The Capita Group Plc announces that it has signed a contract with Birmingham City Council creating a joint venture to be officially known as ‘Service Birmingham’.

Service Birmingham has been created to deliver a wide range of services to support the Council’s business transformation strategy which intends to significantly improve services to the people of Birmingham. The joint venture will support the Council’s transformation programme for which Capita has signed an initial ICT contract worth £475 million, (originally valued at £424 million) to the joint venture over a 10 year partnership.

Around 500 employees will be seconded to the joint venture and Capita will provide the specialist and flexible resources to accelerate the successful delivery of the Council’s transformation plan. The initial ICT programme is designed to deliver a world class ICT framework for the future delivery of services and to provide a robust framework for major service transformation. Further work is likely to be commissioned through the partnership to support the Council’s services. This will increase the value of the contract as the partnership incrementally grows and delivers measurable benefits to the Council and the people of Birmingham.