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

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
RSM advises Kingstown Associates management buy-out Kingstown Associates vendors have been supported with corporate financial advice by RSM UK with respect to the management buy-out of the company.
22 December 2015
18 advisories Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality Eighteen consulting firms have been recognised as leaders in the area of workplace equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) employees by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation by scor
22 December 2015
Diversifying the Saudi economy to secure future growth The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has for many years enjoyed prosperity from liquid gold.
22 December 2015
Accenture: UK Christmas sentiment up on last year Christmas shopping sentiment rides high this year; 20% of consumers say they will spend more than last year and 36% say they will spend more than £250.
22 December 2015
80% of firms face lagging digital transformation maturity Eight out of ten companies are lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation, and are executing reactive, rather than active, digital strategies, research by Arthur D. Little shows.
22 December 2015
IBM: Cross industry innovation top concern for CxOs Uber-syndrome has grasped the imagination of CxOs across industries, a recent IBM report reveals.
21 December 2015
Oliver Wyman appoints 40 new partners in 14 countries On the back of a solid year Oliver Wyman has promoted 40 consultants to Partner, with the aim of boosting its service portfolio and capabilities. The new partners are based in 14 countries, including in the UK, the US, G
21 December 2015
Over 70 million people enjoy live sports events in UK More than 70 million people visited professional sporting events in the UK in 2015, up from 67 million in 2014, research by Deloitte Sports Business Group finds.
21 December 2015
EY moves into its new global headquarters in London Professional services firm EY has officially opened its new global headquarters at 6 More London Place in London.
21 December 2015
Alpha FMC wins European Consultant of the Year award Alpha FMC has been crowned European Consultant of the Year during the Funds Europe Awards 2015, in recognition of its commitment and service to the European funds industry.
21 December 2015
Operations management converging towards strategy Operations and strategy are coming closer together, a recent report from PwC finds.
21 December 2015
Multinationals expect to grow their expat assignments More than 40% of the multinationals expects an increase in expat activity in 2016, research by Mercer among more than 800 multinationals shows.
21 December 2015
Infosys launches FinTech and services centres in Ireland The FinTech industry in Ireland, already running hot from a wide range of government policies and investor interest, is set to gain another boost.
18 December 2015
PwC Legal expands global immigration practice presence PwC Legal is expanding its global immigration practice on the back of increased demand.
18 December 2015
Wayne Guay affiliates with Cornerstone Research Wayne Guay has affiliated with Cornerstone Research.
18 December 2015
New BCG NY office to create higher collision coefficient BCG New York is moving into the brand new 10 Hudson Yards 53 story skyscraper, occupying floors 42-47. The new space will have an open plan configuration with collaboration in mind.
18 December 2015
Arthur J. Gallagher buys insurance broker in New Zealand Insurance broker Reid Manson, situated in the central district of New Zealand’s South Island, has been acquired by the New Zealand subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, Crombie Lockwood.
18 December 2015
Gary Anthony and Shari Breuer join Huron Healthcare Huron Consulting has strengthened its healthcare practice with the appointment of Gary Anthony and Shari Breuer as managing directors. The new additions will allow the firm to better serve its clients with innovative healthcare solutions./em
18 December 2015
Atos plans to double its African operations in 5 years Atos wants to double its efforts in Africa over the coming five years, thereby expanding its personnel from the current 2,000 to around 5,000 employees.
18 December 2015
Deloitte supports cyber security MSc programme at DMU The threat to companies from cyber-crime is on the increase.
17 December 2015
Bain & Company and EY partner of Social Business Trust Social enterprises strive to provide social outcomes over profit, leveraging business operations to fund projects.
17 December 2015
Accenture buys Cimation to expand energy sector IIoT Accenture has picked up Cimation, an Industrial Internet of Things solutions provider for the resources industry.
17 December 2015
91% of banks recognise need for digitising retail banking Nine out of ten banks recognise the benefits of digitalisation for their retail business, research by BearingPoint shows.
17 December 2015
Cambridge Consultants develops sports learning tool Cambridge Consultants has designed a smart data collection technology, titled SparTag.
17 December 2015
Towers Watson appoints Tim Mitchell and Ed Wilson Towers Watson has appointed industry veterans Tim Mitchell and Ed Wilson as Senior Consultants in its Investment Practice in London. The two additions to the team follow the increasing demand for the firm’s organisational design consulting an
17 December 2015
Arcadis and UN-Habitat extend partnership up to 2017 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis and the UN-Habitat have extended their collaboration, which runs under the name ‘Shelter Programme’, to improve urban quality of life of people worldwide with two mo
17 December 2015
McKinsey acquires data analytics firm QuantumBlack McKinsey has acquire QuantumBlack Visual Analytics to tap into the growing demand for data analytics.
16 December 2015

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