema. The final event to go through the studio was the Pope's Urbi et Orbi address, which used TV Centre's voiceover facilities. Picking a new director of television and director of news These key senior posts are currently being filled temporarily. Lord Hall is expected to select full-time replacements by the end of April. Budget cuts and union disputes After agreeing to freeze the annual licence fee at £145.50 for six years, the BBC has to make annual savings of £700 million by 2016-17. Unions have already held strikes in a row over job losses, workloads and bullying claims, and are threatening further stoppages. Dinah Rose review The BBC appointed Dinah Rose QC to examine its policies on sexual harassment and bullying following the Jimmy Savile scandal. She is expected to report back at the end of this month. Dame Janet Smith review Dame Janet Smith, a former High Court judge, is carrying out the BBC's internal investigation into whether its culture allowed Savile to abuse children over 40 years. Her report is expected in the autumn. Negotiating a new Royal Charter The current charter, setting out the BBC's public purposes and guaranteeing its independence, runs out in December 2016. The process to agree a new charter will include tricky discussions with the Government about how much the licence fee can rise after that date.