French outsourcer Atos fattens revenues on UK public sector

French outsourcer Atos posted bumper profits int its first quarter, mainly buoyed by the UK public sector deals. Revenue rose 17.6 per cent to €2.4bn (£1.7bn), compared with the same quarter last year. The UK was the biggest market for the outsourcer, growing 15 per cent to €511m (£367m) compared with the same quarter last …

[vee Hybrid]

Competition?

Does anybody have any competitive statistics between them and Capita?

Who rules in what sector, just brief maybe.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Competition?

So crap that they had to outsource their own internal support (to Kelway).

[Richard Taylor 2]

Well there has to be a payback for doing your best to reduce the cost of social provision for the disabled...

[armyknife]

Titles are for toffs.

For once the clique of the fat blotted entity, sucking dry the government titty, rings true.

[Bernard M. Orwell]

Ex-Atos staff here...

...and I wonder if they will actually pay non-contractual bonuses this year or find yet another way to say that they "targets haven't been met" as they did every year I worked for them.

[John Smith 19]

The reason why overseas companies like to think of the UK as "treasure island"

The government that keeps on giving.

Over and over again.