public services industry looks forward to 'outsourcing boom'‏

VT, the shipbuilder turned service provider, is preparing to cash in on a boom in outsourcing in the wake of future cuts in public spending. Paul Lester, VT's chief executive, has warned that public services will becontracted to the private sector "with a vengeance" after the next election, reports the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/17/vtgroup-sercogroup