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10 Articles Below Are an Indication of The Evolving Nature of The Outsourcing Sector
Dec 28, 2012Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some 38.7bn – was IT outsourcing. It is a sector that adapts to market ...
Tags: UK, outsourcing, IT outsourcing, company news
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Barnet Council Has Recommended Capita as Its Preferred Bidder
Dec 28, 2012Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a £32m-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
Tags: Barnet council, Barbara Jacobson, BBC, EXPOTEL
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Somerset County Council Makes Preparations for Legal Action From Southwest One
Dec 27, 2012Somerset County Council is making preparations for legal action from Southwest One, the shared services joint venture it formed with IBM in 2007. The stand-off is the culmination of 18 months of crisis talks over the joint venture's ...
Tags: Somerset County Council, IBM, computer, company news
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Southwest One,a Shared Services Venture with IBM in Which Somerset Owns a 17.5% Share
Dec 24, 2012Somerset County Council's troubled outsourcing contract with Southwest One has stalled the authority's programme of cost cuts, according to a Conservative member of its cabinet. Southwest One, a shared services venture with IBM in which ...
Tags: Southwest One, IBM, Somerset council, SAP system
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CSC Stemmed Losses in Its 10-Year Outsourcing Deal with Royal Mail
Dec 24, 2012CSC has stemmed losses in its 10-year outsourcing deal with Royal Mail through a combination of job cuts, tax breaks and relief payments, according to an analysis of eight years of published accounts for the venture. The supplier signed ...
Tags: CSC, job cuts, tax breaks, relief payments
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The London Borough's Cabinet Is Expected to Approve The Deal in a Vote This Evening
Dec 6, 2012Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
Tags: Capita, Cut Staff, Barnet Council, Outsourcing Deal
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Barnet Council Would Run Its Back-Office Services
Nov 23, 2012Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a32m euros-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
Tags: Barnet, Capita, Outsourcing Deal, Public Services
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The Error Raises Questions About What Really Happened in January 2012
Sep 24, 2012Regional outsourcing venture Southwest One obscured the true extent of its financial losses with a highly unusual combination of understated costs and post-dated credits in its 2010 accounts,according to an analysis of the firm's accounts ...
Tags: Southwest One, accounting looses, regional outsourcing venture, IBM
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Using Parliamentary Privilege to Repeat Unsubstantiated Allegation He First Made in 2008
Sep 18, 2012The government should audit Somerset County Council's Southwest One outsourcing venture with IBM to get to the bottom of dubious financial arrangements and broken promises made when the deal was signed in 2007,the local MP told Parliament. ...
Tags: services deal, Southwest, outsource venture