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Day-to-day tasks such as paying council tax and reporting pot holes online will be supported thanks to the improvement.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/186m-council-it-firm-deal-to-create-200-jobs-1-3843847
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"£186m council IT firm deal to create 200 jobs"
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Posted 8 years ago #
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The article's a bit vague. It rather reads like they're spending £186m to save £107m.
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Sounds about right.
I'm assuming this replaces BT contract, which had 'mixed reviews'.
Ended (probably not completely) Macs in schools - 'we can only support PCs'.
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Plenty Macs in schools, (Ipads a go-go) indeed the helpful in house IT team assist with them but if broken etc the school pays for them out of their own budget.
The saving of £107m is linked to the Transformation Programme. One aspect of the Transformation Programme is better IT. Hence BT losing the tender.
Posted 8 years ago # -
200 Jobs - in India.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@fountainbridge, not what I read 200 local jobs?
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I can't see any comment about local jobs.
"60 modern apprentice posts" could be anywhere.
Alasdair Rankin, please tick the box:-
USA Staff - £40 an hour
Edinburgh staff - £25 an hour
UK Staff - £20 an hour
Poland - £15 an hour
India - £1 an hourHmm, think 'll take the india staff
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Yeah, sorry, I wasn't reading the article, I was reading the internal council comms.
Modern apprentice is a big deal within the council, jobs for local youngsters. The other 200 also intended to be local. No link to India in internal communique.
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How many of the 200 jobs are already working for the council on the old contract?
And how many posts will be disappearing as a result of process's being streamlined?Posted 8 years ago # -
Current provider BT has obviously a large staff complement and I am guessing they will not all be kept on, the new provider does appear obliged to employ in Edinburgh. Never thought I was speaking to someone in Edinburgh when on line to BT. The staff were usually helpful but lot of forms etc
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