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Consulting news in the UK | Page 410

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

FS advisor Investance expands in Hong Kong & India Investance, an international consulting firm that specializes in the financial services industry, has opened two new offices in Hong Kong and Mumbai, India. The FSI specialist is already active in bo
18 January 2013
Catalyst Corporate Finance advised Celerant - Hitachi deal In early January, the international consulting firm Celerant Consulting was acquired by Hitachi Consulting. During the transaction Celerant Consulting was financially advised by Catalyst Cor
14 January 2013
Sikich buys supply chain office Achieve Consultancy The American accountancy and advisory firm Sikich has taken over Achieve consulting, a boutique supply chain consultancy. Approximately 10 consultants are transferred to Sikich.
11 January 2013
OC&C, KPMG and E&Y guiding ATPI Mgt. buy-out The ownership of corporate travel management company ATP International Group (ATPI) has changed for the third time in six years. This time the management of the firm decided to perform a management buy-out (MBO) from its shareholder, private equity fir
10 January 2013
Roland Berger: Global growth of the metro networks The global railway market is not really suffering from the economic crisis. The growth in this sector can be mainly ascribed to the strong emergence of metro networks worldwide. This can be concluded from a study by Rolan
10 January 2013
Accenture wins global HR BPO assignment Unilever Accenture has won a large five-year HR business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with Unilever. More than 130,000 Unilever employees, spread over 100 countries, will in the coming years make use of Accenture's HR servic
09 January 2013
Government investigates scandal with foreign aid budget The British government has ordered an emergency audit after The Telegraph revealed that hundreds of millions of foreign aid budget has been spent on expensive consultants. Last year alone more than £500 million was paid to consultants, while the
08 January 2013
Alvarez and Marsal entering HR consulting market Financial advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has decided to enter the HR consulting market. In the US, Alvarez & Marsal recently launched the division ‘Executive Benefits Consulting’, a serv
08 January 2013
Deloitte Consulting buys HR analytics office Bersin Deloitte Consulting has bought Bersin & Associates, a HR advisory firm that specializes in HR benchmarking and analytics. Bersin & Associates will be integrated into the HR advi
07 January 2013
McKinsey: Stuttgart 21 turns out to be a huge nightmare The renovation of the Central Station of Stuttgart is likely to become one of the largest European infrastructure nightmares of the past decade. In the late nineties, when the massive renovation was budgeted, the total cost to transform the train stati
04 January 2013
Protiviti is taking over SharePoint specialist SusQtech International consulting firm Protiviti has bought SusQtech, an American ICT advisory firm that specializes in Microsoft SharePoint. With the acquisition of SusQtech, Protiviti expands its ability to
04 January 2013
British merging of consulting firm BDO and PKF The British practices of BDO and PKF are merging. The merged firm is continuing under the name BDO. Because of this merging, BDO has 3.500 employees, divided over 19 offices, making this firm almost as large as
03 January 2013
Celerant Consulting acquired by Hitachi Consulting Hitachi Consulting has bought international advisory firm Celerant Consulting. The acquisition of Celerant Consulting follows Hitachi's recently announced strategy aimed at building its global management con
03 January 2013
McKinsey: Electric cars will be half cheaper in 2025 The strategy consultants from McKinsey & Company assess that the price of EV batteries will decrease significantly in the coming years. The production will be optimized, the scale of production will be increase
28 December 2012
Altran buys German car engineering specialist IndustrieHansa Altran has bought German car engineering specialist IndustrieHansa. Because of the acquisition of this car engineering specialist from in Munchen, Germany will be the second-largest market for Altran after France. The a hre
24 December 2012
Arthur D. Little: Buying a car online is becoming normal The car industry can capture much more benefit from e-commerce. Although the sector still leans on its traditional business model centred on physical sales, consumers globally are increasingly willing to buy their car online. This can be concluded from
21 December 2012
Ecofys develops Emission Trading Schemes map Together with the International Carbon Action Partnership, Ecofys has launched the Emissions Trading Schemes (ICAP).
19 December 2012
Booz buys Axon Advisory and launches Booz Digital Booz & Company has bought Axon Advisory Partners, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in digital advisory. The consultants will be integrated into a newly launched department called Boo
18 December 2012
Aiman Ezzat nominated CFO at Capgemini Group On the 12th of December, 2012, Capgemini nominated Aiman Ezzat (51) to be its new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ezzat, who currently is the CEO of Capgemini's Financial Services Global Business Unit, was chosen by
14 December 2012
Clear2pay helps BNY Mellon with payment services Investment management service provider BNY Mellon has hired Clear2Pay to support the transformation of its Treasury Services business. Clear2Pay will implement an Enterprise Payment Hub (EPH) and support BNY Mellon with f
13 December 2012
Rusnano pays Bain 1 million euros for a new strategy The Russian nanotechnology firm Rusnano (‘Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies’) has hired Bain & Company to create a new strategy and strategic roadmap. The Moscow office of Bain won the tender in c
13 December 2012
Lufthansa Consulting helps Iraqi government with airport Lufthansa Consulting has signed a large contract with the Iraqi Government.The German management consulting branche of the aviation company will support Iraq with the further development of Mosul International Airport,the largest airport in North-Weste
13 December 2012
Advisory firm pleads for euro and guilder at the same time The European Union should allow for a dual currency system. According to the consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group, struggling countries should be given the flexibility to introduce national currencies alongside the Euro. The l
13 December 2012
Altran delivers global engineering services to Bosch Bosch has appointed Altran as its strategic partner in the area of global engineering consulting services. As a result of the deal, it is expected that Altran will become one of Bosch's largest global external suppliers of e
12 December 2012
Alvarez & Marsal starts merging and acquisition team in Munich Alvarez & Marsal has launched a dedicated M&A and Transaction Advisory practice in Munich, Germany. By doing this it wants to anticipate on the expected increase in private equity and deal activity in the com
12 December 2012
Resources nominates new Global Head of Finance & Accounting Resources Global Professionals has appointed Shauna Watson as Global Managing Director of its Finance & Accounting practice. Watson will be responsible for monitoring and analyzing the activities of accounting standard sett
12 December 2012
Arthur D. Little agrees strategic partnership with Solidiance Arthur D. Little has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Solidiance, an Asian-based strategic advisory firm.
11 December 2012
BCG: Corporate Venturing gaining popularity again ‘Corporate Venturing’ is a growing trend among large organizations. After years of shrinkage, the expansion of the corporate venturing market has returned to the level of 2005.
10 December 2012
Ecorys opens new office in Croatia's capital Zagreb Ecorys has opened a new office in the capital of Croatia, Zagreb. The official opening of the new office will take place on December the 14th. Maja Hranilovic, who has been liaison officer for Ecorys in Croatia for several y
07 December 2012
Belgian Alexander De Mol partner at Bain and Company Bain & Company has nominated the Belgian Alexander De Mol its partner. He joined the firm in 2002 as Associate Consultant and smoothly grew through the ranks over the past years. Alexander De Mol is based in the Du
06 December 2012
A.T. Kearney: Islamic bank has to review its strategy Up until now, Islamic banks have typically performed better than the conventional banks. However research from A.T. Kearney shows that growth rates are slowing and that profitability is eroding.
03 December 2012
Hay Group: Leadership seen as a critical success factor Leadership is becoming a critical success factor for companies. The survey "Best Company for Leaders" by Hay Group shows that "world-class" companies in the field of leadership have up to 40% more chance to success.
22 November 2012

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