Capita announces today it has been re-selected by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to continue to manage the Gas Safe Register.

The experts in the management of pupil information for schools, Capita SIMS, will unveil its next generation, cloud-based management information system (MIS) at Bett 2018 (stand B190).

Capita has been re-selected by Westminster City Council to manage the authority’s revenues and benefits services for a further seven years, commencing November 2018, with the option to extend for three years, in a deal worth approximately £65 million over ten years.

Capita has secured a £5.9m four-year contract with Bolton at Home, to deliver IT services to support the Greater Manchester housing association in providing best-in-class service to its customers.

A digital transformation programme of revenues services and enhanced use of enforcement measures by two district councils, supported by Capita Local Government, has helped result in millions of pounds in council tax being recouped.

Capita has added an automation function to its benefits software, helping councils reduce claim processing times to less than two minutes - 20 times quicker than processing the same form manually.

Improving productivity not only boosts economic growth, it can also encourage innovation, create employment opportunities, enhance educational attainment, and renew the social and cultural fabric across the UK.

Together with independent thinktank Localis, we hosted a roundtable to consider the challenges and opportunities for local growth and regional development in line with government agendas such as ‘Build Back Better’ and ‘Levelling up’.

Together with independent thinktank Localis we hosted ‘Going long’, a roundtable discussion which brought together national and local experts to discuss the implications of the 2021 spending review in respect to the local government’s ability to deliver for people and place.

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