Public Sector news in the UK | Page 17

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

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
Elaine Bennett partner at healthcare branch of Atos Consulting In the United Kingdom, Atos Consulting appointed Elaine Bennett as its partner. She is coming from branch partner Finnamore Consulting.
07 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
Deloitte: Big data transforms public transport sector The application of new technologies such as Big Data and Analytics will cause a mega transition within the public transport sector the coming years. The isolated and individualist transport system as we currently know it will gradually shift to
17 June 2013
BCG: Hospitals earn too much on medical mistakes It is beneficial for U.S. hospitals when doctors make mistakes. Because they earn more on patients who need additional treatments to undo medical mistakes. This remarkable finding comes from a study by Boston Co
07 May 2013
University Rutgers pays BCG 1.1 million for strategy The American university Rutgers has hired strategy consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to develop its new strategy. The Boston Consulting Group was selected through a competitive bidding proces
15 April 2013
Booz: Acquired hospitals book poorer financial results In most cases hospitals that have been acquired book poorer financial results than their peers. At least, that is the case in the USA according to Booz & Company. Booz & Company based their findigns on an analy
26 March 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
Roland Berger: Global growth of the metro networks The global railway market is not really suffering from the economic crisis. The growth in this sector can be mainly ascribed to the strong emergence of metro networks worldwide. This can be concluded from a study by Rolan
10 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
McKinsey: Stuttgart 21 turns out to be a huge nightmare The renovation of the Central Station of Stuttgart is likely to become one of the largest European infrastructure nightmares of the past decade. In the late nineties, when the massive renovation was budgeted, the total cost to transform the train stati
04 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
Ecorys helps Indian state with improving healthcare system The World Bank has hired Ecorys to assist with the improvement of the healthcare systems of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
02 October 2012
Accenture donates 2.5m to African non-profit care foundation Accenture has over the past years donated more than €2.5 million to the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), a nonprofit organization that aims at improving health care in Africa. The donation consists of
14 September 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
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
Bain develops new MBA curriculum for business school International business school HEC Paris has decided to revamp its M.B.A. curriculum following an assessment from Bain & Company and lessons learned from its own faculty members. The strategy consulting firm worked
11 May 2012
Belgian Railways must revamp its organizational structure According to a study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants the current organizational structure of Belgian Railways is unsustainable.
11 April 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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