Martyn Hart's Blog – May 2010 Archive (2)

Government cuts, Darwinism and outsourcing

The USP: the key differentiator that sets your business apart from the best of the rest. It’s as important now as it’s ever been.

Some viewed Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement on first round public sector budget cuts earlier this week as bad news for the outsourcing industry.

I take a different view on these cuts. They may well turn out to be an opportunity. While overall they may mean fewer new prospects for general outsourcing suppliers in the short-term, we could… Continue

Added by Martyn Hart on May 25, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Surge in Public Sector Outsourcing Likely as Coalition Government Takes the Reigns

Number 10 has a new face, a new government for Anglo-prosperity, and it's going to get things done! It’s exciting times for the UK’s workforce, or is it?

In my last blog, I drew attention to the post-recession financial black hole and the widely touted prospects of the UK’s public sector potentially saving £25 billion, achievable apparently, largely, through outsourcing. If we allowed ourselves to believe everything we heard, is this really possible without being detrimental to the… Continue

Added by Martyn Hart on May 19, 2010 at 10:32pm — No Comments