Ouch!!!!SouthwestOne – IBM & Somerset County Council

18th April 2011 admin Uncategorised

Over the last three years there have been a number of updates about the IBM takeover (SoutwestOne) of public services in Somerset.

We have previously reported that SouthwestOne was not delivering and reportedly made a loss of up to £16 million last year.

Today we have a short video of a news report providing more details which further support Barnet UNISON’s view that One Barnet programme is playing high risks and not recognises the serious fundamental risks of these type of strategic partnerships.

The Conservative party Leader in this video claims that if they could rip up the contract they would be able to save £58 million! They are re-negotiating the contract but you don’t mess with companies like IBM.

I wouldn’t want to be a tax payer in Somerset!

To view video click here