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Consulting news in the UK | Page 349

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

BDO US and Cross, Fernandez & Riley merge in Florida Professional services firm BDO US has decided to merge with accounting firm Cross, Fernandez & Riley in Florida, which acted as the firm’s Orlando office between 1970 and 2000.
29 July 2015
Marty Rose heads up US operations of Holley Holland Financial services specialist Holley Holland has hired Marty Rose to head up the firm’s US activities. Rose will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has been tasked with expanding the consultancy’s foo
28 July 2015
Dicitas: Digitalisation transforms business ecosystem Consumer demand and lower cost profiles are driving a move towards digitalisation. According to Dicitas Consulting, businesses need to treat their digitalisation process as a transformation of the entire business, and not as a siloed process.
28 July 2015
EY launches Global Innovation Centre in Madrid, Spain Professional services firm EY has opened a Global Innovation Centre in Madrid, Spain.
28 July 2015
Accenture Digital buys technology studio Chaotic Moon Accenture has decided to acquire Austin-based Chaotic Moon, a creative technology studio that creates and develops user-cantered experiences, to continue growing its digital design and innovation capabilities. The terms of the deal have no
28 July 2015
8 advisories shortlisted for Oracle Partner of the Year On 15 October 2015, the annual UKOUG Partner of the Year awards will be organised at The Waldorf Hilton in London.
28 July 2015
Corporate banking revenue to reach 2.8 trillion by 2020 Total global corporate banking revenue is expected to grow to $2.8 trillion by 2020, research by the Boston Consulting Group shows. According to the firm, revenue growth is expected to increase for the industry across all regions, with the Asian-Pa
28 July 2015
Solar can provide 12% of 2030 European energy By 2030, 10%-14% of energy capacity in Europe will be from solar, research by Roland Berger shows. This is the result from the continued cost reduction of the solar technology combined with the increased uptake of the technology residentially. Acco
28 July 2015
Frits Stulp leads consulting department of Iperion Iperion, a boutique professional services firm in the Netherlands, has named Frits Stulp Managing Director of its consulting business. The experienced advisor joins from Mesa Arch Consulting, his own consultancy, and pre
27 July 2015
UK bank Atom partners with FIS for digital banking FIS has partnered with the new UK banking entrant Atom, whose wholly digital offering is being prepared for launch. The new digital banking player will offer an app based solution to clients, with its backend run through
27 July 2015
B2B e-commerce market to reach 6.7 trillion by 2020 The B2B e-commerce network will generate $6.7 trillion in revenue by 2020, a report from Frost & Sullivan into the developing distribution platform finds.
27 July 2015
Oliver Wyman: Improve freshness to reduce waste Of the seven truckloads of the fresh perishable food delivered to a supermarket, one is thrown out.
27 July 2015
Industry 4.0 to add 550 billion to European revenue Industry 4.0 is set to transform the competitiveness of European industries, adding €550 billion over five years in revenues, a study from PwC finds. To transform to the industry 4.
27 July 2015
Grant Thornton: Hotel sector to enter digital talent war The hotel industry will need to take up arms in the ‘digital talent war’ to develop innovative digital offerings to attract and retain customers and personalise their experience in the near term, res
27 July 2015
Deloitte: Biggest obstacles to GOV digital transformation Service delivery to citizens is likely to involve both digital and physical channels in the future, with local governments adding digital service channels on the back of cost pressures, citizen deman
27 July 2015
Trustech: Innovation to add value to revenue of NHS The NHS contains a wealth of ideas that have the potential to generate commercial revenue stream for the service, an from North West NHS Innovation Hub Trustech highlights.
24 July 2015
Successful IT makeovers are aligned, agile & affordable As customers are becoming more digitally savvy and digital operations more cost effective, many businesses are transforming or planning to transform their operations.
24 July 2015
Kurt Salmon: Investing in omni-channel ship-from-store UK retailers are investing heavily in the development of a mobile and omni-channel retail experience for their customers, research report by Retail Week and Kurt Salmon finds.
24 July 2015
Towers Watson: UK pensions reforms not understood As a result of the UK pension reforms, those aged 55 and over have considerable more options to put their pension savings to work, or lose them.
24 July 2015
Care.com boosts loyalty members with IBM Commerce Online healthcare marketplace Care.
24 July 2015
Deloitte Advisory buys life science compliance firm CIS Deloitte Advisory has bought life sciences compliance consulting firm Compliance Implementation Services.
23 July 2015
Former PwC Partner Michael Spiteri joins Elixirr FS team London-based consultancy Elixirr has boosted its Partner team with the appointment of Michael Spiteri.
23 July 2015
Accenture partner of youth led pop-up supermarket Tomorrow the Supa Academy Hack 2015 kicks off in London.
23 July 2015
BCG launches not-for-profit Centre for Public Impact The impact of government programmes is becoming increasingly important to citizens.
23 July 2015
Shareholders increasingly challenge firm M&A strategy The number of litigations on M&A deals has increased massively in recent years, with 93% of deals challenged by litigation in 2014, research by Cornerstone Research shows.
23 July 2015
Roland Berger: Global mining industry holds $91 billion in cash The mining industry 'sits' on a pile of cash the size of $90 billion, research by Roland Berger shows.
23 July 2015
ZS: Large company sales professionals to move inside Sales professionals in large high-tech companies will increasingly move inside, research from ZS Associates finds.
22 July 2015
8 imperatives for organising R&D to drive innovation To create a smooth R&D process for businesses, focus needs to be placed on creating a supportive leadership, governance and organisational structure, research by Arthur D. Little shows.
22 July 2015
Javelin supports re-launch of Lakeland ecommerce site To drive up ecommerce sales and to improve its back-end functionality, kitchenware business Lakeland recently commissioned its long term systems integration partner Javelin Group to update its websit
22 July 2015
Schouten Global and CrossKnowledge join forces Schouten Global, a global training and talent development specialist, has agreed a global partnership with digital learning provider CrossKnowledge. As part of the alliance, the firms will bundle their expertise, enabling them to offer joint blende
22 July 2015
PwC: Cyber breaches cost UK organisations billions Cyber security breaches continue to cause UK organisations a pounding headache. Nine in ten (90%) large organisations and 74% of small organisations are affected, recent research by PwC finds.
22 July 2015
Ricardo-AEA explores business role in wildlife safety The illegal ivory trade more than doubled since 2007 and more than tripled since its last peak in 1998. In the past three years, more than 100,000 African Elephants were killed. To tackle the issue, the European Commission is exploring the role bus
22 July 2015

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