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Government news in the UK | Page 10

An overview of news, trends and research in the Government industry in the UK:

US Administration posts for BCG & Scowcroft consultants The US President Obama recently appointed two professionals of consulting firms to key administration posts. Michèle A. Flournoy, Senior Advisor to BCG, and Kevin Nealer, Principal and Partner at The Scowcroft Group, have both bee
15 October 2014
Ecorys & CSES review European Capitals of Culture The European Commission has hired consulting firms Ecorys and CSES to undertake an ex post evaluation of the European Capitals of Culture.
08 October 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
50 new jobs for Erasmus team in Cardiff, Wales In the coming months the Erasmus team of the British Council Wales will significantly grow its headcount from 6 FTE to more than 50 FTE. The expansion follows from the British Council’s extended responsibility to manage the Erasmus
02 October 2014
BDO: UK should emulate success of German Mittelstand Party conference season is in full swing, with politicians honing their soundbites for the coming general election.
26 September 2014
A.T. Kearney: New York and London most global cities New York, London and Paris are the world’s most global cities, concludes a research from A.T. Kearney. Since 2008 consulting firm A.T. Kearney has been measuring the ‘global engagement’
16 September 2014
McKinsey: Ireland needs to rethink its economic strategy Ireland is the 14th most ‘connected’ country in the world, driven by a strong performance in knowledge-intensive flows of services, concludes a new research from a href="/firms/mckinsey-company" tit
15 September 2014
EY & Booz consultants obtain US Administration posts The US President Obama has recently appointed two professionals of EY and Booz Allen Hamilton to key administration posts. Orlan Boston, a Principal at EY, has been named Member of the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations and Regi
09 September 2014
PwC launches public sector hub in North of England Accounting and consulting firm PwC has launched a new specialist government and public sector hub in the north of England, to meet increased demand for services. The team, which consists of approximately 200 specialists, wi
27 August 2014
Strategy& and Lazard advise Egypt on economic reform The government of Egypt has recently hired strategy consulting firm Strategy& and investment bank Lazard to draw up plans to reshape its economy.
26 August 2014
Israel hires McKinsey to tackle non-Jewish minority issues The government of Israel has hired consulting firm McKinsey & Company to help the country address the problems of Israel’s non-Jewish minorities. Despite the high-profile work, the work is estimated to cost no more than 15 thou
25 August 2014
McKinsey partner enforces Middle East Quartet The so-called 'Middle East Quartet' has appointed the Dutch Kito de Boer to lead its efforts in boosting Palestine’s economic private-sector investments. De Boer works for McKinsey & Company since 1985 an
30 April 2014
Parliamentary questions on McKinsey in Luxemburg In Luxembourg political uproar has emerged because of the hiring of McKinsey & Company by the Ministry of Finance. Critics are angry because the global strategy consulting organization was hired without the use of a public tendering process. Instea
07 April 2014
Irish unhappy about massive spending on consultants Government officials and media in Ireland are becoming more and more critical towards massive cash flow from (semi)private institutions to management consultants. After multiple recent cases, again a disclosure caused public noise last month. This time
11 February 2014
BearingPoint helps Ireland with a unique postcode system BearingPoint has been selected to lead the development and roll out of the new Irish postcode system. After the go-live, Ireland will be the first country in the world with a unique coding per home
27 November 2013
PwC and Ecorys: A lot of corruption in public procurement Corruption in public procurement costs the European Union billions on a yearly basis. On average between 3% and 4.4% of the overall value of public procurements ends up in the wrong place.
26 November 2013
Altran helps Dubai with building a mega aircraft center A consortium of companies in Dubai has recently decided to build a new jet and helicopter maintenance center. The facility will be capable of maintaining up to 60 business jets and 40 helicopters per month. The maintenance center, known as 'The Wings V
22 November 2013
McKinsey develops economic vision for Pakistan The government of Pakistan has hired McKinsey & Company to support the development of the social-economic vision for the country.
05 November 2013
Ecofys: Obama climate policy crucial for CO2 reduction After his re-election, Obama told Time Magazine that his daughters inspired him to think long term, particularly about issues of climate change. During the opening speech which kicked off his second term, he promised that climate change will be one
24 January 2013
McKinsey: 57 trillion dollar for global infrastructure In the coming two decennia, the world needs to spend at least a staggering $57 trillion on infrastructure to keep up with the growth in population and GDP. In comparison, that is nearly 60% more than the $36 trillion spent over the past 18 years. This
22 January 2013
Government investigates scandal with foreign aid budget The British government has ordered an emergency audit after The Telegraph revealed that hundreds of millions of foreign aid budget has been spent on expensive consultants. Last year alone more than £500 million was paid to consultants, while the
08 January 2013
Lufthansa Consulting helps Iraqi government with airport Lufthansa Consulting has signed a large contract with the Iraqi Government.The German management consulting branche of the aviation company will support Iraq with the further development of Mosul International Airport,the largest airport in North-Weste
13 December 2012
Advisory firm pleads for euro and guilder at the same time The European Union should allow for a dual currency system. According to the consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group, struggling countries should be given the flexibility to introduce national currencies alongside the Euro. The l
13 December 2012
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
Bain opens office in Washington DC for government Global consulting firm Bain & Company is going to open its first office in Washington D.C. this summer. Bain partner Phillip Kleweno will be appointed managing director of the office. In a press statement the strat
07 September 2012
Alvarez & Marsal helps Spain's state-rescued banks repel real estate The Spanish government has hired Alvarez & Marsal to manage the real estate assets of Spain's state-rescued banks. In order to comply with rules of the EU and hence receive European aid, the relevant real estate
07 August 2012
Irish NAMA spends 115 million on 100 consultants Politicians and citizens of Ireland are upset after the newspaper Irish Examiner uncovered that the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has paid more than €115 million on consultants over the past 2.5 years. The public sentiment turned against
10 April 2012
Deloitte earns 90k a day from Canadian government A lot of noise arose in Canada after finding out the advisory firm Deloitte earns over $90k a day from the Canadian government in return for delivering advisory services. Part of an 8 month contract with a total value of $19.8-million, Deloitte advises
20 February 2012
Ecorys evaluates the developmental aid of Norway Ecorys has been awarded a contract by NORAD, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, to evaluate the country’s development cooperation with Afghanistan over the past ten years. This represents the first
18 November 2011
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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