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Acquisition of NHS membership business from Computershare Investor Services PLC
Capita Registrars acquire NHS membership business from Computershare Investor Services PLC
Capita Registrars, part of the Capita Group Plc ("Capita"), announced today that it has acquired NHS Membership Services from Computershare Investor Services PLC for an undisclosed sum. The acquired business provides membership services and engagement programmes for over 50 NHS foundation trusts and aspirant trusts.
The acquisition further consolidates Capita Registrars’ existing services for NHS trusts, which allows them to plan and deliver the recruitment of new members and manage their register and follows the acquisition, earlier this year, of Membership Management Online (MMO).
NHS Membership Services was the first to enter the NHS membership market in 2004 and has grown to be the largest provider of services, with clients including Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Commenting on the deal, Charles Cryer, chief executive of Capita Registrars said: "This acquisition helps us to increase our market share in public engagement services - a growing part of the NHS. Capita remains committed to developing a wide variety of services for the NHS and this will allow us to offer a broad spectrum of support to cater for the various requirements of existing and aspirant NHS Foundation Trusts and their members."
"Crucially, the business is underpinned by a scaleable set of support services that can provide differing levels of assistance, based on each trust’s particular needs. This acquisition will also allow us to build further long term strategic partnerships with the NHS, has synergies with our company secretarial support service and complements the board governance development support we already offer to around 30 NHS trusts."
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For further information please contact:
Press enquiries:
Caroline Mooney
Capita press office
Tel: 020 7654 2152/0870 2400 488 (out of hours)
caroline.mooney@capita.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Capita Registrars provides share registration and value-added services to more than 2,000 companies in the UK and Ireland. As the registrar of choice for most new companies coming to the UK stock market and 58% of established companies, it assumes corporate action and share registration responsibilities for clients ranging in size from small or recently floated companies to large multinationals.
The Capita Group Plc is the UK’s leading provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions. With 36,000 people at more than 300 sites, including 62 business centres across the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and India, the Group uses its expertise, infrastructure and scale benefits to transform its client’s services, driving down costs and adding value. Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (CPI.L), and is a constituent of the FTSE100 with revenues for 2008 of £2,441 million.
Further information on The Capita Group Plc can be found at: http://www.capita.co.uk/
15 April 2009
