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    <copyright>Copyright 2006 Parity Group plc. All rights reserved</copyright>
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      <title>Parity opens Microsoft Centre of Excellence in Belfast</title>
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      <description>Business and IT solutions company, Parity, will be opening a Centre of Excellence in their Belfast office. The centre is the first of its kind in the UK and Ireland with Invest NI...</description>
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      <title>Parity – successful supplier on Buying Solutions Framework Agreement</title>
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      <description>Parity Resources, the IT recruitment provider, has been appointed as a successful supplier by the public sector government procurement partner, Buying Solutions, to... </description>
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      <title>Parity IT contractor receives royal approval</title>
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      <description>Gerardo Del Guercio, technical solutions architect, at the UK Border Agency International Group, is the first Parity IT contractor to be awarded an MBE by the Prince of Wales....
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      <title>Parity Resources is hot property say industry report</title>
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      <description>IT recruitment company takes first place in prestigious award in recruitment industry
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      <title>IT resourcing complacency set to hinder financial sector recovery, warns Parity</title>
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      <description>A vacuum of skilled IT professionals, combined with complacency about the need to re-skill for the recovery, could hinder financial organisations’ recovery from the recession, according to a new study ...</description>
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      <title>Financial organisations unprepared for post-recession IT boom</title>
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      <description>Financial organisations are unprepared for the upturn, as their IT departments fail to address staffing needs for future projects and new initiatives. This is according to research commissioned by Parity, the IT services company...</description>
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      <title>Graduate Training Programmes Vital to Economy</title>
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      <description>Training programmes that improve the skills of local graduates play a pivotal role in strengthening the local economy according to the Head of Talent Development at Parity in Belfast, Colin Lauder. ...</description>
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      <title>Parity Group PLC - Interim Results June 2009</title>
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      <description>Parity Group plc (“Parity” or the “Group”), the UK IT Services Company, is pleased to announce interim results for the six months ended 30th June 2009...</description>
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      <title>Parity and Sonata Software announce strategic agreement</title>
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      <description>Parity Group plc, the IT and business solutions company, and Sonata Software Ltd, the leading IT and consulting services company, have announced ...</description>
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      <title>Job cuts are false economy, study finds</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/Jobcutsarefalseeconomy,studyfinds4.aspx</link>
      <description>60 per cent of UK companies have suffered redundancies since the start of the recession. But rather than saving the company money, departing staff can often end up costing millions and adding risk ...</description>
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      <title>Parity partners with Adobe to boost CIM offering</title>
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      <description>Parity, a provider of IT and business solutions, has announced a new partnership with Adobe. Parity will now add Adobe’s LiveCycle ES to its product portfolio...</description>
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      <title>Parity Resources helps central Scottish Government select top IT staff</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/Centralscottishgovernment.aspx</link>
      <description>Parity Resources has been selected by Central Government Centre of Procurement Expertise (CGCoPE) as a preferred Supplier to supply interim technical and management staff to ....</description>
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      <title>Road tax driving government web use, but public not engaged with full offering</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/RoadTaxWebUse.aspx</link>
      <description>Research has revealed the highest take up in government website use is to pay for road tax – 41 per cent....</description>
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      <title>Latest research from Parity shows IT staff lack business acumen </title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/Itstafflackacum.aspx</link>
      <description>Over half of IT staff think business knowledge and communication skills are missing from IT departments, research from Parity has found...</description>
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      <title>Parity pushes for online security clearance capability</title>
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      <description>Parity, the IT and business solutions provider, is pushing the Government to introduce online security clearance processes ....
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      <title>Parity champions improved service relevance from recruitment industry</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/Paritychampionsimproved.aspx</link>
      <description>Parity has launched a social media group to bring together recruitment and resourcing leaders who want to champion change and openly discuss ...</description>
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      <title>Parity wins place on NHS staffing framework</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/ParityPASA.aspx</link>
      <description>Parity Resources has been appointed by the Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) as one...</description>
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      <title>Recession drives re-think of meeting madness</title>
      <link>http://www.parity.net/aboutparity/newsandmediacentre/Pages/Recessiondrivesre-thinkofmeetingmadness.aspx</link>
      <description>Research[1] has found that UK staff spend the equivalent of eight weeks a year in face-to-face meetings. Those in Scotland and the...</description>
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      <title>Lack of awareness holds back government web success says Parity</title>
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      <description>~ lack of awareness holds back government web success says Parity ~</description>
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      <title>Organisations should embrace the use of social media tools warns Parity</title>
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      <description>Just three per cent of UK office-based workers would use social media to communicate important information to their colleagues...</description>
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