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Outsourcing

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.


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    Britannia Building Society to bring outsourced HR systems back in-house

    by dan thomas 1 Jun 2006
    by dan thomas 1 Jun 2006

    Britannia Building Society has revealed plans to bring its payroll and HR systems back in-house as it nears the end of a five-year outsourcing deal.

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    Viewpoint: HR outsourcing industry fails to dazzle

    by Personnel Today 23 May 2006
    by Personnel Today 23 May 2006

    Japanese tourists love visiting Edinburgh Castle. At precisely 12pm every day, the same painstakingly observed process of positioning, loading and...

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    Boots to move 100 IT jobs back in-house

    by dan thomas 17 May 2006
    by dan thomas 17 May 2006

    High street health and beauty retailer Boots is finalising plans to "insource" 100 IT jobs after renegotiating a £710m technology outsourcing contract with IBM signed in 2002.

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    NTL to outsource or axe 6,000 jobs

    by dan thomas 9 May 2006
    by dan thomas 9 May 2006

    Communications firm NTL has confirmed that it will outsource or axe 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as it completes the integration of rival company Telewest

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    Vodafone plans major IT outsourcing deal

    by dan thomas 9 May 2006
    by dan thomas 9 May 2006

    Vodafone has begun consulting staff on plans to sign a major IT outsourcing deal that will see a number of employees transfer to a third-party supplier

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    Sainsbury’s completes transfer of IT staff back in-house after ending outsourcing deal with Accenture

    by dan thomas 3 May 2006
    by dan thomas 3 May 2006

    Sainsbury's has completed the insourcing of 470 IT staff, all its IT assets and its third-party contracts from outsourcing supplier Accenture.

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    NHS shared services plans could breach EU legislation on outsourcing

    by Mike Berry 2 May 2006
    by Mike Berry 2 May 2006

    Plans for a multi-million pound HR shared-services initiative in the NHS could be delayed because they may be in breach...

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    Lloyds TSB outsources finance operations to India

    by Personnel Today 18 Apr 2006
    by Personnel Today 18 Apr 2006

    Lloyds TSB is offshoring its finance and accounting operations to India, under a five-year, multi-million pound deal

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    Boots signs £16m seven-year HR outsourcing deal

    by dan thomas 3 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 3 Apr 2006

    High street health and beauty retailer Boots has signed a £16m seven-year payroll and HR outsourcing contract with supplier Northgate HR

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    Bectu ballots members on BBC outsourcing deal with Capita

    by dan thomas 23 Mar 2006
    by dan thomas 23 Mar 2006

    The BBC is still facing the threat of industrial action over plans to outsource some of its HR services to Capita in a £130m deal.

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    Dixons owner signs £120m outsourcing deal with Capita

    by dan thomas 7 Mar 2006
    by dan thomas 7 Mar 2006

    DSG International, owner of Dixons, PC World, Currys and The Link, has signed a £120m, seven-year, call centre outsourcing deal with services firm Capita

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    CPS signs up Atos for OH services

    by Mike Berry 3 Mar 2006
    by Mike Berry 3 Mar 2006

    The Crown Prosecution Service has signed a three year deal with medical provider Atos Origin to provide occupational health services to its 8,500 staff.

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    Outsourcing raises a little local difficulty: parking

    by dan thomas 22 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 22 Feb 2006

    Residents have won their battle to stop IBM contractors working on an outsourcing project parking in residential roads.

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    Unions threaten strikes over BBC’s HR outsourcing deal

    by dan thomas 21 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 21 Feb 2006

    The BBC is facing the potential threat of strike action over the terms of its £100m HR outsourcing deal with Capita.

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    This week’s news in brief

    by Personnel Today 21 Feb 2006
    by Personnel Today 21 Feb 2006

    Unilever’s £500m contractConsumer goods giant Unilever is expected to award a £500m global HR outsourcing deal to consulting firm Accenture...

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