Capita plc (Capita) today announces its Local Public Services (LPS) business has secured an extension worth £27.1m over three years to its current contract with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

Capita Local Public Services, together with Young Westminster Foundation and Westminster City Council, delivered the Digital Futures Project to tackle digital exclusion during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown from March 2020.

Capita is to become the first FTSE 250 company since the 1980s to appoint workers to its board of directors.

CHKS has been awarded a new contract for the provision of an all Wales national and Health Board clinical benchmarking and analytics system.

Capita announces today it has signed a new contract with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to provide voice analytics and quality management services for HMRC to use in its contact centres.

Capita chief executive Jon Lewis has underlined the company’s commitment to prompt payment of suppliers at a meeting hosted by the Chancellor at Number 11 Downing Street.