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

Persistent floods cost India billions in uninsured losses The human and economic costs of natural disasters can be considerable.
05 January 2016
PKF Littlejohn: Fraud costs NHS over 5 billion a year Fraud and error cost the global healthcare system around £299 billion, a recent study claims.
05 January 2016
Business students dropping banking career aspirations The banking industry is losing popularity among business students as more and more are turning to software and computer services.
05 January 2016
London, Reading and Manchester top economic growth The UK’s economic forecast is relatively gloomy as various macro-economic factors see consumer power further eroded over the coming years.
04 January 2016
Islamic finances face massive demand boom in Africa Africa is expected to see a massive population boom, many of whom will grow up Islamic. As such, demand for Islamic products and services on the continent are expected to rise in the coming years.
04 January 2016
Oliver Wyman 20x more expensive than Deloitte Bulgaria Over the past months, three consulting firms, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte and Mazars, bid against each other to win a major bank stress testing project for the Bulgarian central bank.
04 January 2016
Mercer: Female representation at managerial level lags Women still face considerable barriers at almost all levels of business. Globally, 38% of professionals are female, with stepwise decreases across higher ranks, research by Mercer shows.
04 January 2016
Canada blows its combatant ship budget out of water The price of war is set to cost the Canadian tax payer dearly as the cost of building 15 surface combatant ships for the navy balloons more than $16 billion to reach $30 billion.
31 December 2015
Jon Goulding co-leads Alvarez & Marsal US West Region Jon Goulding has been promoted to co-lead the Alvarez & Marsal US West Region with current leader Bill Kosturos. Goulding has been with the company since 2002, and brings more than 18 years of professional services experience to the role.
31 December 2015
BCG launches xChange to improve shipping efficiency Unnecessary waste in the shipping container supply chain, where empty containers are ferried to places of demand, is costing carriers money, time and effort, while also affecting the environment.
30 December 2015
IBM scores 3 all-star partnerships for sporting Watson IBM has partnered up with three US-based tech start-ups, Triax TechnologiesTM, Spare5 and 113 Industries.
30 December 2015
Alpha FMC partners with AfriKids as Charity of the Year Consulting firm Alpha FMC has partnered with charity and social enterprise AfriKids.
30 December 2015
Scottish Government awards CGI electronic election deal In a bid to improve the efficiency of counting ballots for the 2017 Scottish local authority elections, the Scottish Government has awarded CGI a £6.
29 December 2015
Deloitte poaches sales expert Andy Lees from Capgemini Andy Lees, Capgemini’s former Global Sales Officer for the financial services industry, has joined Deloitte’s UK financial services team as Partner.
29 December 2015
Succession planning for leadership roles remains issue In a series of four articles on Consultancy.
29 December 2015
UK Generation Z wants more emphasis on cyber security Almost half (43%) of UK’s Generation Z want more focus on fighting cybercrime than on real-world crime, research by PA Consulting Group shows.
28 December 2015
Arup supports V&A's new Europe 1600-1815 galleries The Victoria and Albert Museum recently opened its new galleries dedicated to the arts of living in Europe between 1600 and 1815.
28 December 2015
Only 7% of companies have fully digitised organisations While the benefits of digitalisation are increasingly clear, the road towards becoming a truly digital organisation is for many companies a difficult and long journey to embark on.
28 December 2015
West Monroe and nCino partner to offer cloud banking US-based nCino, a fast growing company that provides banking management system, has struck a partnership with West Monroe Partners.
28 December 2015
Gartner: Indian tech industry catching up global trends The IT landscape in India is looking more and more like that of the developed world.
28 December 2015
Ted Moynihan Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman FS Oliver Wyman has promoted Ted Moynihan to Managing Partner of the Financial Services business.
28 December 2015
Arcadis secures major contract with Manchester Airport The Manchester Airports Group has appointed Arcadis as Managed Service Provider for the Manchester Airport Transformation Programme.
24 December 2015
EY hires Charlotte Nordberg as Director Client Services EY has boosted its financial services team with the addition of Charlotte Nordberg as a Director of Client Services for Scotland and North England.
24 December 2015
Mace employees select Mind as Charity of the Year 2016 Mental health charity Mind has been selected as Charity of the Year 2016 for the Mace Foundation.
24 December 2015
McKinsey: Demystifying the agile innovation hackathon As a result of the rapidly changing business environment, established companies are finding themselves left behind as smart competitors use newly available technologies to disrupt markets.
24 December 2015
Strategy&: The US and UK lead in omni-channel maturity Omni-channel development has undergone rapid proliferation, particularly in the US, UK and Australia, which score the highest on Strategy&’s Global Omni-channel Retail Index.
23 December 2015
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Centennial Insurance Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired US West based Centennial Insurance Agency for an undisclosed sum as part of inorganic expansion in the US.
23 December 2015
Roland Berger runs 2nd telco industry tender Myanmar Myanmar has hired Roland Berger to run another tender process for a telco licence to the country’s market.
23 December 2015
Mercer picks up two pensions experts from rival KPMG As part of Mercer’s expansion in the UK, which has seen it hire sixteen people in recent months, the firm has poached two KPMG pensions experts, Stephen Budge and Tejas Patel.
23 December 2015
Accenture grant to equip 50,000 youth with job skills Accenture has committed a $5 million grant to Youth Business International, to be used to equip 50,000 youth worldwide with entrepreneurial skills.
23 December 2015
Royal HaskoningDHV supports Danish proton therapy To provide cancer patients with specialised radiation treatment options, the Danish Parliament approved the Danish National Particle Centre, which will house Denmark’s first proton particle therapy c
23 December 2015
Andrew Lansley takes on health role at Bain & Company Andrew Lansley, former UK Secretary of State for Health, has taken on a parttime role within the Healthcare Practice at Bain & Company.
22 December 2015

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