On numerous occasions the Round-Up has commented on the flourishing friendship that has emanated between the U.S.A and the UK. This week however, this friendship has somewhat soured.

Obama’s announcement of his plans to reform the American healthcare system has stimulated a furore of debate, most of which has culminated in a ‘them’ verses ‘us’ mantra.

Well, in true Round-Up style, I will deliver the sourcingfocus.com news round up in the most unbiased of fashions.

It has been a good week for CSC. After signing deals with both the U.S. Airforce’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) and The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week, the Computer Sciences Corp is set to make a combined total of $80 million over the next four years. Under this latest contract CSC will be required to provide technical and support services to the AMC, which it has supported for the past 20 years. It seems the American’s aren’t rising in the popularity ranks in the UK, however, they are taking the outsourcing world by storm.

More multi-million dollars/pounds changed hands this week in an outsourcing deal between Davis Langdon LLP and Fujitsu. After a £27.5million deal the IT services giant is set to provide various IT services to the construction consultancy for the next 5 years.

The global construction consultancy employs over 2000 staff across Europe and the Middle East.

Fujitsu will assist in cost management and also in lowering the volume of calls to the helpdesk.

It has not all been about the major money making deals this week. The environment has also had a mention within the business populace.

As we all know CSR has been a hot topic this past year and this week is no different. As of next year, the necessity of green practices in businesses be further emphasised as about 5000 companies will be required, by law, to report on their carbon emissions. This week saw this necessity come to the forefront of the outsourcing world. FirstCarbon, the sister company of ADEC, is the UK’s (yes the UK’s) first outsourcing solution that will help companies with the demands of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).

FirstCarbon intends to provide companies with the tools necessary to meet the CRC requirements and reduce their carbon footprint. The company will administer the collection, management and reporting of performance-related, environmental data, helping UK companies with their carbon reduction strategies. They hope to pass cost cutting benefits onto their customers through the use of their offshore base in the Philippines.

That’s all for the news round up this week. I do hope the U.S. and the UK resolve their differences and equilibrium is returned. I’m off to the doctors now, for free.