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GCHQ is picture perfect!

Photographs taken by employees of GCHQ will soon be adorning the walls of their new Benhall headquarters following a successful campaign to brighten up the interior.

After moving house, it normally doesn't take long for the new occupants to make changes in the décor to reflect their tastes. GCHQ is no exception and when staff moved in to the new Benhall headquarters, it soon became clear that parts of the building with little or no natural light would benefit from the introduction of eye-catching pictures.

Instead of resorting to commercially-available images to fill wall space, GCHQ went for the personal touch and launched an in-house campaign - and the results have been spectacular. According to an official spokesman: "The response to this campaign has been phenomenal and shows that our staff really care about their working environment. We needed about thirty images, particularly for darker areas in the building, and we received over three hundred entries. Every image we received was superb and the choice of subject has been wide and varied, including local landmarks, animals, people, and scenes from exotic vacations."

Work is now underway to frame the selected images and place them around the building.

Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower

Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower

Bluebells
Bluebells

Two Sisters (trees)
Two Sisters

Four Friends (The Promenade, Cheltenham)
Four Friends

War Memorial (The Promenade, Cheltenham)
War Memorial

2 March 2005

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