The Turing Scheme, which has been designed by the UK Government to provide global opportunities in education and training for British citizens, has opened registrations for schools, colleges and universities for the second year of the scheme at www.turing-scheme.org.uk. Last year the Government announced the Turing Scheme would be funded for a further three years – and that Year 2 of the scheme will be backed by £110m.

Following the Russian state’s invasion of Ukraine, which Capita deplores and condemns, the Ukrainian people continue to experience unimaginable horrors.

Hearing that we had achieved 98% overall satisfaction was probably the first time in my professional career where I have had an emotional response.

The January 2022 UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) reveals that banks and building societies have ranked their highest for customer satisfaction in three years – and that the financial services sector is performing better than the UK’s all-sector average.

Online returns are the new scourge of the UK’s retail industry. Growing by 95% between 2014 and 2019 alone, the threat to sustainability is enough to warrant discussion at the next COP summit.

A year of significant change with the transformation of Capita now complete: we have established a platform to drive
sustainable improving financial performance whilst continuing to strengthen the balance sheet

Between the collapse of 83% of the UK’s department stores, consumers moving online and many high street shops now becoming obsolete, town centres are no longer the beating heart of local economies they once were.

Cyber security is a broad term which means many different things to many different people, and can often seem to be incredibly complex, expensive, and full of pitfalls at every turn.

Is online the future, and are high streets flourishing? Just as they have for centuries, bricks and mortar retailers are reinventing themselves – competing and complementing the online option, and even stealing a march on it.

Capita plc (the ‘Company’) today announces that Sir Ian Powell has indicated to the Board his intention not to seek re-election as Chairman at the Company’s annual general meeting on 10 May 2022; and that he will be succeeded in the role by David Lowden, the Senior Independent Director.