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EDS EDS is planning to recruit 40 graduate and IT trainees from universities in Lancashire by the end of the year, and existing staff have started relocating to its new site in Preston. 22-Sep-2006 EDS is to create 300 jobs in the Lancashire area, having won a new contract to support government department computer systems over the next five years. 07-Sep-2005 EDS, the computer services company, is to occupy the whole of the 100,000 sq ft Cobalt 2 at the Cobalt business park in North Tyneside. 27-Jun-2005 The Ministry of Defence is to award a £4bn contract to a consortium led by EDS to revamp its computer infrastructure, which will involve linking about 200 separate systems. 03-Mar-2005 EDS, the US-based IT company, is to relocate its Swansea office, which employs 350 staff, to the Matrix Business Park next May. 04-Sep-2003 EDS, the US-owned IT solutions group, is linking up with Akeler to develop a 200,000 sq ft headquarters complex at its Wavenden site in Milton Keynes, and staff will relocate from Luton and existing offices in Milton Keynes. 18-Aug-2003 EDS is expected to create about 250 jobs at its new Post Office bank accounts call centre in Preston over the next two years. 17-Apr-2003 EDS is to set up a call centre with 200 staff in Preston to handle a new Post Office system of paying welfare benefits to customers, and a similar centre will also open in Barnsley. 21-Oct-2002 EDS has won a £91m contract to provide 1.2m NHS employees with access to e-mail. 30-Sep-2002 EDS is creating a further 50 jobs in Swansea to meet rising demand for its IT services. 28-Jun-2001 EDS is planning to recruit 400 staff at a new £8m financial services call centre in Peterlee. 22-May-2000 EDS is to install up to 10,000 kiosks in Jobcentres to enable jobseekers to use the internet to search for jobs, and the government is investing £68m in the project. 08-Mar-2000 EDS is planning to create up to 300 more jobs at its new call centre in Peterlee, where it provides loan services to Lloyds TSB customers. 09-Nov-1999 EDS, the US-owned supplier of financial and management services, is seeking an additional 50 staff for its recently-opened call centre in Peterlee. 14-Oct-1999 Halifax is to outsource its credit card processing to EDS, which will result in more work for EDS sites in Swansea, Durham and Sheffield. 16-Aug-1999 EDS, the US computer services company, is to set up a regional centre in Sheffield that will create 300 jobs initially and a further 700 over the next few years. 07-Jan-1999 The Affinity consortium, which includes EDS and IBM, has won a contract to update the computing systems at the social security department. 06-Nov-1998 EDS is creating a further 50 jobs in Derby in order to provide information technology services for Rolls-Royce. 26-Oct-1998 EDS is to set up an office in Sheffield to provide a full range of computing services, and about 300 jobs will be created. 01-Oct-1998 BP is outsourcing its computer services to EDS of the US in a £300m five-year contract. 21-Aug-1998 EDS of the US has won a £1.4bn order to install the world's largest smartcard ticketing system for London Transport. 14-Aug-1998 National Savings, the government's retail bank, is considering bids to outsource its administration to either Siemens of Germany or EDS of the US, in order to cut costs and improve rates for savers. 03-Aug-1998 British Airways Engineering has awarded a 10-year contract to EDS of the US for the supply of information technology services in order to improve efficiency. 20-Jul-1998 The Employment Service has awarded a 10-year contract to EDS of the US for the outsourcing of its computer services, which will involve the transfer of 270 staff to EDS. 23-May-1998 EDS, the US computer services company, is to help set up a global accounting centre for British Airways, which will result in 290 job losses over the next three years. 12-Sep-1997 London Transport is planning to introduce a sophisticated smartcard ticketing system for the Underground and buses, and is being partnered in the project by EDS, ICL, WS Atkins and Cubic Corp. 02-Aug-1997 EDS is to close the social security computer centre in Swindon with the loss of up to 200 jobs, but says the move will secure jobs at its three other centres. 31-Jul-1997 The BBC has appointed EDS and Coopers & Lybrand to run its finance and business systems in a 10-year contract. 18-Feb-1997 Rolls-Royce has contracted out its computer services to EDS of the US, in a £300m contract which will make the company EDS's largest UK client. 07-Jan-1997 Royal Bank of Scotland has terminated an outsourcing contract with EDS, the computer services company, concerning cheque processing. 14-Nov-1996 Rolls-Royce is to contract out its computer systems to EDS, who will set up an aerospace centre of excellence in Derby taking on another 20-100 staff. 15-Nov-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007