Outsource Magazine

Despite evidence to the contrary from literature and drama, fools rarely utter wise thoughts. But our common experience is that wise men and women frequently say foolish things. So perhaps we shouldn’t be too upset or...

A recent report from the MCA (Grace under Pressure: The resilience of management consulting in challenging times) argues that the UK’s consulting industry has responded well to recent economic storms. Indeed, the first half...

Gone are the days when there was a natural consensus, never mind zeal, in support of this reform. Now there are more likely to be public doubts – about whether outsourcing can really deliver savings and, perhaps even more...

The onward march of information and technology communications will not be halted. It is bringing huge benefits to government, to national infrastructure, and to the provision of public services, utilities and financial...

The much anticipated and long overdue Public Services White Paper finally appeared towards the end of July. It left many people with decidedly mixed feelings. Most interpreted the White Paper as a scaling-back of the...

Just a few years ago member firms of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) were reporting that outsourcing related consulting was enjoying annual growth rates of 48 per cent (Transformational outsourcing: the business...

In its first year, the coalition government initiated a hiatus of activity and announcements. I’ve heard a Tory MP describe it as a policy "blitzkrieg". A senior civil servant told the MCA that he wanted ministers to pause...