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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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A Number of Parishes in Exmoor Are Set to Have Their Street Lighting Reduced
Oct 13, 2012A number of parishes in Exmoor are set to have their street lighting reduced, as the council's plans to cut costs, reduce energy mission and reduce light pollution in the area are under way in a new trial. A total of seven parishes will ...
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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