Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has today announced that its LivingPlaces business has been selected as the preferred partner by North Tyneside Council to provide business services, which incorporates finance, procurement, revenues and benefits, ICT, Customer Services and Human Resources.

The contract is expected to be worth in excess of £200m over 15 years.

Terry Woodhouse, Managing Director, Balfour Beatty LivingPlaces said: "Balfour Beatty is delighted to have been awarded preferred partner status for the Business Services partnership for North Tyneside Council. We already have existing partnerships with over 20 local authorities nationwide, offering similar services and we are dedicated to providing effective, efficient and sustainable services to customers in an environment committed to flexibility, innovation and staff development.

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"The Balfour Beatty Group already has a strong presence in the North East with nearly 2000 employees located in the region. Many of them are delivering very similar services to those we will be providing for the North Tyneside Business Services partnership."

The decision is subject to further processes set down by European procurement guidelines.

(CD/GK)