KPMG, the largest integrated accountancy firm in Europe, has given the go ahead to a £62 million outsourcing agreement with BT. The five-year deal will support a drive towards cost savings, the building of value-added services and improved employee productivity across KPMG UK and Germany.

Bryan Clark, the KPMG partner leading the IT infrastructure consolidation, said: “This is an ambitious outsourcing programme and one that will deliver significant benefits to both our cost base and our effectiveness in serving our Clients.”

BT will manage the delivery of numerous telecommunications services including a fully converged, IP-based, networked telephony infrastructure. The platform will allow additional countries to join if at a later date whilst allowing for greater levels of flexibility and collaboration.