Outsourcing in UK?

[DaveB]

Wage inflation in India is arond 15% so yes the benefits are eroding slightly. However there is still a significant enough gap to make it an attractive proposition given the right circumstances.

To the point where Indian companies are now outsourcing to China and other Far East countries.

[oracleslave]

To the point where Indian companies are now outsourcing to China and other Far East countries.

Agreed. I found out last week the client has an offshore team in Mumbai and Moldova. Moldova certainly was a new one on me. Not sure if the fact I read Tony Hawkes will help though.

[Fishface]

To the point where Indian companies are now outsourcing to China and other Far East countries.

And to Latin America especially Uruguay and Argentina because there is a large population of educated bilingual Spanish-English people for the North American market.

However, LATAM inflation will soon put a stop to that.

[2uk]

Does anyone know any "getting started with IT outsorcing" forums or similar resource on the Internet ?

I wanna dig into this area.

[oracleslave]

Does anyone know any "getting started with IT outsorcing" forums or similar resource on the Internet ?

I wanna dig into this area.

outsourcing

What are you looking for more specifically?

[2uk]

outsourcing

What are you looking for more specifically?

Forum that is about IT outsourcing trends ? Or resource where I can get myself educated on the subject.

[oracleslave]

Forum that is about IT outsourcong trends ? Or resource where I can get myself educated on the subject.

outsourcing

This is proving challenging

[oracleslave]

Forum that is about IT outsourcing trends ? Or resource where I can get myself educated on the subject.

Am not aware of an outsourcing forum per say but I suspect there are lots of business web sites out there that have columnists that will write about it.

[2uk]

I've gotten to the point of signing contracts with coding/training partners. Now I need to find how do I market these outsourcing services. ( I am kinda doing all this in my free time so don't have time for a proper business plan - pretty much doing it on demand) .

Also I need to employ someone to respond to enquiries, etc. I don't have time for that in my 8 hour work week. And really I am fed up with 14 hours work day - 8 hours work and 4 hours study afterwards.

I figure I can pay some Indy ( my mum is another option ) to answer queries from potential clients . There are services like FetFriday that do that - 8 pounds per hour per Indy.

[oracleslave]

I've gotten to the point of signing contracts with coding/training partners. Now I need to find how do I market these outsourcing services. ( I am kinda doing all this in my free time so don't have time for a proper business plan - pretty much doing it on demand) .

Also I need to employ someone to respond to enquiries, etc. I don't have time for that in my 8 hour work week. And really I am fed up with 14 hours work day - 8 hours work and 4 hours study afterwards.

I figure I can pay some Indy ( my mum is another option ) to answer queries from potential clients . There are services like FetFriday that do that - 8 pounds per hour per Indy.

It does sound like a lot of effort from an administrative perspective. Are you certain the potential returns will make it worth your while?