Computacenter posts higher revenue January 16, 2014 IT services provider Computacenter reported a rise in full-year group revenue that exceeded analysts’ estimates, boosted by a strong demand for its maintenance services in the UK. Revenue grew six per cent in 2013, said Computacenter, whose clients include Lloyds Banking Group, Serco Group , British Telecom, Deutsche Bank, WM Morrison and EDF. Computacenter reported [...]
Serco shares fall on bungled accommodation for asylum seekers January 10, 2014 Scandal-enveloped Serco and G4S – the security companies that over-charged the government for the electronic tagging of released, in jail or dead prisoners – have been criticised by the National Audit Office for failing to deliver on a £620m deal to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. Along with fellow contractor Clearel, G4S and Serco won [...]
Serco awarded extension to run Boris Bikes January 9, 2014 SERCO, the beleaguered outsourcing firm under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), yesterday said it has won a £38m two-year contract extension with Transport for London (TfL) to manage and operate the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme. The original contract to design, build and operate the service – commonly known as Boris Bikes, named after [...]
Best of the Brokers for 06 January 2014 January 5, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com SERCO Panmure Gordon has named the outsourcer as one of its top picks for 2014, giving the stock a “buy” rating and 560p target price. The broker, whose top picks last year outperformed the market by 19.1 per cent, reckons Serco’s valuation is [...]
Serco forced to pay £68.5m for contract flaws December 19, 2013 SHARES in beleaguered outsourcing company Serco rallied in trading yesterday after the company said it had reached a £68.5m settlement with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) over allegations it overcharged on contracts. The company had run into trouble over allegations it overcharged for electronically tagging prisoners. It was later found that some of these were [...]
Analyst Views: What did you make of Serco’s update? December 19, 2013 CAROLINE DE LA SOUJEOLE | CANTOR FITZGERALD “We do not subscribe to the view that the worst is over. Last week, Serco announced it was taking a £17m onerous contract provision against three underperforming healthcare contracts. We believe the pace of contract awards could remain sluggish in the short term MIKE ALLEN PANMURE | GORDON [...]
Serco to repay government £68.5m for tagging scandal December 19, 2013 Serco has agreed to repay the government £68.5m for overcharging for its tagging of criminals, Justice secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed. Both Serco and rival G4S have been found to have overcharged on contracts dating back to 2005, in a review prompted by allegations surrounding the two firms. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened a [...]
Serco raises cost estimate of tagging probe December 19, 2013 Another blow for embattled outsourcing company Serco. The group is currently the subject of an investigation into whether it overcharged the government for its electronic tagging of prisoners, and it's now upped its estimate of how much the review will cost it – from £12m to £17m, with accounting and other one-off costs increasing from [...]
Capita wins tag contracts from G4S and Serco December 12, 2013 OUTSOURCING firm Capita has been chosen to take over the prisoner tagging contracts currently held by G4S and Serco, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said yesterday. G4S and Serco are under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to the contracts, on allegations that they charged for tagging criminals who were either dead, [...]
Capita picks up government tagging contracts after Serco and G4S scandal December 12, 2013 Outsourcing group Capita will be assuming responsibility for the government's so-called tagging contracts for monitoring prisoners, Justice secretary Chris Grayling said today. The coalition plans to introduce state-of-the-art satellite tagging, which'll save time and money when it comes to tracking criminals, and policing, it says. The statement confirmed that the Ministry of Justice will have [...]