Staff at Atos IT have voted to strike over pay. 89 percent of Atos IT workers and 95 percent of healthcare workers of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) voted against below-inflation pay offers.

In rejecting the new pay offers PCS Atos members then voted in favour of a strike. The action could impact on a range of current projects including BBC technological support, MoT test center facilities and backup services for the Welsh Assembly.

The strike action could take place as soon as the next few weeks according to the PCS. Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, said : "Atos is desperate to bolster its damaged image by its association with the Olympic spirit of hard work and success, but that the reality is that it makes its profits on the backs of its low-paid staff and from taxpayer handouts.”