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

Illy hires Roland Berger to manage expansion plans Coffee company Illy has hired Roland Berger to manage an expansion strategy as it aims to grow further into the premium hospitality industry, as well as move into the home coffee product range.
19 August 2015
20 most prestigious strategy consulting firms in France McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company are in the eyes of French students the most prestigious strategy consulting firms in France.
18 August 2015
BCG helps Italian central bank with setup of bad bank The Italian central bank has hired The Boston Consulting Group to develop and establish a ‘bad bank’ asset management company, that will be used to deal with the pile of non-performing loans on the b
10 August 2015
ZS: Large company sales professionals to move inside Sales professionals in large high-tech companies will increasingly move inside, research from ZS Associates finds.
22 July 2015
A.T. Kearney: Execs say strategy harder to formulate Companies that have a long term business strategy still outperform companies that don’t, research by A.T. Kearney shows.
20 July 2015
Roland Berger: Telco operators must utilise blind spots The telecom operators market is difficult to enter, with high capital costs and stiff competition from incumbents.
16 July 2015
NewForesight develops new strategy of 4C Association Sustainability consulting firm NewForesight has in the past six months supported the development of 4C Association’s new strategy. With the endorsement of the General Assembly in its pocket, the vision will now be finalised into concrete stra
01 July 2015
EU aspirations require 2.2 trillion investment & reforms The strong growth years in Europe have been disrupted by the recent economic crisis, yet it still remains one of the most progressive regions for many social benefits including health, work life balance and education. Ye
29 June 2015
BCG: Only one in ten companies globalisation-proof Although three-quarters of companies are aspiring to go global, only 10% feels ready to do so, research by BCG and IMD shows. Their Global Readiness Survey suggests that it is no longer an issue of strategy, but of execution that is holding the rea
23 June 2015
Large firms struggle to keep up with digital innovation When it comes to capitalising on digital disruption, especially large companies are struggling to keep up, research by KPMG and Harvey Nash shows. While the majority of CIOs feels their business will be disrupted by digital in the coming decade, wi
23 June 2015
McKinsey & Company: The 8 essentials of innovation As innovation proves to be particularly difficult for well-established companies, McKinsey & Company has researched the successful innovation strategies of big companies and focussed on the question what other companies can learn from them. As
04 June 2015
Strategy&: Digitisation pressuring UK used car market Digitisation is expected to put pressure on the used car market in the UK in the coming years, research by Strategy& shows. As digitisation is allowing car buyers to consult increased amounts of information on possible car targets and compare p
27 May 2015
Gartner: App developers must focus on user retention While app usage remains high and apps are becoming more integrated in users’ lives, app users are becoming less keen on adopting new apps, research by Gartner shows. As a result of this, app developers should focus less on new customers and m
08 May 2015
McKinsey: Reigniting productivity key to Japan economy The Japanese economy continues to underperform on its potential productivity, falling further behind the US over the coming decade without change. Yet according to a recent study from McKinsey & Company, the Japanese
05 May 2015
BCG launches research unit: Bruce Henderson Institute The Boston Consulting Group has yesterday, on the day that founder Bruce Henderson would have turned 100, launched a new research Institute.
01 May 2015
L.E.K: Niche strategy helps challenger banks compete Offering niche banking products that serve the unique needs of SMEs is one way in which new entrants to the opening up UK banking industry can differentiate themselves and attract customers, a recent article from L.E.K C
30 April 2015
Aligned operating model key for EU competitiveness Competitiveness continues to be a difficulty for many European companies. In a recent study from A.T.
24 March 2015
French Field Crops added value could rise 50 percent French Field Crop players currently produce €18 billion in market value.
10 February 2015
McKinsey: Increase productivity to save global growth The world has enjoyed unprecedented economic growth since the 1950s, with the world economy growing six fold in the decades since 1964, boosted by a booming population and the development of highly productive technologies and practices. Demographic
02 February 2015
Simon-Kucher: 7 trending pricing topics to consider Arjen Brasz, Manager at Simon-Kucher & Partners, a consulting firm specialised in among others pricing strategies, lays out seven trending topics that can help executives improve their pricing power
28 January 2015
EY: Only third of businesses use big data strategically Although most companies recognise the added value of big data analytics for their business, only a third have operations to ensure that big data is at the heart of every business decision, research by EY shows. This underlines, according to the fir
21 January 2015
Managing the unknown with a light footprint strategy In the light of the increasing momentum of change in the global business landscape, and the wave of technological innovation lined up to disrupt business models and perhaps complete markets, organisations need to be on their mark. For management te
14 January 2015
BCG develops education strategy for distressed schools The Walton Family Foundation (WFF) and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) have joined forces to support better education for students at Arkansas public schools in their ForwARd initiative. The philanthropic organisations have appointed The
31 December 2014
WEF and BCG develop healthcare strategy for Nigeria The Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum agreed to develop a healthcare strategy for Nigeria. The partners will set up a health system project, piloted in Ogun, Lagos and Bayelsa states, through which they will strategize on the fin
12 December 2014
Acumen & Bain launch roadmap for smallholder farmers Earlier this week Bain & Company and Acumen released the report ‘Growing Prosperity: Developing Repeatable Models to Scale the Adoption of Agricultural Innovations’ that focuses on how smallholder fa
20 November 2014
Transform: Digital mature firms share digital duty Organisations that are seen as digital mature in the year 2014 are organisations that will not only have a digital vision and strategy, but will also share these with its employees in order to unite the different teams, concludes consulting firm Tr
14 November 2014
Roland Berger: Implementation key for Strategy Officers What is the ideal role of a Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)? This has been a long standing and important question, with 70% of large firms undergoing internal transformation, clear answers on the issue may pave the way for lasting change. A
13 November 2014
PwC Strategy&: Indian companies not ready for growth 97% of Indian companies are not ready for growth, conclude PwC and Strategy& in a recently released report, in which they investigate the readiness of Indian companies based on its ‘Fit for Growth’ i
09 October 2014
New strategy of Roland Berger aims to triple size Charles-Edouard Bouée, the newly elected CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, is currently together with the Global Executive Committee working on the firm’s new strategy.
06 October 2014
McKinsey develops strategy for Co-op Bank of Kenya The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has hired McKinsey & Company to support it with the development of a growth strategy. The consultants have been given three months’ time to come up with a strategy, roadmap and action plan./
02 October 2014
Oliver Wyman establishes Big Data unit: OW Labs Global consulting firm Oliver Wyman has recently launched ‘Oliver Wyman Labs’ – a research unit that helps clients unleash the power of data through the blended application of strategy, analytics and
26 September 2014
OC&C: Personalisation priority for Chief Marketing Officers Recent research has found that personalisation is the number one priority for chief marketing officers, says Fergus Jarvis, partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants, in the second of a series of articles
23 September 2014

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