Is a recession good for outsourcing?

Well according to the research organisations and our own experience the answer is yes!  If you were at the Outsourcing Best Practice Awards last week, you would have heard Rachel Stormonth from NelsonHall go through this and say how outsourcing is set to grow in a recession.
Of course a recession can never be seen as [...]

Outsourcing slowdown?

A recent report from TPI shows a slowdown in the signing of outsourcing deals.
According to the report new outsourcing contracts in Europe fell from 75 to 56 in the 2nd to 3rd quarter of this year and the only one significant mega-deal was signed during the 3rd quarter.  This has got people within the industry [...]

Citigroup set to sell Global Services to TCS

Last week we saw financial service heavyweight, Citigroup sell its interest in Citigroup Global Services Limited (CGSL) to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). TCS is said to be paying $505 million to acquire the India based BPO services.

With all companies focusing on reducing costs, I believe we will see more and more of these types [...]

NHS Moving Forward

According to recent news reports, health officials are considering a £100m payout to BT to take over eight NHS sites once Fujitsu leaves the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT).  This consideration of further spending comes as the Fujitsu £1bn contract comes to an end.
Outsourcing in the NHS used to mean one thing, slashing costs [...]