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News The £400m private finance CRB contract with Capita was slammed last year by the National Audit Office for being "appallingly planned" and will not break even until a year later than planned, leaving the taxpayer to foot... [21 Jul 2005]
Capita and IBM make £500m Birmingham shortlist
News Birmingham City Council has shortlisted two consortia led by Capita and IBM as the preferred bidders for a strategic 15-year IT outsourcing partnership worth more than £500m. The council received four excellent proposals... [30 Jun 2005]
Schools admission chaos blamed on computer problems
News For many boroughs the process has gone relatively smoothly but eight using Capita software have had problems connecting to the Arete system, leaving an estimated 2,300 pupils without a confirmed secondary school place... [11 Mar 2005]
Lorry road-charging scheme pushed back to 2008
News Capita, IBM and Siemens have been shortlisted to run the IT infrastructure for a complex multibillion pound lorry road-user charging system but the government has delayed its introduction by almost two years to allow for... [03 Mar 2005]
UK tops G7 broadband league
News The university released information that said 75 per cent - 11.9 million - of South Korea's homes have broadband, the highest per capita penetration anywhere in the world. The UK has overtaken the other G7 nations in... [22 Feb 2005]
Microsoft opens up in Bangalore
News Rapid PC growth, combined with a fairly low per capita income, has also made India a popular place to try out cheap PCs that require little training. Microsoft Research will open a laboratory in Bangalore, India, the... [01 Dec 2004]
Outsourcing gongs awarded in London
News Best business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider was Capita, a UK success story with business in healthcare and other areas outside technology, well-known for running London's congestion charge scheme. [23 Nov 2004]
United Utilities wins £427m Thurrock BPO deal
News Vertex beat off competition from Capita and Liberata for the deal, which represents the biggest public sector BPO contract to date. Vertex, the business process outsourcing (BPO) arm of United Utilities, has won a... [12 Nov 2004]
Half of councils will miss 2005 e-government deadline
News A survey of local government users by Capita Software Services found 56 per cent believe UK councils will fail to hit the e-government target deadline of December 2005. Over half of local authorities believe they will... [11 Nov 2004]
Surprise paper trail costs taxpayer extra £145m
News The CRB, a public-private partnership between Capita and the Home Office, has been plagued with problems since its creation, according to a report published today by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. [28 Oct 2004]
Car-tracking RFID tags may enforce Congestion Charge
News Although the main congestion charging contract is held by Capita, the current analogue camera and telecoms contracts are held by Initial Electronic Security Systems, BT and Colt, who send images to a central site. [17 Aug 2004]
Capita wins £70m benefit records IT deal
News Capita has won a £70m contract to manage records storage and retrieval for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The seven-year deal will see Capita make technological enhancements to improve... [16 Aug 2004]
Derby to pay Capita £11.25m to roll out e-government
News Capita has won an extension to its facilities management deal with Derby City to roll out the council's plans for e-government. Capita IT Services originally won the contract to support and develop the... [22 Jul 2004]
Capita bags £22m deal with Driving Standards Agency
News Capita had signed a six-year, £22m extension to its contract with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). The contract, which was originally signed in 1997 for seven years, gave Capita responsibility for... [08 Jun 2004]
Ofcom is Europe's best regulator
News Countries such as the UK, which have effective regulation and a low level of state ownership, get the most investment per capita. It also showed that there was a 90 per cent correlation between investment per... [27 May 2004]
