Uk Outsourcing

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  UK's Guardian Could Go Tabloid, Switch To Rival's Presses: Sources

  Britain's Guardian newspaper is considering becoming a tabloid and outsourcing printing to a rival such as Rupert Murdoch's News UK as one of a series of options to cut costs, sources told Reuters.

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  Wipro in Talks to Buy Equiniti for Over 1 Billion Pound: Report

  Wipro is in talks to buy Equiniti, a business process outsourcing (BPO) company that manages the pensions of millions of UK civil servants, according to Sky News. Wipro could spend more than 1 billion pounds or around Rs 10,000 crore for acquiring a majority stake in Equiniti, according to media reports.

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  UK Schools Should Outsource Exam Marking to India: Researcher

  Schools in the UK should consider outsourcing exam marking to India to reduce costs and teachers' workload, a leading UK-based academic and education researcher has suggested.

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  Wipro's 10-year deal with Carillion worth over $100 million: report

  Technology market research firm Tech Market View said the contract, which is one of Wipro's largest deals group-wide, signals the growing influence of offshore-centric IT-BPO players in large scale UK outsourcing market.

• Npower to cut 1,460 UK jobs, outsource to TCS

  India's largest IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today bagged a major deal to handle nearly 1,000 offshore jobs for the British energy giant Npower as part of its restructuring.

• UK energy firm NPower to offshore jobs to India: report

  NPower, one of the UK's leading energy providers, is expected to announce plans to offshore thousands of call centre jobs to India as part of its cost-saving efforts. The decision to outsource its call centre operations is likely to impact 2,000 staff with job losses of around 1,000, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph.

• Accenture cuts full year outlook as consulting slows further

  Outsourcing and consulting services provider Accenture Plc cut its full-year outlook, citing a pullback in spending by its consulting business clients, after reporting third-quarter revenue below analysts' estimates.

• Growth of Indian IT firms intact despite global crisis

  Despite global worries looming the world economy, mid-cap IT firms have witnessed a sustained growth with significant investments, especially in the European region. Nasscom, IT sector trade body has already predicted a 16-18 per cent growth rate.

• UK company reverts outsourced work from India

  A British company is bringing back its outsourced work to the UK after it realised that outsourcing it to India is no longer cheaper than doing the same work in London. Many British companies outsourced work to India where costs were low. But in recent years, increasing prices in India have made it a less attractive option than retaini...

• TCS slips on buzz UK Govt may review outsourcing deals

  Tata Consultancy Services fell 1% to Rs 737.50 at 10:21 IST on BSE on reports the UK government will review outsourcing contracts, including agreements signed with TCS, in a bid to cut government spending.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 26.09 points, or 0.15%, to 16,809.47. On BSE, 68,722 shares were traded in the counter as against an average d...

• Outsourcing to India draws lawyers from US, UK

  As an assistant attorney general for New York State, Christopher Wheeler used to spend most of his time arguing in courtrooms in New York City. Today, he works in a sprawling, unfinished planned suburb of New Delhi, where office buildings are sprouting from empty lots and dirt roads are fringed with fresh juice stalls and construction rubbl...

• Firstsource Solutions Ltd - Firstsource signs 5-year outsourcing agreement with Barclaycard, UK

  Firstsource Solutions Ltd has informed BSE that regarding a Press Release dated September 30, 2010 titled "Firstsource signs 5-year outsourcing agreement with Barclaycard, UK".

• UK firm reverts outsourcing work from 'costly' India

  A British company is bringing back its outsourced work to the UK after it realised that outsourcing it to India is no longer cheaper than doing the same work here.Many British companies outsourced work to India where costs were low.But in recent years, increasing prices in India have made it a less attractive option than retaining the work in the U...

• UK hospitals to outsource work to India

  All nine health authorities in the East Midlands are planning to move administrative services to India as part of their efforts to save 5 million pounds annually.

• UK cuts cost, to outsource 100 jobs to India

  More than 100 jobs at the British Council in the UK are to be outsourced to India, as part of a massive cost-cutting drive to save taxpayers' money.