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Xansa - Indian headcount to exceed 3,500

October 2004

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  • Epic Code:
  • XAN
  • Price:
  • 82p
Xansa, an IT services business, with its principal market in the UK, is poised for a second burst of strong growth. The first came in the 1990s when the business was known as FI Group and grew rapidly on the back of its application manage-ment service and IT outsourcing. This was followed by acquisitions which took it into high end consultancy.The last two years have seen stagnation whilst under its new chief executive, Alistair Cox, Xansa's activities have been reorganised, with the  closing or shutting down of overseas activities and reduced exposure to project based revenues. But the recent expansion of its three campuses in India lifted Indian headcount by 80 per cent from 1,046 to 1,886 last year and the expectation is t ...

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