Employers commonly outsource parts of their business. Outsourcing is the process of transferring an existing business function to an external provider to use outside resources to perform activities previously handled within the organisation.
It’s no surprise that the UK’s biggest firms are outsourcing HR, but it’s wrong to assume this trend is down...
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the £100 million management buy-out of Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) from global...
Government departments have been slow to adopt shared services and it is unlikely whether they will save the predicted £1.4bn...
The Body Shop has signed a £1m four-year human resources (HR) services deal with outsourcing provider Northgate HR.The contract expands...
Insurer Prudential will transfer 1,750 UK jobs to outsourcing company Capita as part of a cost-cutting plan.Prudential said the 15-year...
The UK’s 100 biggest companies are all considering outsourcing their human resources work, with many of the jobs likely to end up...
Consumers may have lost trust in offshore outsourcing, but more companies see the advantages beyond the stereotypes. Virginia Matthews reports...
A shortage of top-class number-crunchers is driving a surge in financial outsourcing, according to an expert.Brian Pitman, senior advisor at...
Recent media reports alleging the use of child labour by a manufacturer of Gap’s children’s clothing in India have highlighted...
This week sees human resources service provider Ceridian Corporation begin operating under the ownership of financial services firm, Fidelity National...
It would appear that among human resource chiefs the jury is still out on the merits of outsourcing.A survey of...
Insurance firm Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) has completed a 10-year, £92m-rated deal with T-Systems, the business customer unit of...
Travel group Thomas Cook has signed a £192m outsourcing deal with provider Accenture.The contract covers human resources services, finance, accounting...
The world of HR outsourcing may not get many Âpeople’s pulses racing, but for Malcolm Aldis, managing director of Northgate...
