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Robert Walters follows the money
And why wouldn’t they? With a 40% net fee income margin (NFI – i.e. gross profit) in Asia/Pacific in H1 (to 30 June) vs. 26% in the UK, you can see where the ‘pull’ is for recruitment firm, Robert...
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Mouchel in midst of debt reduction programme
It looks like we’ll have to wait until the preliminary results in October to get a detailed understanding of Mouchel’s recent performance. In a brief trading statement, the support services and BPO...
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Capita brings another AIB business into the fold
Following on swiftly from the announcement on Tuesday that Capita is to acquire AIB’s International Financial Services business (see Capita diversifies with AIB’s financial services business), the...
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Logica’s margins re-challenged
With stock markets in turmoil, this really was not the best day to (in effect) issue a profit warning. We take little joy in saying “we told you so” back in February (see Logica UK yet to claw back...
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NCC Group bolsters website monitoring capabilities
Testing services and escrow specialist NCC Group has tucked another company into its portfolio with the acquisition of Scottish-based website monitoring software company Axzona. With a purchase price...
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A gruesome day on the markets
I don’t have to tell you that the stock market tickers were painted red yesterday. Every one of the major indices we track was down at the end of trading: FTSE 100 by 3.4%; Nasdaq by 5.1%; Techmark 100...
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iGate - the challenges aherad
The recently ‘Patni-enhanced’ iGate saw Q2 revenues (to 30th June) almost stall on a sequential basis, with a bare 1% revenue uplift on the stand-alone business to $77m (+15% yoy). However, Patni added...
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I really feel ‘betwixt and between’ about Logica (see here). As the ‘last man standing’ among the large-scale, UK-based IT services pure-plays, I really want it to succeed. But as a hard-nosed analyst,...
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European tech M&A values back up
Now that the $39b acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T has flushed through the rolling 3-month numbers, aggregate deal values for European tech M&A transactions were back on the rise, according...
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LinkedIn's maiden results
I would guess that almost every HotViews reader has a LinkedIn profile. I would also guess that the tiniest minority actually pay to use LinkedIn where subscribers are mainly concentrated on the...
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Whilst I was away...
I’ve only been away for a week and, yet again, August has brought a financial meltdown. The FTSE100 ‘crashed’ by 9.8% this week and, I admit, my own heavily tech portfolio is down a similar amount....
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TechMarketView in the press
TechMarketView’s latest report, our biannual analysis of market trends and forecasts for the UK SITS sector, was hot off the press last week. We’re pleased to say it has been very well received by both...
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Telecity rounds off strong H1 with Irish acquisition
The UK’s largest listed co-lo player, Telecity, has delivered another strong performance thanks to growing demand for data centre capacity from internet content, connectivity, cloud, systems...
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Microsoft BPOS downed by the elements
Microsoft’s BPOS services went down in Europe (including the UK) last might (Sunday) for several hours, which Microsoft said was due to a local power interruption. The (unofficial) word on Twitter was...
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Cabinet Office shared services 'vision' revealed
The Cabinet Office’s Shared Services Team (Headed by Katharine Purser) has launched ‘Government Shared Service: Strategic Vision’. We have been waiting eagerly for further thoughts on the plans for...
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Escher Group joins AIM
It is not the most auspicious time for an IPO given the stock market shockwaves, so Escher Group Holdings Plc (ESCH) should probably be relieved that its share price did not plummet during its first...
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Steria and G4S shortlisted at Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire Police Authority (LPA) has shortlisted partners Steria and Reliance, and security firm G4S as the two remaining bidders in a landmark IT and BPO deal across the police force that could be...
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Maxima – revenues down but growth engines are working
The best news from beleaguered Maxima was that its designated growth engines contributed 30% to the business, up from 19% a year ago, but that was pretty much the only good news that could be taken...
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Mahindra Satyam improving fortunes
Mahindra Satyam (MSat) seems to be finally heading in the right direction, following a disappointing FY11 result, which saw both revenue and profits fall (see Mahindra Satyam still struggling). For the...
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Oracle is spending – on new recruits
Oracle plans to boost staffing levels across EMEA, recruiting 1700 people across all areas of the business and at all levels, from graduates to senior sales staff. The details aren’t known as yet but...
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