Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Northgate receives BSI certification in Revenues and Benefits

Northgate Information Solutions, a leading provider of innovative services to the public sector and utilities markets, today announces that its Revenues and Benefits division has received ISO 9001:2000 certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI).

The division is responsible for Northgate’s market-leading revenues and benefits service, used by 170 local authorities across the country. It also delivers radical services designed to improve the take-up of housing and council tax benefits.

Northgate is supporting councils to:

•reach out to their most vulnerable communities, through mobile systems that take benefits services out to those in need;

•deliver self-service systems that allow citizens to make full applications for benefits and send in the evidence required to assess a claim;

•provide staff with instant access to customer information, from citizens to large local businesses;

•share information more effectively through improving integration with government departments;

•streamline the management and reporting of council tax and business rates.

The certification means that Northgate will continue to provide a consistent, independently-assessed and benchmarked approach to revenues and benefits, set to the highest standard. The company will further demonstrate its ability to meet the needs of local authorities and enhance the quality of its service delivery through continuous improvement.

Joe Bradley, MD of Local Government & Social Housing at Northgate Public Services, added:

“This certification is an excellent achievement for Northgate. Our revenues and benefits team delivers services that give real and practical benefits to communities throughout the country. We are also revolutionising the way that benefits are accessed by citizens through radical technology implemented by councils serving over 4.6 million people in UK.

“We will carry on working in partnership with local authorities to deliver first-class revenues and benefits services that place the citizen at the heart of sustainable communities.”

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For more info:

Fellows’ Associates:

Naomi Stevenson020 7849 3508; 07966 890403; nstevenson@fellowsassociates.com

Notes to Editors:

1.Northgate Information Solutions is a leading provider of innovative services to the public sector and utilities markets. Northgate’s task is to enhance public value through the intelligent use of people and technology, and to share in the economic and social benefits that this brings.

2.In the UK, the company works with four out of five local authorities and every police force. Northgate supports public service transformation through sustainable performance partnerships. Its technology is used in the administration of more than £12 billion of revenues and benefits; in electoral administration systems covering 18 million people; to support the national system for reporting police performance; and in the management of over three million local authority and housing association properties worldwide. Founded in 1969, the company has over 6,000 employees.

3.Northgate’s leading revenues and benefits service enables staff to manage the administration of council tax, business rates, council tax benefit and housing benefit efficiently and effectively.

4.ISO 9001:2000 certification recognises an organisation’s internal quality management at an international standard, ensuring that its services best satisfy its customers’ needs and expectations.