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Archive for 'capita'

Birmingham's new website: how late? how much?

4 August 2009 7 , ,

I don't usually cover local government issues here - I leave that to other people. But I'll make an exception for the news that Birmingham City Council is poised to launch a new website. It was originally scheduled to launch in March 2006, at a cost of £580,000. It is now set to launch in [...] read on »

Capita to take over NHS Choices

16 July 2008 8 , ,

I see today that Capita has been named as the preferred bidder for the £60m+ contract to run the NHS Choices website for the next 3 years - ahead of the incumbent, the Dr Foster Intelligence public-private partnership, as well as IBM, Serco and TATA. According to Capita's own press release: Capita will be responsible [...] read on »

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