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Offshore IT services

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff

  Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  UK government publishes guidelines to ‘end era of outsourcing’ – will IT be in scope?

  New strategy will see UK government apply Public Interest Test to outsourcing contracts worth £1m or more

• June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26

  Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat

  As India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent

• June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26

  Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move

  Fujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets

  Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of staff want to make a break

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution

  IT supplier will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back contribution to costs of Post Office scandal

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it

  UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

  We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’

  Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

  The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

  Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped

• April 13, 2026 13 Apr'26

  Go West! US datacentres head for available and cheap energy

  Texas the hotspot as US datacentres enter the GW age, Virginia set to hold its status as ‘datacentre alley’, while constrained west coast states set for market share decline

• April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26

  Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce

  Troubled IT supplier announces voluntary redundancy programme with hundreds of UK jobs set to be cut

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  Flaws in government procurement show in HMRC £473m AWS award

  After a rushed contract award with only one bidder and a tender notice ‘for hyperscalers only’, critics call for live oversight on government contracts, claiming the procurement is unfair and likely to be expensive

• February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26

  Is the EU’s free trade deal with India the dawn of a new era?

  Trade deal between European Union and India simplifies the visa system for professionals from India, which could make the country’s suppliers more accessible

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems

  High volumes of customer calls, backlogs and complex requests blamed for shaky start to life on civil service pension scheme for Capita

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims

  Fujitsu's European chief Paul Patterson is stepping down from his role amid the troubles brought on by the supplier’s central role in the Post Office scandal

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  SAP selects Tata Consultancy Services to transform its IT operations

  Software firm agrees five-year IT transformation project with Indian outsourcing giant, taking relationship up to 20 years

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  NHS signs another major IT deal with the Indian IT sector

  Five-year NHS deal sees Tata Consultancy Services continue to grow its UK public sector business

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm

  Japanese IT supplier managed to grow its UK public sector business last year despite the fallout from the Post Office scandal

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  UK ramps up ransomware fightback with supply chain security guide

  Multinational guidance, developed by the UK and Singapore, is designed to help organisations reinforce their supply chain against ransomware attacks

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  France’s Atos eyes UK public sector with investment in secure UK infrastructure

  French IT services supplier invests in highly secure and accredited UK-based infrastructure

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  India’s biggest IT firm to create 5,000 UK jobs

  Indian IT giant will increase its UK-based workforce by thousands over the next three years

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Infosys multiplies UK public sector revenue by 160 with £1.2bn NHS deal

  Gone are the days of Indian IT suppliers being shunned in UK government contracts through job and security fears

• October 08, 2025 08 Oct'25

  Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides

  Computer Weekly reveals callous comments made by a senior Fujitsu executive about Post Office scandal inquiry report

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Over half of India-based companies suffer security breaches

  Business supply chains, which include Indian companies, are at risk of attack as more than half of suppliers were breached last year

• July 29, 2025 29 Jul'25

  Logicalis targets APAC’s mid-market with ‘GSI quality’ services

  The global technology service provider is banking on its ‘think global, act local’ strategy, a deep focus on application modernisation and security to differentiate itself in the region

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  BBC plans to outsource and offshore thousands of tech roles

  The BBC is drawing up plans to outsource roles in its digital product group and finance, which could include some being carried out overseas

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  AI in IT services and the diminishing correlation between people and growth

  While non-IT business professionals in the middle of their careers face the most disruption from generative AI, professionals in the IT services sector and their employers are prepared for change

• May 08, 2025 08 May'25

  UK Digital Services Tax survives US trade negotiations

  The UK will retain its Digital Services Tax on tech giants in a landmark US trade agreement that paves the way for a future digital tech deal

• May 07, 2025 07 May'25

  UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

  Trade deal will exempt IT workers from India from paying National Insurance contributions for three years

• May 05, 2025 05 May'25

  How AsiaPac transformed into a multicloud powerhouse

  AsiaPac CEO Andrew Cheng outlines the company’s growth from a laptop PC distributor to a regional technology service provider known for its multicloud capabilities

• May 02, 2025 02 May'25

  India’s Hexaware targets public sector business as it expands UK operation

  Indian heritage IT services firm opens office in Canary Wharf and sets is sights on growing its UK public sector business

• April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

  Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier

  Many businesses around the world are taking the decision to alter their supplier mix in the face of tariff uncertainty, but in doing so are creating more cyber risks for themselves, according to a report

• April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

  Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID

  The Government Digital Service was warned about serious cyber security and data protection problems in its flagship digital identity system, with insider claims that the data of three million users may still be at risk

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

  The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Major strike by Fujitsu staff at ‘cash cow’ HMRC

  Fujitsu staff working at government department will strike for 22 days in protest over pay offer

• February 27, 2025 27 Feb'25

  Peer demands Fujitsu cough up £300m interim payment towards Post Office scandal bill

  Kevan Jones tells fellow peers in the House of Lords that Fujitsu should also be barred from bidding for public sector contracts

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Fujitsu public sector boss says supplier has advantage in HMRC bid despite Post Office scandal

  Fujitsu public sector boss is banking on huge deals with HMRC despite Post Office scandal, after another lucrative year

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space

  CGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  India Budget: Tech takes centre stage with AI and infrastructure boost

  India has earmarked significant investments in artificial intelligence, global capability centres and digital public infrastructure while boosting training and education in its latest budget

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland

  Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre

  Indian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Fujitsu staff at HMRC to strike for two days over pay

  More public image woes for Fujitsu as hundreds of staff to strike after colleagues at HMRC get significantly bigger pay rise

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Nato membership boosts Finnish civil and military tech startups

  Tech companies in Finland and Sweden that offer civil and military products are benefitting from Nato military alliance

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market

  The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market

• November 29, 2024 29 Nov'24

  Atos readies ‘adaptive and intimate’ Invictus Games IT service

  IT services company will ship 50 of its staff from Europe to Canada to work onsite at the tournament in February 2025

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support

  At a time when it could give something back to Post Office Horizon victims persecuted as a result of its faulty software, Fujitsu makes UK charity boss redundant

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash

  Centrica board said to be concerned about contracting Fujitsu due to its involvement in the Post Office scandal

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  How FPT Software is expanding its footprint in APAC

  Vietnamese IT giant is experiencing rapid growth in the region, driven by its diverse workforce, focus on key technologies and ability to navigate a highly competitive IT services market