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Consulting news in the UK | Page 324

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

Taylor Wimpey signs 5-year contract renewal with CGI CGI has signed a new agreement with Taylor Wimpey.
21 January 2016
Arup & Atkins JV wins Thames Tideway Tunnel contract To relieve the Thames river ecosystem of damaging raw sewage, and meet EU regulations, London is set to receive a major upgrade to its sewage system.
21 January 2016
Grant Thornton adds 3 Partners to Yorkshire practice Grant Thornton’s Yorkshire practice has appointed three new Partners as part of its regional expansion.
21 January 2016
European truck OEMs compete for aftersales market The European truck aftersales market is extremely profitable, and has traditionally been in the hands of OEMs.
21 January 2016
Mercer names 25 year veteran Martyn Phillips Partner Mercer, to meet increased demand in the UK pensions scheme risk transfer market and to further develop its Mercer Pension Risk Exchange, has appointed 25 year industry veteran Martyn Phillips as Part
20 January 2016
Capgemini launches identity as a service cyber security Cyber security remains a key problem for businesses large and small.
20 January 2016
CSC signs digital security contract with UK Atom Bank Atom Bank will be the UK’s first digital only bank, set to launch later this year, which will provide its services through mobiles.
20 January 2016
North Face, IBM and Fluid launch shopping experience The North Face is working together with Fluid and IBM to provide customers with an interactive shopping experience that helps them hone in on their specific clothing needs based on a series of questi
20 January 2016
DP World appoints Barnett Waddingham to P&O Pension Barnett Waddingham has been appointed to provide actuarial services to the P&O Pension Scheme. The £1.5 billion P&O Pension Scheme is, since its sale in 2006, linked to DP World. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
20 January 2016
Accenture: Consumer technology market growth stymied The consumer technology sector has boomed for a number of years on the back of new technologies, such as smartphones and tablets exploding onto the market.
20 January 2016
Randstad arm invests in Focus Orange platform Crunchr The venture fund of staffing giant Randstad has completed its Seed financing of the Technology unit of Focus Orange, a Netherlands-based human capital consulting firm.
19 January 2016
Capita to deliver North Yorkshire County Council LMS The North Yorkshire County Council has appointed Capita, following a competitive tender, to deliver a library management system (LMS) to the region’s council operated libraries.
19 January 2016
A.T. Kearney: RPA and BPaaS threatening outsourcing Outsourcing has for some decades now been a cornerstone of many corporate cost cutting measures, with highly educated and relatively cheap foreign countries providing a means to reduce back-office an
19 January 2016
UK business optimism rises heading into the new year Businesses across the globe are ever so slightly more optimistic about their country’s economic outlook going into the new year, research by Grant Thornton highlights.
19 January 2016
Marcus Bowser joins UK unit of Willis Towers Watson Marcus Bowser joins Willis Towers Watson as the UK Life Sales and Practice Leader.
19 January 2016
EY: Islamic banking growth on the increase across globe Islamic banking, termed participant banking, is outgrowing conventional banking in many of the world’s predominantly Islamic countries.
19 January 2016
Banking executive Giles Kenwright joins Delta Capita UK Delta Capita has recently boosted its partner team with Giles Kenwright, who joins from Morgan Stanley, where he headed the bank’s global Operations Technology unit.
18 January 2016
Retail banking industry risks massive revenue plunge Facing increased competition for the lending market from a variety of new market entrants, as well as incumbents, retail banks have set high digital ambitions.
18 January 2016
Millward Brown & comScore partner for brand analytics Millward Brown and comScore have partnered up to deliver a combined brand analytics programme to identify the end-to-end process of advertising campaigns, from the initial exposure to how that exposu
18 January 2016
Consumer sector trends to consider in the next 15 years The past 15 years have seen a considerable shakeup of the consumer industry as old players gave way to new ways of engaging consumers and doing business.
18 January 2016
Business confidence of UK Financial Directors declines UK CFO confidence is dipping slightly as global macro-economic conditions start to bite and uncertainty surrounding the upcoming EU referendum manifests.
18 January 2016
BearingPoint helps hospital deliver integrated business plan International consulting firm BearingPoint has assisted Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust draw up and integrate a new business plan.
16 January 2016
Jim Holtzclaw joins Marsh Risk Consulting as Senior VP Jim Holtzclaw has joined the Cyber Security Consulting and Advisory Services practice at Marsh Risk Consulting (MRC) as Senior Vice-President. He brings more than 34 years of professional experience to the consultancy, and will be charged with prov
15 January 2016
CGI strengthens the competitive advantage of UK Sport UK Sport has renewed its partnership with CGI with a multi-year contract, under which the consultancy will continue to work closely with the UK Sport Intelligence Team to unlock relevant information
15 January 2016
BDO expands footprint in West Africa with member firm BDO International has expanded its global network with the appointment of BDO Francophone West Africa.
15 January 2016
Leadership development fails to drive firm performance Organisations are investing heavily in leadership development, yet 55% say that they are not satisfied with the current leadership programmes.
15 January 2016
Oxera Consulting: Building affordable flood insurance In Europe, the risk of flooding is projected to increase due to climate change.
15 January 2016
10 performance improvement areas for Oil & Gas industry The low oil price has destabilised the business models of some of the oil and gas industry’s most established players, forcing them to cut costs to ensure their long-term survival.
14 January 2016
The top 40 countries for business process outsourcing India is still the number one country for business process outsourcing, followed by China and Malaysia, according to A.T. Kearney’s Global Services Location Index.
14 January 2016
KPMG: Retail sales growth unlikely to improve in 2016 2015 was a good year for consumers as real pay increased 2.8%.
14 January 2016
Accenture & Adobe expand alliance with digital marketing Accenture and Adobe are further expanding their global alliance through the joint development of technology services that provide clients with a means of achieving greater marketing performance and e
14 January 2016
Guy Carpenter names Head of Global Partners EMEA Guy Carpenter has boosted its management team with the appointment of Matthias Meyenhofer as Managing Director. As the firm’s Head of Global Partners EMEA, Meyenhofer is charged with further growing Guy Carpenter’s services provided to
14 January 2016

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