by Sam | 9 Sep 2014 | Data, Economy, Employment
Public Finance reports that public sector job prospects have fallen following a period of buoyancy, according to Manpower’s employment outlook survey. Its latest findings, relating to the public job prospects fourth quarter of this year, showed a net employment...
by Sam | 1 Aug 2014 | General Election 2015
So earlier this week Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham gave what is now an all too familiar diatribe against the terrifying reality that NHS are increasingly awarding contracts to provide services to private firms – companies that devlishly sell services for...
by Sam | 19 May 2014 | Children and Families, Outsourcing, Politics
The Guardian has reported on a Department for Education consultation, published last month, which has proposed that local authorities should be able to outsource children’s social services to encourage innovation and improve outcomes for at-risk young people....
by Sam | 19 May 2014 | Employment, Outsourcing, Politics
A study by Arvato, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider, has found that 39 new contracts worth a total of £2.1 billion were agreed in the first quarter of 2014, which represents a 65% increase on the first quarter of 2013. Headlines from the index include:...
by Sam | 12 Mar 2014 | Outsourcing, Politics
The Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling has released a Written Ministerial Statement announcing that security firm G4S has agreed to reimburse the Ministry £108.9m plus VAT for overpayments as part of the contract to provide electronic tagging to offenders....
