MoD firefighters’ pensions delayed after Capita Group blunders Trade union Unite tells of concerns about 2025 contract to administer civil service pension scheme The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
‘It’s sad’: is the UK real living wage under threat as Capita and BrewDog pull out? Unions and some employers push back against claims that the pay standard is unaffordable after two years of 10% rises The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024
Morality and reality: the key problems facing UK military recruiters Calls to prepare for war butt up against record on recent conflicts, pay and conditions, and changing youth culture The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024
Criminalising women is no way for the BBC to make up for funding freezes Female viewers are being disproportionately targeted for not paying the licence fee. It’s got to stop The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023
Outsourcing group Capita to cut 900 jobs in cost-saving drive Company runs services for councils, the military and the NHS and manages BBC TV licence fee The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023
Ulez scrappage scheme leaving hard-up households out of pocket Scores of applicants claim administrative failings have left them facing crippling daily charges The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023
Cyber-attack to cost outsourcing firm Capita up to £25m Group, which runs services for NHS, councils and military, reports loss of almost £68m for first half of year The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023
Capita draws a line under £25 million cyber attack as it swings to half-year loss CEO Jon Lewis tells the Standard cyber attacks are “a plague” on Western companies from “criminals in rouge states” Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023
Capita boss quits as potential fine looms for huge hack of confidential data Jon Lewis, the chief executive, is to step down as troubled outsourcing firm reels from March cyber-attack The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023
‘I feel such indignation’: Windrush victims on the compensation process People affected by the scandal talk about their struggles to get a payout from the Home Office The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023
Russian hackers in ultimatum to Brits working at Boots, BBC and British Airways Clop, a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang, are thought to have been responsible for stealing the data of major British companies like BA, Boots, and the BBC through a flaw in the MOVEit software Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023
Russian hackers set deadline to release stolen data from Boots, BA, and BBC The companies have been ordered to contact the hackers and start negotiating or the stolen information will be released Wales Online · Jun 7, 2023
British Airways, Boots and BBC among firms hit by 'Russian-linked' cyber attack The hack has suspected links to a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang called Clop. Daily Record · Jun 6, 2023
Boots and British Airways among firms affected by global cyber attack Leading payroll provider Zellis, which has its head office in Bristol, has confirmed some of its customers have been impacted Birmingham Post · Jun 6, 2023
Wales Online · Jun 6, 2023 Thousands of British Airways, BBC and Boots staff compromised in major hack Eight UK organisations said to be hit by Russian cybercriminals with key information believed stolen from payroll provider
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023 Capita cyber-attack: 90 organisations report data breaches Outsourcing group runs pensions schemes for firms including Royal Mail and Axa
The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023 Capita cyber-attack: USS pension fund members’ details may have been stolen Universities Superannuation Scheme says it can not be certain information about 470,000 members is safe
Evening Standard · May 10, 2023 NHS outsourcer Capita says cyberattack cost it up to £20 million Capita was hit by a ransomware attack in late March
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023 FCA urges Capita clients to ascertain if data was compromised in cyber-attack Corporate clients that outsource work to Capita – including Aviva and Phoenix Group – must ‘assess fallout from data breach’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023 Capita admits customer data may have been breached during cyber-attack Hack caused major outages for some clients including local councils and ‘potentially accessed public sector data ‘
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023 Capita blames cyber-attack for outage as company races to restore IT systems Outsourcing firm used by NHS, local councils and British army says attack mainly affected internal systems
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023 Failed IT systems at Capita fuel fears of cyber-attack on crucial NHS provider Staff unable to access computers and local authority phone lines knocked out as outsourcing giant investigates possible data breach
Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2023 Only one in 10 cars will need to pay Ulez expansion fee as drivers take ‘pre-emptive action’ There’s been a jump in the number of Ulez-compliant cars in the zone, says Sadiq Khan
Daily Record · Jan 17, 2023 Essential tips for PIP assessments over the phone, in-person or by video call as Capita wins contract extension Capita will continue to assess claimants until February 2024.
Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023 DWP hands corporate giants £170million to run new wave of disability benefit tests Atos and Capita have had their lucrative PIP assessment contracts extended for the fourth time without going out to competition - despite a litany of complaints