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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Outsourcing group Capita to cut 900 jobs in cost-saving drive

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Capita employs 43,000 people, mostly in the UK but also in Europe, India and South Africa. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Capita, which runs services for local councils, the military and the NHS and manages the BBC TV licence fee, plans to cut 900 jobs as part of efforts to save costs, many of them in the UK.

The embattled outsourcing group said the cuts would affect mainly support function workers and roles such as admin, rather than customer-facing staff.

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