Offshoring’s sooty secret?

I picked up on an interesting news story this week that opens up a whole can of worms for the sourcing industry and the process of globalisation as a whole. The concept of ‘embedded’ greenhouse gas emissions has been covered numerous times before, but not by someone so close to the incumbent government. This week, [...]

CRC – Friend or foe?

The green agenda has increased in significance at an incredibly rapid rate over the past few years. New legislation, with its hefty carbon reduction targets, means that all businesses must incorporate green strategies into their overall business plan.
The Climate Change Act 2008 begins by imposing a statutory duty on the Secretary of State to [...]

British Council takes the leap

My last blog focused on public sector offshoring; low and behold the week that the blog gets published, The Times prints a story on how the British Council is offshoring 100 jobs to India. Of course this announcement sparked a furious debate amongst the public, unions and the upper echelons of the public sector. [...]

Public sector offshoring- Time to discuss

The public sector is facing some of the most aggressive spending cuts and efficiency targets in recent memory. Towards the end of last year the government announced a savings target of £35bn, with a lot of emphasis placed on reducing the multibillion pound IT bill. Combine this with a predicted £50bn cut in [...]

Bridging the gap

Over the past week Lloyds Banking Group has been under fire from the media as a result of a Daily Mail report that said Indian IT contractors were being brought into the UK to work in place of UK counterparts. The article claimed that information from internal documents, seen by the Daily Mail, had [...]

HR outsourcing under the microscope

This week, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has released a report entitled, ‘HR outsourcing and the HR function: Threat or Opportunity’, which focuses on approximately 300 UK HR professionals within a variety of organisations, public and private. HRO has had a mixed reception over recent months; some people believe that the cost [...]

Recession sparks sharp drop in offshoring

The FT this week released a report highlighting a sharp decline in the offshoring of jobs from Britain to cheaper locations in eastern Europe as a result of the recession.
The NOA predicted that 2009 would be the year where we see a drop in businesses offshoring, so the FT report into the reduction of [...]

China’s growing strength

Shanghai is set to become the new Bangalore according to a recent report released by KPMG. The report entitled, ‘A new dawn: China’s emerging role in global outsourcing’ has China down for outsourcing greatness over the next few years. The main reason for this? The fruition of the Chinese government’s 2006 plan [...]

Obama’s first move

Obama has revealed his first move at reducing the amount US companies offshore. He has proposed a tax revision which will mean that US companies, earning income overseas, will have to pay US corporate tax on that money immediately, rather than deferring payment until the income is returned back to US soil. Obama [...]

The Budget – what does it mean for outsourcing?

The announcement of the budget is something which always generates interest from the public as well as businesses. However, this year’s announcement was particularly poignant. Everyone has been affected by the recession and the new budget dictates how the UK will address this turbulent global economy, consumers and companies alike all kept a [...]