The Institute for Government and the Spend Network have together compiled data on all the money that central and local government spent on contractors in 2013. IT contactors came out on top, with HP getting 拢1.7bn and Capgemini getting just over 拢1.0bn.
Construction鈥檚 biggest beneficiary was Kier, which got 拢603m of public money last year, the research indicates. Kier's total group revenue in 2013 was 拢1.4bn.
Carillion got 拢397m from government. Balfour Beatty got 拢371m.
According to the data, the top 20 beneficiaries of public money in 聽2013 were:
- HP, IT: 拢1,701,193,786
- Capgemini, IT: 拢1,010,739,214
- Capita, Outsourcing: 拢803,333,738
- BT, Telecommunications: 拢753,976,060
- Telereal Trillium, Facilities: 拢628,068,375
- Kier, Construction: 拢602,979,737
- Serco, Outsourcing: 拢445,193,324
- Fujitsu, IT: 拢415,393,510
- Atos IT, IT: 拢401,200,020
- Carillion, Construction: 拢397,294,140
- Balfour Beatty, Construction: 拢371,264,042
- IBM, IT: 拢365,915,278
- Amey, Construction: 拢314,256,127
- Willmott Dixon, Construction: 拢301,813,720
- Veolia, Waste management: 拢293,010,554
- Interserve, Facilities: 拢341,259,736
- CSC, IT: 拢306,279,738
- Babcock, Defence: 拢293,170,856
- EDF Energy, Utilities: 拢281,556,791
- BAM, Construction: 拢195,886,561
(Source: Institute for Government/Spend Network/BBC)
Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk
.gif)
