Three London boroughs are planning a £1.1bn four-year framework to unify the provision of IT services in an initiative that may see 28 other London boroughs join in, as well as the Corporation of London. Westminster City Council, ...
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German business process outsourcing (BPO) provider Arvato has been selected to operate the first independent shared service centre (ISSC1) on behalf of the government. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. London councils ...
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Westminster Council has today announced a network IT contract with BT that may see it saving £30m on its HR and finance systems. BT is calling the deal a "radical redesign of corporate human resources and finance services across ...
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Barnet 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 ...
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Councillors in Cornwall are calling for the removal of the council leader as the cabinet proposes a shared services deal that encompasses libraries, benefits, payroll and IT services. A total of 41 councillors have signed a petition to ...
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The 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. ...
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