News for Offshoring
Thursday, May 17, 2012
General Motors saves 2,100 jobs at UK Vauxhall factory
GM will save 2,100 jobs and create hundreds more after the company announced that it has chosen Ellesmere Port car factory to create the next-generation Astra.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
80 percent of the public do not believe outsourcing helps the British economy
Research commissioned by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) has revealed that 80 percent of the UK general public do not believe that outsourcing contributes to the economy.
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80% of public believes outsourcing hinders businesses
A public misconception of what outsourcing is has led to a view by the majority of the UK public that outsourcing does not help the Bristish economy, according to a survey commissioned by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA).
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
SAP to create 250 jobs in Ireland
SAP has announced plans to create 250 jobs in Ireland over the next three years. The software giant will be employing staff with skills in computer science, engineering, physics, maths, information systems and business.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
US suspends offshore programme
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has suspended funding for a training programme for offshore Filipino nationals. The trainees were educated to work in English speaking call centres.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Fujitsu opens data centre in China
Fujitsu has announced the launch of its first data centre in China. Located in the Guangdong High-Tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions, it will become South China's first Tier 3 plus data centre.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Research points to a decline in offshoring opportunities by 2014
European and US businesses are expected to outsource around 750,000 jobs to overseas destinations over the next four years.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
arvato increases Manila BPO operations
Business process outsourcing (BPO) partner arvato is increasing investment in its Manila operations to support several BPO programmes.
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500 new IT roles for DWP contract in UK and India
IBM and Accenture have proposed to create 500 new developer roles in the UK and India for work on the Department for Work and Pensions’ Universal Credit system.
The outsourcing contract, worth £525 million, is expected to be carried out next year and by having some of the development work done offshore, the DWP expects to save "both cost and time", but has created controversy.
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Indian outsourcers create jobs in US
Indian outsourcers employed 107,000 staff in the US last year. A study by the U.S National Association of Software and Services Companies also revealed that 175,000 other jobs were created indirectly by the outsourcing.
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