Leading consulting companies such as Obrys Consulting, the KPMG's, etc. are also witnessing new trends in change management and business theories. Clients are handling short duration partnerships with outsourcing agents and retaining their core business values within themselves. The Exclusive Research Group of Computer Weekly reported on the ebusiness expenditure in UK for the year 2001 and the figures are quite inspiring for all businesses. UK IT expenditure in both public and private sector was up from under 50 bn in 1999 to 55.7 bn pounds in 2000. It is set to top 61.8 bn by the end of this year.
Computer services are the biggest item on the IT bill, just ahead of hardware.
UK organisations spent 7.8 bn pounds on software last year. They are expected to incur 8.8 bn this year, escalating to 10 bn pounds in 2002. Last year, the expense on IT salaries were over 15 bn and is set to rise to 16 bn pounds this year, touching 17.6 bn in 2002.