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

UK consulting market grows 7 per cent to £6 billion The UK consulting market recorded strong growth last year, growing by 6.6% to £6.02 billion, driven by growing demand across all sectors and functional areas.
10 March 2015
McKinsey: Polish economy can grow to €850 billion by 2025 The Polish economy can grow to $850 billion by 2025 if focus is placed on pulling up its socks toward higher productivity in key sectors, according to a recently released report from McKinsey & Compa
10 March 2015
Accenture buys Brazilian supply chain firm Gapso Accenture has acquired Gapso, a Brazil-based services and solutions provider specialised in operations and supply chain. Gaspo will be integrated into Accenture Analytics, part of Accenture Digital.
10 March 2015
Ricardo-AEA and Cascade agree services partnership Ricardo-AEA and Cascade have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sees the firms bundle their capabilities to provide improved services to their clients. Among others, Ricardo-AEA will have its water based offerings strengthened, while C
10 March 2015
David Paris joins litigation unit of Alvarez & Marsal Alvarez & Marsal has appointed David Paris as a Senior Director in its Economic Litigation Practice.
10 March 2015
Credit card firms leave millions in profit untapped Credit card companies are leaving additional profit potential untapped, reveals a study conducted by Simon-Kucher & Partners.
10 March 2015
7 consultancies in Fortune 100 best companies list Google, The Boston Consulting Group and Acuity are according to Fortune the best companies to work for. BCG is for the third year running the highest ranked consulting firm, with in total six other consultancies named in the prestigious
09 March 2015
CBIZ acquires benefits advisory Model Consulting CBIZ, one of the largest professional services firms in the United States, has acquired Pennsylvania-based Model Consulting. Nearly fifteen employees of the HR consultancy will be integrated into CBIZ’s HR advisory practice./
09 March 2015
Amey strikes 78 million IT services deal with CSC Engineering consulting firm Amey has signed a 7 year agreement valued at $78 million with global IT Services company CSC, who will deliver next-generation IT services to the consultancy.
09 March 2015
KPMG: UK businesses reluctant to stick head in cloud Despite the clear advantages of Cloud services, UK businesses show reluctance ‘sticking their head in the cloud’, research by KPMG shows, with 71% of these companies spending 10% or less on the cloud. According to the research, one of t
09 March 2015
Alsbridge adds four senior consultants to US team Global sourcing advisory Alsbridge has in recent months bolstered its team in the US with four new Managing Directors: Mike Slavin, Jenn Stein, Dan Bryan and Pat Casey. Two of the four new advisors join from outside the industry, with Stein and Cas
09 March 2015
Capgemini: Insurers struggle to please Generation Y Insurers are struggling worldwide with declining positive customer experience ratings, research by Capgemini and Efma shows. They are especially experiencing trouble to keep up with the increasing digital demands of Generation Y. To reverse the dec
09 March 2015
OC&C advises WorldStores on 25 million financing WorldStores, one of UK’s leading online furniture retailers, has received an investment of £25 million from a consortium of investors, led by US bank Goldman Sachs.
06 March 2015
Sia Partners grows sourcing footprint with deal Global consulting firm Sia Partners has recently acquired Sourcing France, a French-based procurement expert.
06 March 2015
KPMG Management Consulting adds 3 new CoEs The Management Consulting practice of professional services firm KPMG has launched three new global Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
06 March 2015
Consortium supports Indonesia with health care As part of the Indonesian government’s goal to provide all Indonesians with primary health care by 2019, under the right to Universal Health Coverage, a Dutch consortium has been charged with the execution of a feasibility study in the Yogyak
06 March 2015
Ecorys supports evaluation of Better Start initiative Consulting firm Ecorys has been selected to assist in the evaluation of Big Lottery Fund’s A Better Start initiative, set up to improve the life chances of thousands babies in the UK.
06 March 2015
Former PwC partner Jurga McCluskey joins Deloitte Deloitte has boosted its Immigration Practice in the UK with the appointment of former PwC Partner Jurga McCluskey. At Deloitte, McCluskey takes on the role of Partner and Head of the Immigration Services Group, a practice the firm aims at
06 March 2015
IT and training firms launch Lean IT Association A consortium of IT training and certification companies have launched a global association and performance standard for Lean IT.
05 March 2015
EFA selects Capita to lead education bursary schemes Capita has been reselected by the UK Education Funding Agency to manage three student support schemes. The schemes are set up by the Government to encourage students and adults to further educate themselves to improve their skills. The consulting f
05 March 2015
Grant Thornton appoints Business Development Senior Grant Thornton in the UK has appointed former PwC Manager Andrew Devonald as Senior Business Development Manager.
05 March 2015
PwC: European hotel business to flourish in 2015-2016 European hoteliers are expected to see higher growth in 2015 and 2016, PwC’s hotel forecast of 20 European cities shows.
05 March 2015
EY and Deloitte named best big company to work for Accounting and consulting giants EY and Deloitte have been named a 'Best Company to Work For' by the Sunday Times. The ranking recognises firms with the happiest and most motivated workforces. Sunday Times B
05 March 2015
A.T. Kearney: Banking transitioning to a digital world Banking is becoming dominated by tech savvy mobile technology using customers, a recent study by A.T. Kearney and Efma finds. Banks are finding themselves at different stages of preparedness for a potential new way of interacting with their custome
05 March 2015
Kienbaum and Berenschot agree Benelux partnership Global consultancy firm Kienbaum has agreed a partnership deal with Berenschot, a management consultancy based in the Netherlands.
04 March 2015
Former Logica advisor guilty to insider dealing Ryan Willmott, a former financial manager at IT-firm Logica, has pleaded guilty to insider trading. In the run to the deal, he irregularly dealt with shares, taking a profit of around £30,000.
04 March 2015
Gartner: 10 technologies to impact education in 2015 As traditional educational business models are expected to be challenged by digitalisation, educational institutions need to consider technologies from outside their industry, research by Gartner shows. The global research and consulting firm lists
04 March 2015
Harvard Professor boosts Cornerstone Research Harvard Business School Professor Stuart Gilson has affiliated himself with Cornerstone Research, a US-based economic consultancy. Gilson has been with Harvard for more than twenty years, and is regarded a leading expert in the area of financial ad
04 March 2015
Royal HaskoningDHV key in consent UK wind farms The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change has recently granted consent for the development of Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, the largest offshore wind farm of the world. Consulting firm Royal HaskoningDHV has played a key role in this consent by pr
04 March 2015
Four consulting firms win Pensions Age Awards Aon Hewitt, Capita, Crowe Clark Whitehill and Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) have been recognised for their excellent performance as pension providers during the Pension Age Awards. The four firms were among the 18 consulting fir
04 March 2015
17 consultancies partner with Mobile World Congress Yesterday the Mobile World Congress kicked off in Barcelona. More than thousand executives and professionals active in the broader mobile ecosystem have travelled to Barcelona, Spain, to stay on par with the latest trends and development
03 March 2015
Consulting market of Germany grows to €25 billion The German consulting market has grown by 6% last year to a value of €25.2 billion, reveals recent research form the German association of management consulting firms.
03 March 2015

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