3rd Apr 2006 08:39
Capita Group PLC03 April 2006 Capita signs contract with Birmingham City Council to create 'Service Birmingham' partnership The Capita Group Plc announces that it has signed a contract with BirminghamCity Council creating a joint venture to be officially known as 'ServiceBirmingham'. Service Birmingham has been created to deliver a wide range of services tosupport the Council's business transformation strategy which intends tosignificantly improve services to the people of Birmingham. The joint venturewill support the Council's transformation programme for which Capita has signedan initial ICT contract worth £475 million, (originally valued at £424 million)to the joint venture over a 10 year partnership. Around 500 employees will be seconded to the joint venture and Capita willprovide the specialist and flexible resources to accelerate the successfuldelivery of the Council's transformation plan. The initial ICT programme isdesigned to deliver a world class ICT framework for the future delivery ofservices and to provide a robust framework for major service transformation.Further work is likely to be commissioned through the partnership to support theCouncil's services. This will increase the value of the contract as thepartnership incrementally grows and delivers measurable benefits to the Counciland the people of Birmingham. -Ends- For further information please contact: The Capita Group Plc +44 (0)20 7799 1525 Paul Pindar, Chief Executive Shona Nichols, Corporate Communications Director Press Office +44 (0)870 2400 488 Notes to Editors Capita announced that it had been selected as preferred strategic partner on 1 December2005. About Capita The Capita Group Plc is the UK's leading provider of business processoutsourcing and professional support services. The Group's service capabilitiesencompass administration and customer services, financial services, humanresource services, ICT and software services, property services, advisoryservices, change management and business process re-engineering delivered toboth public sector and private organisations. With over 25,000 employees at morethan 240 offices across the UK, Ireland and India, Capita is quoted on theLondon Stock Exchange (CPI.L), and is a constituent of the FTSE100 withrevenues for 2005 of £1,436 million. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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