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An overview of news, trends and research in Strategy consulting in the UK:

McKinsey to help Usha Martin develop steel business action plan Waning demand for wire rope has seen Usha Martin, an India-based giant in the segment, fall on hard times.
27 July 2017
Lack of ethical integrity sees CEOs ousted in increasing numbers CEOs worldwide are increasingly being fired because of unethical behaviour.
18 July 2017
Scandal-stricken Arcadia hires McKinsey to draft strategic plan Arcadia, the parent firm of Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Burton among others, has brought in consultants McKinsey to advise on a new strategic plan, with the group placing a new emphasis on e-commerce
07 July 2017
Layoffs expected as McKinsey helps publishers Time cut costs According to reports from the US, American magazine group Time has hired strategic advisory McKinsey & Company as the conglomerate bids to cut over $100 million in costs this year.
30 June 2017
Corporate innovation and business strategies perilously out of sync A new research has found that business strategy and innovation strategy are often not aligned, creating risks of lost revenue, market position and waste.
14 June 2017
Companies with a long-term strategy significantly outperform their rivals Short-termism destroys long-term business value, a new study finds.
29 March 2017
McKinsey: Best practice in core business diversification creates value Core business diversification allows a business to, among others, create new revenue pools, strengthen portfolios, secure competitive advantage, and acquire skills and capabilities that were previously lacking in the core business.
06 February 2017
Training brings strategy consulting approach and toolkit into practice For professionals in consultancy, corporate development and policy making eager to gain insight in and apply the latest strategy models, frameworks and tools, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
08 November 2016
Ulster Bank asks McKinsey to support growth strategy development Ireland-based Ulster Bank has called in the support of McKinsey & Company to help its Board with the development of a new growth strategy.
17 October 2016
Azerbaijan hires McKinsey & Company to support economic roadmap Azerbaijan has hired McKinsey & Company to support the development of an economic roadmap towards 2025, in light of lower expected oil prices.
27 September 2016
Strategic Management Institute opens an office in London The Strategic Management Institute, an Australia-based consultancy and training organisation, has opened an office in London to support its European expansion plans.
29 August 2016
Solid strategy could lift Myanmar's tourism sector to new heights John Low, Partner at international consulting firm Roland Berger, reflects on how Myanmar can fully harness its tourism potential. At 10 percent of the world’s GDP (or $7.
19 August 2016
S&P 500 companies led by founders outperform their peers Building a large successful company, which has long term sustainable growth, is correlated to companies that have a strong internal ‘founder’s mentality’, according to new research.
08 August 2016
Corporates struggle with generating long term sustainable value Many of the world’s largest companies have not been able to generate sustainable value over a long period, a new report finds.
01 August 2016
CEOs with outsider mind-sets more likely to make better decisions The actions undertaken by new CEOs, in the first two years following succession, may have considerable effect on shareholder returns.
29 June 2016
Comerica hires Boston Consulting Group to deliver strategic plan The Boston Consulting Group has been hired by US-based bank Comerica to run a strategic review of its expenses and to identify areas of revenue expansion.
29 June 2016
Office Depot hires Bain & Company to lead strategic review Office Depot has found itself in strife as innovative competitors cut into its antiquated business models.
14 June 2016
Family business successors typically change strategy and governance Next generation leaders of family business are increasingly bringing change to their organisation, in many cases departing from former strategies, governance structures and leadership styles.
02 June 2016
Roland Berger assesses size of the Moroccan informal economy CGEM, the association for private sector enterprises in Morocco, has hired Roland Berger to conduct a market study on the country’s informal economy, also known as grey market.
25 May 2016
The main challenges to boardroom effectiveness and governance Board directors play a key role within private organisations’ boardrooms, yet their tasks are not always straight forward.
11 May 2016
Industry 4.0 investments in major economies to hit 4.5 trillion by 2020 Industry 4.
03 May 2016
US CPG market grows to 670 billion, SMEs eating share from giants SME companies in the US CPG market continue to outperform the behemoths in terms of sales growth, finds a study by BCG.
28 April 2016
Educating leaders for a new hallmark of strategic management Across industries and regions business models are facing major disruption, and in the slipstream of change corporate strategies can be found in a state of flux.
28 April 2016
CEO turnover at a record high, outsider executives gaining terrain CEO turnover has reached a record high, according to a new study.
25 April 2016
10 principles for winning strategies in a digital world Digital upstarts are rewriting the rules of strategy, adopting winning principles almost instinctively.
18 April 2016
1 trillion value shift set to hit financial services industry The internet, digitalisation and other major changes brought about from technology are rapidly transforming a host of industries, paving the way for new disruptive business models.
29 March 2016
Strategy setting and execution remains top board priority Globally, the average board directors sees its major contribution to organisations as the development of strategy, with the largest time spent on the subject.
23 March 2016
Mona Bitar leads UK Strategy Consulting Practice of EY EY has named Mona Bitar head of its UK Strategy Practice.
21 March 2016
Private companies strategies set to face high impact change Private companies find themselves transforming as they seek to meet the changing expectations of their customers and employees.
09 March 2016
True value of Chief Strategy Officers often out of sight The value added by the Chief Strategy Officers is by no means easy to track.
03 March 2016
Charterhouse hires L.E.K. Consulting for Doc Generici sale Charterhouse Capital Partners, one of the UK’s oldest private equity firms, may be looking to exit from its 2013 bought Italian generic drug company DOC Generici.
19 February 2016
Digital both enabler and accelerator of growth strategies As the business environment becomes more complex due to competition, digital technologies and changes in consumer behaviour, companies are increasingly using cost cutting measures to fund new growth
18 February 2016

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