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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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    Contracting out does not mean unclean hospitals, says CBI

    by Quentin Reade 13 Jan 2005
    by Quentin Reade 13 Jan 2005

    The CBI today hit back at Unison's claims that levels of cleanliness in hospitals have declined as a result of contracting out.

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    Fear of the unknown puts premium on key IT salaries

    by dan thomas 11 Jan 2005
    by dan thomas 11 Jan 2005

    Employer concerns about losing key IT staff and problems with offshore outsourcing deals are pushing up salaries for a handful...

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    Tesco to outsource 400 IT support jobs to India

    by Michael Millar 7 Jan 2005
    by Michael Millar 7 Jan 2005

    Supermarket chain will boost its Indian employees to 770 by the end of 2005

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    Union cautious over council IT outsourcing deal

    by Michael Millar 7 Jan 2005
    by Michael Millar 7 Jan 2005

    Question marks still hang over a £119m outsourcing deal between Swansea City Council and business consultants and outsourcing specialist Capgemini...

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    Outsourcing will come out of the closet in 2005

    by dan thomas 6 Jan 2005
    by dan thomas 6 Jan 2005

    Companies planning to outsource in 2005 are likely to talk openly about their plans to staff and unions, suggests outsourcing best practice group

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    UK public sector outsourced services market to boom

    by dan thomas 13 Dec 2004
    by dan thomas 13 Dec 2004

    The public sector in the UK will outsource £20bn worth of services in the next three years.

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    Outsourcing will force changes in IT industry

    by dan thomas 29 Nov 2004
    by dan thomas 29 Nov 2004

    Most UK firms believe the increasing trend for outsourcing will lead to the demise of the traditional IT department.

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    Union warns of job losses as Barclays prepares to restructure IT operations

    by dan thomas 15 Nov 2004
    by dan thomas 15 Nov 2004

    The jobs of hundreds of staff and contractors at Barclays are at risk under plans by the bank to restructure...

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    UK unconvinced by benefits of outsourcing

    by Quentin Reade 11 Nov 2004
    by Quentin Reade 11 Nov 2004

    More than a one third (38 per cent) of British companies that have tried outsourcing claim it has been a...

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    Union condemns Lloyds TSB outsourcing move

    by Aksel Lyderson 9 Nov 2004
    by Aksel Lyderson 9 Nov 2004

    The Lloyds TSB Group Union (LTU) has condemned plans to transfer 250 Cheltenham & Gloucester (C&G) jobs to India.Lloyds TSB,...

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    BT chief defends jobs relocation

    by Personnel Today 8 Nov 2004
    by Personnel Today 8 Nov 2004

    The chief executive of BT Group has defended the company’s decision to move thousands of jobs abroad.Ben Verwaayen told the...

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    UK business under pressure to relocate overseas

    by Quentin Reade 8 Nov 2004
    by Quentin Reade 8 Nov 2004

    Companies are under growing pressure to relocate parts of their business overseas, the CBI says.It said the benefits of offshoring...

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    Winning the numbers game

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004

    Outsourcing training tasks seems to be on the increase. Guy Sheppard reports

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    Unison members vote to cancel Swansea Council IT strike

    by dan thomas 25 Oct 2004
    by dan thomas 25 Oct 2004

    Swansea council employees have called off a planned strike

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    Clear communication is the key to success

    by Personnel Today 19 Oct 2004
    by Personnel Today 19 Oct 2004

    Having recently returned from a two-week trip through The Hague, Budapest, London and Paris, I got a fresh dose of...

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