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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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    BT outsourcing

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

    In last week’s issue of Personnel Today (14 February) we published an article about BT saving money by performing its...

    • HR strategy
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    BBC finalises £100m HR outsourcing deal

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

    The BBC expects to save more than £50m and move a number of HR services online after awarding Capita a...

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    Wide-ranging HR outsourcing remains preserve of the few

    by dan thomas 17 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Feb 2006

    BBC deal is not the shape of things to come, according to business analyst.

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    Capita wins HR services contract for the BBC

    by dan thomas 16 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 16 Feb 2006

    The BBC has selected Capita ahead of Accenture and Xchanging as its preferred supplier for a 10-year HR services contract, it was announced today

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    Accenture set to win £500m Unilever outsourcing contract

    by dan thomas 14 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Feb 2006

    Consumer goods giant Unilever is poised to award a £500m HR outsourcing deal to consulting firm Accenture

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    BBC set to announce winning bid for outsourced HR contract

    by Personnel Today 14 Feb 2006
    by Personnel Today 14 Feb 2006

    The BBC will announce the winning bid for its HR outsourcing contract this week, Personnel Today has learned

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    Councils told to outsource planning roles

    by Georgina Fuller 9 Feb 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 9 Feb 2006

    Audit Commission calls for planning roles to be outsourced.

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    Outsourcing: Outward bound

    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2006
    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2006

    Many organisations now outsource their training needs to specialist providers - something which can work well, if managed by the book

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    Euro trade unionists unite to fight EU Services Directive

    by Personnel Today 8 Feb 2006
    by Personnel Today 8 Feb 2006

    Trade unionists from all over Europe will gather in Strasbourg next Tuesday in an effort to prevent what the labour movement is calling a 'St Valentine's pay massacre'.

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    Swindon Council plans £185m HR and IT outsourcing deal

    by dan thomas 1 Feb 2006
    by dan thomas 1 Feb 2006

    Swindon Council is planning to transfer its HR services to an outsourcing partner in a 10-year deal worth £185m

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    Who should take care of Auntie’s people?

    by Personnel Today 24 Jan 2006
    by Personnel Today 24 Jan 2006

    The BBC is one of my favourite organisations - and not just because it strives to be the most creative organisation in the world.

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    Westminster council workers face 600-mile relocation

    by Mike Berry 23 Jan 2006
    by Mike Berry 23 Jan 2006

    Council workers are threatening to strike after being told they must relocate from central London to north Scotland or face redundancy.

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    All change for HR staff at Bank of Ireland

    by dan thomas 15 Dec 2005
    by dan thomas 15 Dec 2005

    Bank of Ireland has signed a seven-year outsourcing deal with Accenture worth up to £100m

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    • Offshoring

    UK jobs to go as BT sends IT support to India

    by Georgina Fuller 14 Dec 2005
    by Georgina Fuller 14 Dec 2005

    BT technical support switch to India leads to 900 job cuts.

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    Shared-service plan leads to DfT job cuts

    by Mike Berry 29 Nov 2005
    by Mike Berry 29 Nov 2005

    The Department for Transport (DfT) expects to save £15m a year by setting up new shared-service HR centre

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