Fees & Rates news in the UK

An overview of consulting news in the category Fees & Rates in the UK:

Five cashflow management tips for SMEs to monitor and manage work in progress Businesses in Yorkshire are being urged to meticulously track the heartbeat of work in progress throughout its lifecycle.
15 April 2026
Grant Thornton expands pay gap reporting to class and disability Grant Thornton has announced the publication of its class and disability pay gap data for the first time.
03 April 2026
The future of consulting: From billing by the hour to productised advisory The rise of AI is forcing a fundamental economic shift in consulting.
30 March 2026
Why are accounting firms losing advisory service revenue to competitors? UK accounting firms have rarely looked stronger on the surface – with compliance margins increasing across much of the market, and revenue per client also on the up.
19 March 2026
Is AI about to kill the billable hour consulting model? If or when AI begins to generate effective, consistent research, modelling and strategic insight, the logic of billing for time begins to break down.
13 January 2026
Four-in-ten professional services firms missed revenue targets A new study suggests more than 40% of professional services firms missed recent revenue targets – with many citing a lack of visibility on utilisation as a cause.
26 November 2025
Starting salaries stagnate across consulting industry Salaries for new appointments at both top firms and boutique consultancies largely remained flat over the last year, according to a new report.
07 February 2025
Re-evaluating consultancy pricing in the age of AI For years, consulting pricing has been linked to a standard model relating to billable hours.
09 April 2024
Questions over Cork University Hospital spending on management consultants Irelands midwives and nurses union has called into question spending on consultants from PwC at Cork University Hospital.
30 June 2023
Consulting bill for Ireland’s National Broadband Plan tops €40 million The consulting bill for Ireland’s National Broadband Plan has hit a new milestone: topping the €40 million mark since the project kicked off in 2016.
08 December 2021
Watchdog calls for ban on MP consultancy work Calls to ban sitting MPs from paid consulting work have escalated, with Parliament’s Commons standards committee having included in a raft of proposed anti-sleaze rules.
07 December 2021
Scottish Government spending on external consultants soars As is the case with many governments around the world, when it is short-staffed or in need of specialist expertise, the Scottish executive uses consultancy firms to fill the gaps.
06 December 2021
Test and Trace spends £1 million per day on Deloitte consultants UK Parliament’s spending watchdog has found that the Government’s dependence on consultants to improve its Test and Trace app is yet to diminish.
02 July 2021
World Health Organization criticise for consulting spend The World Health Organization has come under fire for its use of private consultants, having allegedly paid Boston Consulting Group more than $11 million since the final quarter of 2020.
22 June 2021
British Business Bank spent millions on management consultants The British Business Bank has splashed out millions on management consultants in corona year 2020.
26 April 2021
McKinsey settles with US states for $573 million in opioid crisis Consultancy giant McKinsey & Company has reached a settlement with 47 US states for its advisory role in the country’s opioid crisis.
05 February 2021
University of Limerick spends over €1 million on consultants A freedom of information request has revealed that the University of Limerick spent over €1.4 million on external consultants over the last five years.
18 December 2020
Cabinet Office regularly hires MBB and Big Four consultancies New analysis has shown that Cabinet Office spent £120 million on consultants over a period of three years.
06 November 2020
Brexit buoys public spending on top consultants New analysis has shown that public spending on consultants had been growing substantially long before the present crisis.
03 November 2020
Government’s bill for coronavirus consultancy now £175 million In the latest in a succession of headlines related to Government spending on outsourcers, it has been revealed that consultants have racked up a £175 million bill for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
22 October 2020
BCG seniors paid over £6,000 a day on test and trace project Senior members of Boston Consulting Group have been paid over £6,000 per day to help improve the UK’s floundering test and trace project.
20 October 2020
Northampton County Council spends millions on consultants Northamptonshire County Council has become the latest local authority to court controversy by issuing a lucrative contract to a private consulting firm, following stringent budget cuts.
05 August 2020
Northern Ireland Government spends £7 million on consultants The Government of Northern Ireland has spent £7 million on consultancy fees over a three-year period, according to the results of a Freedom of Information request.
04 August 2020
Bradford Council hires Impower for cost savings initiative Bradford Council has angered some by opting to pay a London consulting firm £1 million, as it looks for ways to save money in the long-term.
31 July 2020
Bristol City Council pays EY consultants £200,000 for report As Bristol’s Mayor looks to offload the city’s failing energy company which has run at a loss of more than £30 million, details have emerged that he hired EY to examine a potential sale.
11 June 2020
Irish units of accounting and consulting firms slash pay Partners at the Irish wings of the Big Four, BDO and Mazars are facing reduced pay over the Covid-19 crisis, in a bid to maintain graduate hiring commitments.
14 May 2020
The salary of consultants in the UK consulting industry How much do consultants working at leading consulting firms in the UK earn? Consultancy.uk explores a range of compensation & benefits data in the consulting industry.
02 April 2020
Utilisation rates and billable work - the key to unlocking growth Utilisation rates, the percentage of time a fee earner spends doing billable work, are the best measure of productivity and performance in professional services organisations.
05 March 2020
FTSE 100 CEOs out-earn average workers in three days The yawning gap between ordinary workers and their bosses has grown yet again, with new research finding that the pay of Britain's leading CEOs outstrips an average employee’s annual wage firms after
14 January 2020
UK graduate pay lags behind Northern Europe As the UK looks to combat a brain-drain resulting from Brexit, it has been revealed that the nation offers some of the lowest graduate starting salaries in Northern Europe.
14 October 2019
Western Isles Council spends £5 million on consultants Western Isles Council has sparked concern among local politicians with the news it has handed out almost £5million in consulting fees since 2013.
17 May 2019
Government hands consultancies £160 million in Brexit contracts With seemingly endless Brexit process set to lumber on until the end of October 2019, the UK Government has handed a new round of contracts to consulting firms regarding its divorce from the EU.
14 May 2019

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