New research from Grant Thornton indicates that two in five global companies either currently or plan to outsource back office processes. The International Business Report (IBR) from Grant Thornton shows the most common processes to outsource are tax (49%), IT (46%) and HR & Payroll (36%). From the three in five companies that have no plans to outsource, 44% use the reason that they don’t wish to lose control of a key process.

Grant Thornton highlights investment growth in the financial and UK business support services market