Offshoring is the practice of employers basing some of its operations overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs. It typically involves employees being employed in those countries.
Dixons staff will keep their employer after plans to outsource their jobs collapsed.
Skills shortages in Indian call centres serving the UK have led to a call for UK talent to be exported.
IBM is planning to hire an extra 14,000 workers in India this year, as it lays off up to 13,000 staff in western Europe and the US to cut costs.
In the wake of the Sun newspaper investigation, companies offshoring work have been urged to tighten up security.
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India's outsourcing companies are setting up a national screening programme for existing and potential employees.
A short film on HR outsourcing has gained a Europe-wide release on the CNBC business network.
Fears about the security of offshore outsourcing have been raised again, after three former employees of an Indian outsourcing provider were arrested for allegedly siphoning off £160,000 from Citibank customers
IT outsourcing could be worth more than £71bn by the end of 2005.
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Seventy five percent of UK call centres have no plans to relocate overseas despite severe staffing difficulties, according to latest research.
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