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Consulting news in the UK | Page 304

The latest news in the consulting industry in the UK. An overview of consulting news, research and firm updates.

Redwood Capital and LD&A Jupiter merger forms Drake Star Partners Investment banking and corporate finance firms Redwood Capital and LD&A Jupiter are merging to form Drake Star Partners.
03 October 2016
Trends and insights in Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Modern companies have many different IT projects or change projects on-going at the same, and therefore have a need for project portfolio management (PPM).
03 October 2016
West Monroe hires Directors from Accenture and Deloitte Consulting West Monroe Partners hires Douglas Rabeneck and Nancy Tseng as Directors. Rabeneck joins from Accenture, and will support the firm’s Pittsburgh regional clients through business transformations.
03 October 2016
Business Implementation offering helps clients gain project success RGP has developed an offering which, according to the management consultancy, provides for the elements needed to gain programme and project success.
03 October 2016
UK OEM's and car factories face uncertain future following Brexit Several UK car factories and automotive suppliers face an uncertain future following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, according to new research.
30 September 2016
Accenture expands French Digital team with stake in OCTO Technology Accenture is positioning itself to buy France-based IT consulting, design and implementation firm OCTO Technology.
30 September 2016
EY promotes Errol Gardner to Global Deputy Vice Chair of EY Advisory EY has promoted Errol Gardner, formally its Global Leader for the Technology Consulting practice, to the role of Global Deputy Vice Chair of EY Advisory.
30 September 2016
Trend studies for Supply Chain Management and Purchasing launched Supply Value, a consultancy specialised in supply chain management and purchasing, has launched its annual ‘Supply Chain Management Trends’ and ‘Purchasing Trends’ studies.
30 September 2016
Mace teams takeover Mind shops for charity challenge Teams of professional services firm Mace have, as part of the Mind Retail Challenge, raised £6,000 for Mind, a mental health charity across England and Wales.
30 September 2016
Pressure on prices is on the rise, innovation and value pricing key Under current economic and market trends, 83% of companies suffer from increasing price pressure and margin erosion.
29 September 2016
USMC hires Booz Allen Hamilton as contract lead on decision analytics The United States Marine Corps has hired Booz Allen Hamilton to lead a $48 million contract to deliver analytics based improvements to its decision making process in operations planning and personnel readiness.
29 September 2016
Nielen Schuman advised TravelBird on mezzanine financing deal TravelBird, a startup in the travel industry that has successfully grown into a scale-up, has attracted around €5 million in mezzanine financing.
29 September 2016
Capita wins £70 million customer service outsourcing contract Three has announced Capita as the preferred bidder for its seventy-million pound, seven year customer service delivery contract.
29 September 2016
AlixPartners opens office in Houston, 9th in US and 25th globally AlixPartners has opened a new office in Houston Texas – its 25th office globally and its 9th in the US.
29 September 2016
RSM hires Darren Mee as Director and Andrew Manning as Partner Darren Mee and Andrew Manning have joined RSM. Mee returns to the firm as Director in its Birmingham office, Manning joins the firm as a Partner in the Bristol office.
29 September 2016
Study: CEO positions at top US firms are out of women's reach A new study reveals that 5% of CEO positions and 12% of CFO positions at the top 1,000 companies in the US are in the hands of women.
28 September 2016
BCG acquires procurement and operations consultancy Inverto The Boston Consulting Group has acquired Germany-based Inverto which will further diversify its range of services for clients in the procurement and operations segment.
28 September 2016
KPMG Financial Services and Microsoft push deeper into blockchain space KPMG and Microsoft have joined forces to deliver a suite of blockchain services through a cloud-based platform.
28 September 2016
Property advisor Cushman & Wakefield launches Automotive unit Property advisor Cushman & Wakefield has launched a dedicated automotive practice.
28 September 2016
Irish Water hires Royal HaskoningDHV to upgrade treatment plant Royal HaskoningDHV has been appointed by Irish Water, as part of a consortium, to upgrade the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant.
28 September 2016
RGP promotes Herb Mueller and John Bower to Board roles Professional services firm RGP has appointed Herb Mueller as its new Chief Financial Officer.
28 September 2016
Organisations are expanding benefits offered by parental leave policies The changing demands of employees is, alongside the growing battle for talent and the continued drive for good employership, spurring corporates globally to improve their HR strategies around child c
27 September 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
A.T. Kearney partners with the Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Centre Cyber security is becoming increasingly important to companies as their digital exposure grows through the adoption of new technologies and business models.
27 September 2016
Five causes of a cumbersome corporate reporting process Corporate reporting is a topic that virtually any organisation deals with as chief executives (both CEO and CFO) expect to receive regular updates on corporate performance.
27 September 2016
IPP commissions Ricardo to restore brownfield land in Bromborough International Process Plants & Equipment has commissioned Ricardo Energy & Environment to restore a 30-acre brownfield land site in Bromborough, which could not be used due to high level risk of serious flooding.
27 September 2016
Alvarez & Marsal Toronto hires Michael Stewart as Managing Director Alvarez & Marsal has hired 20 year restructuring veteran Michael Stewart, who joins from CIBC Capital Markets where he was Managing Director and head of Restructuring.
27 September 2016
FinTech spurring banks and payments companies into active change A rapidly transforming payments and funds transfer space, through the possibilities opened by digital technologies – is spurring incumbents to act.
26 September 2016
Wait and see mode risks successful implementation of MiFID II The 12 month delay of MiFID II has propelled many financial services organisations into a ‘wait and see’ mode, on the back of continuing uncertainty and project teams which are struggling to maintain momentum.
26 September 2016
Grant Thornton celebrates the success of social mobility measures Social mobility remains an issue in the UK, with many of society’s top roles filled by those from a background of privilege.
26 September 2016
Synechron acquires capital markets consultancy Cityfront Group Financial services consultancy Synechron has picked up Cityfront Group, an international systems integrator that specialises in technology solutions for the banking industry.
26 September 2016
Ramboll qualifies for San Francisco climate change response The City of San Francisco has hired Ramboll to develop a comprehensive response to risks posed to the city by cloudbursts and sea level rise – resulting from climate change.
26 September 2016

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