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

The ocean produces 2.5 trillion annual economic value The bounty of the ocean produces $2.5 trillion in gross marine product per year, a roughly 10% return on its asset value of $23 trillion.
31 August 2015
Grant Thornton CF advises on four deals in Yorkshire The corporate finance advisory team of Grant Thornton has advised on four deals in Yorkshire in a matter of days, including a management buyout, a sale and an acquisition. Looking forward, the business advisory firm expects the M&A appetite to
31 August 2015
Gassen Consulting joins Aspect partner programme Gassen Consulting, a Geneva and Singapore based consultancy, has been accepted to the partner programme of Aspect, a global provider of cloud commodity trade, risk management and market data solutions.
31 August 2015
James O'Riordan leads Deloitte Financial Services Deloitte UK has boosted its financial services team with the appointment of Senior Partner James O’Riordan as the new leader of its Financial Services practice. In addition, the firm also David Myers, David Rush and Neil Tomlinson, as respect
31 August 2015
5 forces that will reshape community pharmacy in UK Pharmacy is one of the foundational pillars of modern medicine, and many of today’s leading pharmaceutical companies can trace their origins back to a pharmacy entrepreneur.
31 August 2015
KM&T skydiving staff raise 1,700 for Myton Hospice Four staff members from KM&T management consulting have collected more than £1,700 for the Myton Hospices. The fundraising was achieved through the dare-devil event of sky-diving more than 13,000 ft, with the money to aid the people seein
28 August 2015
PwC Europe integrates Turkish organisation into network PwC Europe has expanded its network with PwC Turkey. The move adds a total of five offices, 34 Turkish partners and more than 1,300 staff to the holding company that already consists of national PwC firms in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Be
28 August 2015
Carnegie Mellon receives 35 million gift from TCS Global IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services has donated $35 million to US-based Carnegie Mellon University, stating that the aid marks a new era of partnerships between the two.
28 August 2015
BearingPoint strikes alliance with German BPM&O BearingPoint has formed an alliance with German management consultancy BPM&O.
28 August 2015
Price Bailey launches a corporate finance subsidiary Professional services firm Price Bailey has announced the formation of a new corporate finance subsidiary, dubbed 'Price Bailey Strategic Corporate Finance'. The new company combines the firm’s business strategy and corporate finance expertis
28 August 2015
McKinsey partner Don Painter joins Marakon in US Don Painter has been hired by Marakon, a management consulting practice at Charles River Associates, as Director. After more than 20 years in consulting and more than 30 years in the energy sector, Painter is set to strengthen and lead Mar
28 August 2015
Fashion retailers continue to struggle with omnichannel TopShop, Wallis and Miss Selfridge are, according to consultancy Kurt Salmon, the best performing fashion retailers when it comes to omnichannel.
27 August 2015
Smart City market revenues to grow to $2 trillion by 2020 Smart City revenues are expected increase by almost 14% in the coming years, growing to $2 trillion by 2020, research by Arthur D. Little shows.
27 August 2015
UK-based Peter Bryan & Co merges with Prager Metis Accounting and advisory firm Prager Metis has boosted its UK offering through the merger with High-Net-Worth Individual focused firm Peter Bryan & Co. As a result of the deal, Peter Bryan & Co’s employees and tw
27 August 2015
PwC adds two partners to UK Corporate Finance team PwC has boosted its Corporate Finance team with the appointment of two new Equity Partners: Jon Shelley and Charles Johnson-Ferguson. According to PwC, the promotions reflect its ambition to support and grow its local markets and meet client and in
27 August 2015
Baker Tilly Berk advises on Bosch Automotive | TTA deal Bosch in the Netherlands has acquired the software and engineering business of TTA International. Baker Tilly Berk, the Dutch member firm of Baker Tilly International, acted as the lead advisor to seller TTA, while buyer Bosc
27 August 2015
Roland Berger seeks steel plant site in Dharwad, India As part of its further expansion, the global steel titan Arcelor-Mittal has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Steel Authority of India to construct a ‘Cold Rolling Mill Downstream Finishi
27 August 2015
KPMG buys human rights consulting firm Banarra KPMG Australia has acquired human rights consultancy Banarra. The deal will boost the firm’s portfolio of risk advisory services and align its client offering with its corporate citizenship work. Founder Richard Boele and his 10 consultants w
27 August 2015
Online consultants platform Expert360 gets 4 million Expert360 is an s-commerce site that aims to connect professional service contractors from consulting and finance to project-based work on a flexible basis.
26 August 2015
Four external firms support Hearthside | VSI transaction Hearthside Food Solutions, one of the largest independent bakeries in the US, has established a significant footprint in Europ with the acquisition of VSI, an in the Netherlands based manufacturer of
26 August 2015
Amey and Arup to design smart highway programme Arup and Amey have jointly been awarded a £25 million contract by Highways England to provide major traffic management improvements to a number of junctions along the M1.
26 August 2015
Huron Consulting Group appoints new Chief Marketing Huron Consulting Group has recently appointed Debbie Murphy as Corporate Vice-President and its new Chief Marketing Officer. Murphy, who joins from Zebra Technologies, will be charged with leading the firm’s global brand development and marke
26 August 2015
Six tips for extracting more value from big data Andy Crossley, a management consultant at Oakland Consulting, provides six tips how organisations can extract more value from the data – big or small. 1.
26 August 2015
EY buys Manufacturing Intelligence firm Entegreat EY has acquired the systems consulting and integration business of Manufacturing Intelligence firm Entegreat. The addition of the Entegreat’s advanced analytics expertise, will, according to the firm, boost its smart manufacturing services.
26 August 2015
Deloitte UK doubles in past decade, Advisory key driver Professional services firm Deloitte UK has grown its revenue to £2.7 billion in its latest financial year, driven by double-digit growth in its consulting division.
25 August 2015
UK based CFO / Financial Director earns 176.000 euro Financial directors, or CFOs, based in UK and Ireland earn well above the global average – taking home around €176.300 per year, research from recruitment specialist Michael Page finds.
25 August 2015
Willis Group & Towers Watson agree 18 billion merger Towers Watson and Willis Group Holdings have agreed to a merger deal valued at $18 billion.
25 August 2015
Redington promotes 3 advisors to Managing Director Investment consultancy Redington recently promoted three of its professionals to Managing Director: Dan Mikulskis, Pete Drewienkiewicz and Mitesh Sheth. According to the firm, the key promotions reflect its growth strategy. Founded in
25 August 2015
PwC partners with US based cyber security firm Tanium PwC and IT services firm Tanium signed a strategic alliance to combine PwC’s security expertise with Tanium’s technology. The deal sees PwC introduce new Tanium Accelerators to its Cyber Security Practice in a bid to provide its clients
25 August 2015
German management consulting market grows 6% 2014 was another strong year for management consulting firms in Germany, reveals a new study conducted among 65 consultancies active in the country.
25 August 2015
Balancing complexity versus simplicity is key in manufacturing Manufacturing businesses have over the years become more complex on the back of growing international competition from increasingly sophisticated competitors, as well as the multivariate expectations
25 August 2015
Culture impacts strategy and corporate governance Board members remain a key source of cultural influence within corporate entities, a recent Grant Thornton report highlights.
24 August 2015

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