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Chessington Computer Centre
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<p>Chessington Computer Centre was an organisation based in <a href="/facts/Chessington/XhKDKWUE">Chessington</a> that provided administration services to the <a href="/facts/UK_Government/3zLlUWbx">UK Government</a>. Originally part of central government, it became an <a href="/facts/Executive_agency/hTRRfjYN">executive agency</a> and <a href="/facts/Trading_fund/63z0lQlD">trading fund</a> of the <a href="/facts/Cabinet_Office_(United_Kingdom)/FHkwzJ6D">Cabinet Office</a> on 1 April 1993. In July 1996 it was sold to a management and employee buy-out team for £12.5 million. It was acquired by <a href="/facts/Automatic_Data_Processing/3vNDFXE3">Automatic Data Processing</a> in September 1998, but was later closed in June 2005. </p><p>The chess player <a href="/facts/Michael_Basman/MkDGb9EY">Michael Basman</a> worked at the Chessington Computer Centre as a computer programmer. </p>