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An overview of KPMG news in the UK:

Firms appointed to Manchester's professional services framework Transport for Greater Manchester has appointing over forty firms to its framework agreement for external professional services.
20 April 2021
KPMG hired to oversee Scotland's Covid-19 vaccination rollout Scotland's health service has awarded a contract worth more than £2 million to Big Four professional services firm KPMG for "management and advisory services" on the nation’s coronavirus vaccine prog
03 February 2021
Harrogate Councillors call for KPMG report to be made public A local council is coming under pressure to make a report prepared by consultants from KPMG public.
05 November 2020
Top firms modify offering as NHS consulting spend comes under scrutiny New analysis has shown that the evolving nature of public healthcare has caused the consulting industry in the UK to adapt its offering to the sector.
20 February 2018
The Open University and KPMG launch joint apprenticeship services The UK Government’s Apprenticeship Levy, which will go into effect from next year, provides businesses across the UK with funds to train apprentices.
14 September 2016
KPMG Crimsonwing wins ERP rollout tender with UK police forces The police forces of Surrey, Sussex and Thames Valley have selected KPMG to design and deliver an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to improve the forces’ service portfolio and efficiency.
17 May 2016
University College London secures 280 million line of credit As part of its long term vision the UCL, in its UCL 2034 strategy, is investing in a number of facility upgrades and expansions, which includes the upgrade of UCL’s Bloomsbury campus and its student centre.
04 May 2016
KPMG promotes Harry Mears to social housing team lead KPMG UK Associate Partner, Harry Mears, has been appointed to the role of social housing team lead. Mears succeeds Chris Wilson.
21 April 2016
KPMG adds Gill Nicholls as Associate to its education practice KPMG has added Gill Nicholls to its ranks as an Associate within its education practice.
18 April 2016
Joanna Killian leads local government team of KPMG Joanna Killian has been appointed as the UK market leader for local and regional government to KPMG’s Public Sector team.
17 June 2015
KPMG buys healthcare consultancy Beacon Partners Global accounting and consulting firm KPMG has acquired Beacon Partners, a US-based healthcare consulting firm. With the move, the Big Four firm significantly boosts its North American health advisory practice, adding mo
15 April 2015
KPMG CF supports UCL with 150 million credit line University College London (UCL) has received a new £150 million revolving credit facility from a consortium of UK banks. The academic institution was advised by KPMG Capital Advisory Group, KPMG’s practice th
27 March 2015
14 consultancies nominated for HealthInvestor Awards Healthcare platform HealthInvestor has announced the 2015 finalists for its annual awards ceremony. More than 100 healthcare institutions and private sector companies have been nominated, including fourteen management co
25 March 2015
Manchester hospital trusts paid 150 million to advisors Over the past three years, hospital trusts in Greater Manchester have paid consulting firms nearly £150 million in fees to manage transformation and outsourcing programmes. Data gathered from freedom of info
07 January 2015
Resistance to antibiotics costs 100 trillion by 2050 Resistance to drugs is on a dangerous and costly rise, reveals a new study by KPMG and RAND Europe, commissioned by the UK government.
06 January 2015
Consulting firms key in apprenticeship standards UK Eleven consulting firms have signed up to develop the new standard for management consultancy apprenticeships as part of the UK Government Trailblazers scheme to reform all apprenticeships in the UK
22 December 2014
UK political parties receive millions in free consultancy The Liberal Democrats have since 2010 received more than £500,000 in ‘pro-bono’ consultancy support from large professional services firms PwC and KPMG. During the same period, Labour has received £600,000 of consultancy adv
18 November 2014
KPMG expects more mergers in public transport sector In the coming year substantially more mergers will occur between public transport operators, expects accounting and consulting firm KPMG. The increasing liberalisation of public transport and expansionism of the privately managed public transportat
14 November 2014
Five IT consulting firms win EC contract of 350 million More than thousand IT consultants of among others KPMG and Sword Group will in the coming four years support the European Commission with IT advisory and support. The mega contract has a total value of €450 million, roughly £350 million.
07 October 2014
KPMG UK invests 20 million in Big Data analytics centre KPMG and Imperial College London are entering in a partnership to create the ‘KPMG Centre for Advanced Business Analytics’.
12 August 2014
Big4 under fire after free advice to British government The Big4 accountancy and consulting firms have come under fire in the United Kingdom after the British newspaper The Guardian uncovered that the firms have donated more than €2 million to political parties since 2009. The scal
17 October 2012
KPMG: Education sector stimulates innovation inadequately Educational sectors in Europe provide students - future leaders - too little baggage in the area of innovation. According to a report from KPMG, 58% of respondents across Europe claim the way pupils are educated stifles innova
03 August 2012
NHS spends £10 million on 175 consulting firms The English public healthcare organization, the National Health Service (NHS), has spent more than £10 million over the past financial year on external consultants. Noteworthy is that as many as 175 different consulting firms
18 November 2011

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