The Capita Group Plc established a strategic partnership
with Cumbria County Council in February 2001 to manage, run and
develop its Design & Business Services Directorate
(DBS).
Key facts
- Start Date: 2001
- Duration: Initially for 7 years, extended
until 2011
- Value: £20m p.a.
- Number of staff: 576 at start, 1028 to
date
Office locations: Ten offices across Cumbria: Carlisle, Penrith
(x2), Kendal (x2), Barrow (x2), Whitehaven, Lillyhall and
Maryport.
Overview
The DBS was a successful trading unit within
the authority providing specialist services to the Council and to
over 500 public and private sector clients. The partnership saw 576
staff (including over 300 property and infrastructure
professionals) transferred to Capita across various professional
disciplines including HR and personnel, payroll and pensions and
ICT. Those from the property and infrastructure arm of DBS have
subsequently formed Capita Symonds' Cumbria and NE operation
encompassing a multidisciplinary set of services.
Capita Symonds in Cumbria operates from a network of
strategically placed local offices in the North West of England
with a base in Carlisle, enabling it to provide consultancy
services to a wide geographical area - serving a large and diverse
portfolio of clients within the public and private sectors. We also
have a satellite office in Durham and have recently opened a new
office in Newcastle upon Tyne.