Nottingham partners with Northgate to run revenues and benefits
Nottingham City Council is to outsource its revenues and benefits function to Northgate Public Services in a partnership the company says will safeguard 200 jobs, create up to 170 new roles and save the council £6 million. Northgate will create a new regional headquarters in the city from where it will manage the function and offer processing services to other councils and agencies, it says. The contract will run for an initial seven year term, with an option to extend for a further three years. Councillor Graham Chapman, Nottingham City Council's Portfolio holder for Resources, said: "We were facing increased demand and higher expectations at the same time as severely reduced budgets and government policy changes - we had to think differently about how to meet these challenges. Our partnership with Northgate is the ideal solution and a real win-win for the council. It will deliver a better service to residents, save £6 million, guarantee continued employment for our staff and create up to 170 new jobs."
Pictured: The Town Hall and Old Market Square area of Nottingham, by David Hallam-Jones / Geograph.org.uk
Northgate Public Services: www.northgate-ispublicservices.com
Civica buys Asidua
Specialist systems and business process services firm Civica Group has announced that Civica UK, the company's wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired software consultancy and services group Asidua Holdings. Asidua is based in Belfast with offices in Dublin and Birmingham. The company specialises in software, integration and consultancy services for government and corporate customers in the UK and internationally, with particular expertise in local government contact management and application integration and in specialist telecoms systems. Asidua's local government customers include Blackburn with Darwen Council; London Borough of Harrow; Leeds City Council and Milton Keynes Council and police authority customers include Police Service of Northern Ireland. Asidua will form part of Civica's Digital Solutions business.
Civica: www.civica.co.uk
Asidua: www.asidua.com
