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Consulting news in the UK | Page 320

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

Operations arm of UN strikes social alliance with BCG The United Nations Office for Project Services has agreed a partnership with the Boston Consulting Group.
24 February 2016
John Lewis hires Mace to fit its Victoria Gate store in Leeds The newly developed Victoria Gate in Leeds is expected to open later this year, creating 1,000 jobs and a lasting architectural icon.
24 February 2016
Marsh launces Cyber ECHO: insurance for excess Cybercrime High profile cyber breaches have become more and more common, and can be costly events for the companies involved – sometimes running into the hundreds of millions in losses.
24 February 2016
KPMG acquires Australian FinTech company Markets IT Accounting and consulting giant KPMG has acquired Markets IT for an undisclosed sum.
24 February 2016
6 consulting firms in Fortune Most Admired Companies Tech giants Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon are according to Fortune and Korn Ferry Hay Group the globe’s most admired companies.
23 February 2016
Alma Consulting Group and Lowendalmasai rebrand as Ayming Consulting firms Alma Consulting Group and Lowendalmasaï have, following the completion of their integration roadmaps, rebranded as Ayming.
23 February 2016
Accenture expands financial services blockchain footprint Blockchain technology is estimated to have the potential to save the financial services industry up to $20 billion by 2021.
23 February 2016
Laura Mersinger Chief Marketing Officer of Alsbridge Sourcing advisory firm Alsbridge has appointed Laura Mersinger to the role of Chief Marketing Officer, a newly crafted role within the firm.
23 February 2016
Magic Quadrant: Operational Risk Management Solutions Analyst and research firm Gartner has released the latest edition of its Magic Quadrant for ‘Operational Risk Management Solutions’.
23 February 2016
Alvarez & Marsal expands operations into Scandinavia Professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal has launched a Nordics practice.
22 February 2016
Bain & Company Digital strikes alliance with CrunchBase Consulting firm Bain & Company has struck an alliance with CrunchBase, a platform dubbed the Wikipedia for information on corporates and small businesses around the world.
22 February 2016
New regulations are driving payments innovation in UK The PSD2 (Payments Services Directive 2) and Open API (application programming interface) standards in banking will come into force in the UK (and the wider EU) within two years.
22 February 2016
Capgemini Consulting buys innovation expert Fahrenheit 212 Capgemini Consulting has acquired innovation process development company Fahrenheit 212.
22 February 2016
UK alternative finance market nearly doubles to 3.2 billion The alternative finance market has enjoyed explosive growth since it arrived on the scene and today a range of platforms provide among others lending, crowdfunding and donation services to business a
22 February 2016
Rebecca Emerson leads UK operations of Oliver Wyman Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has named Rebecca Emerson as Managing Director of its UK operations. Rebecca Emerson has over 20 years of working experience.
22 February 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
Orange and Atos partner to ramp up smartphone security Atos and Orange have agreed a strategic alliance aimed at jointly delivering secure smartphone services to clients and customers.
19 February 2016
KPMG UK partner John Floods joins Big Four rival EY EY has appointed John Floods as Partner and leader of the firm’s EMEIA Wealth & Asset Management Performance Improvement practice.
19 February 2016
Boston Consulting Group Marketing embraces Parametric Art The Boston Consulting Group has turned to algorithms for its company-wide branding.
19 February 2016
EY and DDI strike alliance to develop future leaders EY and Development Dimensions International has partnered up to bolster their joint strengths in leadership selection, training and development.
18 February 2016
Financial fines of banks reaches 150 billion in 5 years Financial institutions have coped a lot of flak in recent years, following their dubious activity resulting in the financial crisis as well as a range of fraudulent activities on the heels of the cri
18 February 2016
Ashlin Noonan joins Woking consulting team of Mercer Mercer has appointed Ashlin Noonan as a Senior Investment Consultant to its Woking consulting team.
18 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
Blueprint and Capgemini deepen their existing partnership Capgemini and Blueprint Software Systems have announced a deepening of their partnership to deliver scalable enterprise solutions to clients.
18 February 2016
Executives in financial services anticipate more shut-eye Financial services industry executives are being faced with an increasingly complex landscape.
17 February 2016
Ecorys reviews Nottingham Priority Families Programme The Nottingham City Council and community stakeholders have developed a programme to reach out to priority families with the aim of mitigating long term family and social problems.
17 February 2016
New Partners for Grant Thornton Financial Services Advisory Grant Thornton has bolstered its Financial Services Advisory practice with two new partners: Alex Ellerton and David Morrey.
17 February 2016
Cognizant supports Mizuho with blockchain implementation The promise of blockchain technology has been hyped as revolutionary in the area of digital currencies and international payments.
17 February 2016
PwC to add 1,000 data scientists to its Deals practice To provide deeper analytic insights for the M&A market, PwC has announced it will in the coming two years add more than 1,000 data science specialists to its Deals business.
17 February 2016
Competition for M&A in insurance industry heating up Merger and acquisition activity in the insurance industry is forecasted to rise in 2016, according to a new study by Willis Towers Watson in collaboration with Mergermarket.
17 February 2016
Odgers Berndtson launches interim consulting practice International executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has launched a new arm that, according to the firm, will compete with some of the most renowned names in the consulting industry.
16 February 2016
KPMG study paints a bullish outlook for M&A in US M&A deal value last year reached record numbers in the US.
16 February 2016

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