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

Restructuring Officer in high demand, says advisory The importance of Chief Restructuring Officers has significantly increased in the past 10 years, with many believing their deployment to increase even further in the next decade, research by Roland B
20 May 2015
KPMG coolest company to work for in New York City Professional services firm KPMG in the US has been named a coolest company to work for in New York. KPMG’s ranking is part of HR company O.C. Tanner’s top 10 coolest companies list, which has been compiled from a survey among 20,000 emp
20 May 2015
AGFA hires Hymans Robertson as scheme actuary The Trustee of the Agfa-Gevaert UK Group Pension Plan has appointed pensions and risk consultancy Hymans Robertson as actuarial and investment consultant.
20 May 2015
Eight pricing and portfolio tips for telecom executives Ekkehard Stadie and Kajetan Zwirglmaier, consultants at Simon-Kucher & Partners, explore how operators can counter the effects of declining prices and product development challenges.
20 May 2015
EY appoints Donald Forsyth as Assurance Partner EY has boosted its Inverness office in Scotland with the appointment of Donald Forsyth, former Senior Partner of Scott-Moncrieff, as Assurance Partner. According to the firm, the addition of Forsyth reflects the firm’s expansion and investmen
20 May 2015
Accenture advisor Dominic Tritton joins Moorhouse UK consultancy firm Moorhouse has added Dominic Tritton to its team. Tritton, who takes on the role of Principal within the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms practice, transfers from rival Accenture./span
19 May 2015
Accenture buys Javelin Group, adds 160 retail advisors Accenture has acquired retail management consultancy Javelin Group. Approximately 160 professionals across offices in the UK and France will transfer to Accenture and be integrated into the firm’s Strategy business
19 May 2015
4 consulting firms in top 30 most innovative companies Accenture, Capgemini, CGI and IBM have been recognised as top innovative companies in the UK by Market Gravity. The firms have been listd in the 'Top 30 most innovative companies' ranking, based on the company&rsquo
19 May 2015
BearingPoint elects Peter Mockler as Managing Partner The partners of the BearingPoint have re-elected Peter Mockler as the firm’s Global Managing Partner. The German origin Mockler, who has been at the helm of BearingPoint since the buyout in 2009, leading the firm t
19 May 2015
Alvarez & Squarefield support Enkco Foodgroup buyout The management of Enkco Foodgroup, a Dutch-based manufacturer of meat and vegetarian food products, has jointly with private equity firm Gilde Buy Out Partners revealed plans to execute a buyout. With the venture-backed
19 May 2015
goetzpartners opens office in Milan, 12th globally German management consultancy goetzpartners has earlier this year opened a new office in Milan, Italy. To head the practice goetzpartners has hired Claudio Stabon, a former McKinsey and Bain advisor, and Giovanni Calia, who joined from EY and previ
19 May 2015
BCG: UK internet economy the largest of the G-20 The UK internet economy is the largest of the G-20 countries as percentage of GDP, with the UK expecting to hold on to this leading position in 2016, research by The Boston Consulting Group shows. In the past 10 years, internet usage in the G-20 co
19 May 2015
McKinsey & Company buys design consultancy Lunar With a focus on carefully designed user experiences able to propel companies from underdogs to market leaders, recent years has seen large companies buy up or add design practices to stave off well d
18 May 2015
PwC: Internet of Things to grow to 9 trillion by 2020 The Internet of Things market is set to grow to around $9 trillion by 2020, with up to 30 billion devices connected a recent report from PwC highlights. Especially the energy/utilities, construction/infrastructure and re
18 May 2015
UK leaders underestimate aging population, warns EIU The coming years will see changes in demographics as the European population ages. In a recent survey of European executives, UK respondents were found neither to be taking advantage of their opportunity to transform the
18 May 2015
NL pulls in 14 million tourists, Amsterdam popular In 2014 nearly 14 million tourists visited the Netherlands – up nearly 9% on the year before and up 40% on the 10 million that visited in 2005.
18 May 2015
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority re-hires Capita The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, responsible for the nuclear clean-up in the UK, has extended its IT contract with Capita for another two years.
18 May 2015
FTI Consulting names Lester Pereira Managing Director FTI Consulting has boosted its Governance, Risk & Regulation Practice in the EMEA with the appointment of wholesale banking expert Lester Pereira as Managing Director. Pereira will be based in London and focus on supporting clients with regulat
18 May 2015
Accenture: Proactive strategies improve cyber security Companies that tackle cyber security proactively, the so-called Leapfrog companies, are able to attain improved security effectiveness, research by Accenture and Ponemon Institute shows. According to the firms, companies wishing to improve their se
18 May 2015
BCG selects four winners of EyeEM precision contest The first mission from the collaboration between photography community EyeEM and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has been judged by BCG’s designers.
15 May 2015
Aon Hewitt advises Lehman on 675m pension buy-in Aon Hewitt has helped secure a £675 million buy-in transaction for the trustees of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme with Rothesay Life. The transaction – the biggest bulk annuity deal of the year so far &nd
15 May 2015
Capco opens new office in Singapore, third in Asia Global consulting firm Capco has opened an office in Singapore, its third in Asia. Looking forward, the financial services consultancy and technology specialist aims at replicating the trajectory of its Hong Kong office,
15 May 2015
Advisory firm EY sponsors the Irish Hockey League EY has signed an exclusive sponsorship with the newly formed Irish Hockey League, kicking off in September 2015.
15 May 2015
Christoph Kaserer joins Oxera in Berlin as Associate Economics consultancy Oxera has strengthened its German team with the addition of Christoph Kaserer. The financial advisory expert joins Oxera’s Berlin office as an Associate. With offices in the UK (Oxford, London), Belgium and
15 May 2015
Accenture and Entreculturas equipping 95,000 youth Accenture and Entreculturas Foundation have successfully equipped 95,000 young Latin American people with the skills needed to secure employment or become an entrepreneur.
15 May 2015
IBM partners with Medtronic to improve diabetes care IT giant IBM and medical technology firm Medtronic are partnering up to develop a new generation of personalised diabetes management solutions. By combining diabetes medical devices and health data with analytics and cognitive computing the partner
15 May 2015
First Consulting supports Expereo with business model Expereo together with First Consulting is radically transforming its sales and procurement processes.
14 May 2015
Stevan Rolls candidate for HR Director of the Year Stevan Rolls, UK Head of HR of Deloitte, has been nominated for the HR Director of the Year 2015 award. This award, which will be handed out to the HR professional that made the most important impact on their organisation in the last year, is part
14 May 2015
Innov8 Imperial wins McKinsey Venture Academy 2015 The Innov8 team has won this year’s McKinsey Venture Academy competition, set up to help budding social enterprise ideas come to fruition.
14 May 2015
PwC & Rosslyn Analytics enter in business relationship PwC and Rosslyn Analytics recently announced a joint business relationship that will see the two companies bundle their strengths to help clients improve their big data exploitation. The service is set to help clients advance operations, compe
14 May 2015
New Cambridge Consultants tool monitors rental cars Cambridge Consultants has developed a service for car hiring companies that tracks and monitors the car during the entire hiring period, to allow for a clear picture of what went on during the hire period. The wireless app-based DropTag DRIVE servi
14 May 2015
Infosys: Insurers must focus digital efforts on clients Insurers should focus their digital investment more on their customer experience in order to drive their wanted business growth, research by Infosys shows. With the customer more and more in control, insurance companies should adapt to this, making
14 May 2015

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