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.
Only one UK employer in five outsources its recruitment activities, according to research.Despite the increased use of outsourcing in other...
Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting its full-time headcount from 5,000 staff to 1,800 and taking on 2,000 staff from outside after signing several deals with IT services companies
British Airways (BA) must dread the summer. It seems that every year BA has an industrial dispute of one type or another. Each year the cause is different and each year BA says it has solved the problem and it won't happen again. What is not clear this time round is exactly what the problem is.
Union to ensure insurer gives workers fair hearing by taking it to tribunal.
British Gas, which plans to transfer 2,000 jobs to India in a bid to save up to £30m pounds annually,...
IT services firm Computer Sciences Corporation promises no compulsory redundancies and a commitment to invest in the skills of its 10,000 UK staff.
A total of 81% of large UK companies plan to increase their offshore outsourcing over the next two to three years, according to new research
Harrow Council brings in experts to boost staff skills in outsourcing deal.
With the ever-increasing speed of technology, falling communication costs and the ease with which we can now commute across national borders, our level of interest in outsourcing has started to reach new heights
Rochdale Borough Council is set to sign a 15-year 187m outsourcing deal with IT services firm Agilisys and facilities management company Mouchel Parkman
Dixons staff will keep their employer after plans to outsource their jobs collapsed.
Rochdale Council's leader has said that an outsourcing deal will lead to job creation not job cuts.
The BBC has taken the first step in the process to find an outsourcing supplier for parts of its HR services.
Record public payoutA whistleblower who alleged abuse of inmates at Wakefield Prison has been awarded compensation of £477,600 and £90,000...
Bradford Council signed an IT outsourcing agreement with IBM after assuring staff their jobs were not at risk.
