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National Programme local service provider CSC is switching 5,000 jobs
from its European operations to India.
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least 1,200 jobs will come from the company’s UK operations. The
cutbacks form part of a strategy to cut costs to make the company more
attractive to buyers following the collapse of a bid last November.
The front-runner to buy the company this time round, Lockheed Martin,
believes that England’s National Programme for IT in the NHS is
loss-generating for vendors. If it succeeds in taking over CSC, it would
re-orientate the company towards defence contracting, particularly the
United States Network Centric Warfare programme, in which Lockheed
Martin plays a large part.
Full story in bjhc&im May 2006 (672 words)
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