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

Tractus Asia: Indonesian manufacturing on tipping point Indonesia’s manufacturing industry is on the verge of a tipping point with the potential of creating millions of new jobs and evolving its economy away from its natural resource base.
01 December 2014
18 consulting firms nominated for Pensions Age Awards 18 consulting firms have been shortlisted for the Pension Age Awards. The Awards, which recognise outstanding pensions and performance of pension providers, will be handed out in February 2015. The Pensions Age Awards recognises both t
01 December 2014
Chinese urbanisation leads to big mobility challenges The big increase in Chinese urbanisation expected in the coming years, as a result of economic growth, will produce huge challenges to urban transportation, concludes Arthur D.
01 December 2014
KPMG acquires Dynamics-specialist Crimsonwing for €26 million The shareholders of Crimsonwing have accepted the bid from KPMG, which makes KPMG the largest Microsoft Dynamics specialist of the Big Four accounting and consulting giants.
28 November 2014
13 new partners in 10 countries for Roland Berger Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has appointed 13 new Partners. Three of the new additions are in Germany, with the remaining appointments spread across offices in China, France, the US, the UK, South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and India.
28 November 2014
Baker Tilly expands its Social Housing Consulting team Accounting and business consulting firm Baker Tilly has expanded its Social Housing Consulting team in the UK with two additions. Frances Hipple has been appointed as Associate Director and Julian Freeman as Managing Consu
28 November 2014
5 consulting firms win National Outsourcing Award Consulting firms CSC, Capita, Capgemini, KPMG and Deloitte have been recognised as top performers in the outsourcing industry during the National Outsourcing Association Awards for which 12 consulting firms had been nominated.
28 November 2014
Deloitte extends partnership British Olympic Association Professional services firm Deloitte has extended its partnership with UK's National Olympic Committee, the British Olympic Association. Deloitte has been the organisation’s partner for the Games in 2008 and 2012, and will again provide the or
28 November 2014
UK consumers to capitalise Black Friday & Cyber Monday Black Friday and Cyber Monday, US shopping frenzy days following Thanksgiving, have reached consumers and retailers in the UK, conclude several consultants, including from Accenture and Deloitte. Research shows that shopping on these days has reach
28 November 2014
PwC: Only 1% of car buyers would buy an electric car Buying a climate friendly car is not a top priority for potential car buyers in the UK, shows a recent car survey by PwC. The survey shows that as consumers are not willing to give in on comfort and design, they are delegating the responsibility fo
28 November 2014
Oliver Wyman boosts Public Sector with Peter Regen Consulting firm Oliver Wyman has appointed Peter Regen as Director of Public Sector Consulting for North America. Regen brings more than two decades of experience in consulting to the newly created function and will be in charge of expanding the go
28 November 2014
Mercer buys Swiss alternative investments firm SCM The Investments business of consulting firm Mercer has acquired SCM Strategic Capital Management, a Swiss-based specialist private markets advisor and delegated solutions provider. The acquisition will further strengthen Mercer’s c
27 November 2014
IBM BCS to provide Twitter data consulting services Twitter and IBM are to join forces, producing wide ranging Big Data products and consulting services from their joint capabilities. As part of the deal, Twitter will provide IBM with its trove of information from its user base, and the t
27 November 2014
A.T. Kearney adds Doha office to its Middle East footprint Global management consultancy A.T. Kearney has opened a new office in Doha, Qatar, reconfirming the firm's commitment to the Middle East.
27 November 2014
LCP Consulting strengthens team with Will Shepherd LCP Consulting has appointed Will Shepherd as Partner. Shepherd joins the firm from Capgemini and has almost 20 years of experience in the consulting industry. In his new role, he will be in charge of the innovation and growth of the Manufacturing
27 November 2014
Capgemini UK wins Sustainability Leaders Award Consulting firm Capgemini has been awarded for its business travel carbon reduction programme, TravelWell, with the Sustainable Transport & Travel Award handed out during the Sustainability Leaders Awards on 19 November 2014 in London.
27 November 2014
Aon Hewitt: Characteristics of an engaging leader “How can we have the highest profitability in five years and still have gaps in employee engagement?” asks an executive at a large industrial products company. The reality is that the two don’t necessarily go together. This manage
27 November 2014
Deloitte: Compliance costs Australian economy 250 billion Internal regulations by industries and companies are known to be one of the key frustrations of businesses, yet a new study by Deloitte reveals that the cost of compliance may be much larger than previously thought. Deloitte’s research shows
26 November 2014
OC&C: 45 billion eCommerce export opportunity for UK UK based companies will in the coming years be granted a massive opportunity to boost their eCommerce exports to Europe and beyond, concludes a research from OC&C Strategy Consultants in collaboratio
26 November 2014
Mercer: Inconsistent US marriage laws costs 1.3 billion Inconsistent laws surrounding same-sex marriages are costing private US employers and employees up to $1.3 billion per year. For employers the largest burden comes from administration and compliance, for employees the largest burden is h
26 November 2014
Lippincott adds Cory Cruser as Partner to Senior Team Global branding firm Lippincott, part of management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, has appointed Cory Cruser as an Experience Innovation Partner. Cruser has more than a decade of experience in digital advisory and w
26 November 2014
Capita to provide new IT service for Nottingham school Capita has signed an IT contract to continue its IT support services to a school in Nottingham, which follows a county-wide support contract, under which the firm had provided the school with a new IT system. The new con
26 November 2014
CBRE partner of largest air quality project of the world Consulting firm CBRE has signed a partnership to launch the world's largest air quality monitoring network in London, the AirSensa project.
26 November 2014
Transform chairman named Chair of Triathlon England Triathlon England has announced the appointment of Bill James, the Chairman of consulting firm Transform, as the new Chair of its Board. James, who will assume his new role on 1 January 2015, is currently the Independent
26 November 2014
KPMG buys cyber security firms P3 & Qubera Solutions KPMG recently acquired two cyber security firms to boost its cyber security capabilities in order to better protect its clients from cyber threats. The firm bought UK, US and Indian assets of Qubera Solutions and German firm P3 Consulting + Softwar
25 November 2014
5 consulting firms named Champion in Social Mobility To battle the difficult social upward mobility path for young people, the UK Government has appointed 12 of UK’s best-known companies as ‘Champions in Social Mobility’.
25 November 2014
PwC: UK sharing economy generates 9 billion by 2025 The sharing economy is expected to grow significantly in the coming decade; by 2025 it has the potential to reach revenues on par with its retail counterparts, concludes a research by PwC.
25 November 2014
EY: Rugby World Cup adds 1 billion to UK economy The economic benefit of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, hosted by the UK, is estimated to be an around 1 billion pound boon for the national economy, an economic impact report from EY indicates.
25 November 2014
Capgemini Senior VP HR joins Nationwide as HR Director Financial institution Nationwide Building Society has recently appointed former Capgemini Senior VP HR Ann Brown as its HR Director.
25 November 2014
Capco wins Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy Award Consulting firm Capco has won the 'Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy Award', in testimony of its Graduate Recruitment Strategy, which according to the jury of the In-House Recruitment Awards stands
25 November 2014
Strategy&: Top 50 best performing global ICT companies IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and Cisco are the five most successful ICT companies in the global marketplace, according to a new research from consulting firm Strategy&.
24 November 2014
McKinsey: Obesity costs global society 2.0 trillion a year Obesity is one of the three top social burdens generated by humanity’s contemporary social lifestyle.
24 November 2014

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