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

HaskoningDHV signs wastewater treatment partnership Royal HaskoningDHV has signed a partnership with water technology company VA Tech WABAG to deliver ‘Nereda wastewater treatment technology’ to India and Switzerland. This new sustainable and cost-effective wastewater treatment has been
07 November 2014
Capgemini: Digital channels transforming automotive According to a recent report from Capgemini, digital information channels are transforming the way customers are leaving tracks on the automotive industry. In particular, how consumers are gathering information is transitioning, finding
06 November 2014
A.T. Kearney top UK employer for career progression A.T. Kearney is according to Workingmums.co.uk a ‘Top Employer for Career Progression’.
06 November 2014
FTI Consulting buys US engineering firm Platt Sparks Global consulting firm FTI Consulting has acquired Platt, Sparks & Associates Consulting Petroleum Engineers (‘Platt Sparks’), a US-based advisory and engineering firm that specialises in the oil & gas sector. 14 prof
06 November 2014
Oxera: Rail franchising benefits from return to basics The letting of new franchises in the rail sector is becoming normal again. This is welcome, but (as with any activity) it is worth frequently reminding ourselves why we are doing it, says Andrew Meaney, partner at economics consultancy firm a href
06 November 2014
Bersin by Deloitte: Onboarding boosts employee success Strategic onboarding, which entails the process of hiring up to successfully integrating hires into a company’s culture, can help newly hired employees ‘get off on the right foot’ and help succeed i
06 November 2014
Mazars to create 50 new jobs in Dublin and Galway Professional services firm Mazars has announced the creation of new jobs in Ireland, a decision that follows a strong demand for its services in the country. The 50 newly created jobs will cover a wide variety of professional services and are open
06 November 2014
Bain: Companies should nurture ambition of women Experienced women that came into a company with the ambition to attain a job in the c-suite, lose this ambition after the first few years of their career. This loss in ambition is accompanied by a loss in confidence. According to Bain & Company
06 November 2014
McKinsey Solutions signs partnership with Eversight McKinsey Solutions, the data analytics and software unit of strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company, has agreed a partnership with Eversight, a provider of cloud-based sales and marketing services.
05 November 2014
Brandon Bichler joins Elix-IRR, 10th partner for firm Consulting firm Elix-IRR has strengthened its partner team with Brandon Bichler, who joins from Infosys Consulting. Bichler will be based in Elix-IRR’s London office, and focus on further building the firm’s Manufacturing pra
05 November 2014
Capita sponsor of LGC Transformation Summit Tomorrow the LGC Transformation Summit will take place in Reading.
05 November 2014
KPMG: 22 per cent earns less than Living Wage in UK 22% of UK employees currently are earning less than Living Wage, a number that has risen slightly from the 2013 percentage, concludes KPMG in its new report.
05 November 2014
IT firm Ebix buys Vertex, launches Ebix Consulting Global IT consulting and services firm Ebix has acquired Vertex, a US-based management and IT consulting firm. Roughly 190 Vertex employees will join Ebix, and be integrated into the newly launched ‘Ebix Consulting’ business unit.
05 November 2014
Alpha FMC opens Netherlands office, 5th worldwide Alpha FMC has opened an office in the Netherlands, its fifth office globally. The Dutch practice named ‘Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Netherlands’ will be led by Jeroen Bolsius, who joins the company from ING Investment Management
05 November 2014
Strategy&: Top innovative R&D spending companies While Volkswagen is again ranked #1 of the top 20 R&D spending companies, the German automotive firm does not rank as a top 10 most innovative company. The two lists that are compiled by Strategy& show very different top 10’s, indicat
05 November 2014
Atos, Cedar, Hitachi , IBM and PwC win Oracle Awards Recently the UK Oracle User Group organised its annual ‘Partner of the Year Awards’. More than 1,300 Oracle end-users evaluated the finalist projects, awarding prizes to more than 25 consulting firms and IT providers across 1
04 November 2014
PwC: Irish CEOs regaining confidence in economy The 2014 Pulse CEO Survey by PwC Ireland finds that CEO confidence in a positive future outcome for the recently troubled Irish economy is brightening, 86% of business leaders see light at the end of the tunnel, up from a mere 3% in 2009
04 November 2014
Oliver Wyman partner becomes CRO of BNY Mellon Global investments company BNY Mellon has appointed James Wiener as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Wiener joins BNY Mellon from Oliver Wyman, where he was Partner and Head of the North American Public Policy Practice, and s
04 November 2014
Deloitte buys family advisory Peter Leach & Partners Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte has acquired Peter Leach & Partners, a UK-based family consulting business. Terms and conditions of the transaction, which will be closed in January next year, have not been announced. p
04 November 2014
EY: Organisations are not prepared for cyber-attacks Although cyber security is threatening two-thirds of organisations, and this threat is recognised by the professionals working at these organisations, 37% of organisations are unprepared for a cyber-
04 November 2014
Emma McWilliam joins ERM team of Hymans Robertson Hymans Robertson has expanded its advisory team with Emma McWilliam, who joins from Milliman.
04 November 2014
Towers Watson: Majority feels career hits dead-end Three-quarters of UK professionals say they are hit by the 'dead-end job epidemic', concludes Towers Watson in a new research. As career advancement is named the top reason for professionals to leave a company – currently 41% of UK employees
04 November 2014
Roland Berger: Profitability of EU banks still too low The profitability of European banks has over the past year grown strongly, by approximately€54 billion. Nevertheless, profitability remains too low, in particular in comparison with American counterparts, according to a new research
03 November 2014
Six consulting firms in top 100 LinkedIn employers McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Bain & Company and Accenture belong to the 50 most popular companies on LinkedIn. The so-called ‘World's 100 Most InDemand Employers 2014’ is headed by techno
03 November 2014
Nigerian management consulting market booming The Nigerian management consulting market is booming, according to a recently released research from analyst firm Source. Spend on consulting in Nigeria has risen to $106.
03 November 2014
BCG: Top 50 most innovative companies of the globe Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and IBM are the five most innovative companies of the globe, concludes a new research by The Boston Consulting Group. The list of top 50 innovation leaders is, similar to previous years, dominated by lar
03 November 2014
EY looking for 15,500 new professionals in United States Professional services firm EY has plans to in the U.S. recruit 6,500 experienced hires and almost 9,000 students in the current fiscal year. The majority of the employees will be recruited for Advisory, its consulting practice that has b
03 November 2014
Mark Campbell leads European operations of RGP Resources Global Professionals has named Mark Campbell as the new head of its European operations. Campbell joins from Hitachi Consulting, and prior to that he served as CEO of Hedra and partner at KPMG. At RGP, Campbell will be responsi
03 November 2014
CGI boss Michael Roach named Most Innovative CEO Michael Roach, the global CEO of GGI, has been named the Most Innovative CEO of Canada by business magazine ‘Canadian Business’. Roach, and other CEOs recognised for their impact on the Canadian economy, will be celebrated on
03 November 2014
Booz Allen buys health analytics start-up Epidemico Global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has acquired Epidemico, a health analytics start-up company, to boost its analytic capabilities in order to support its clients’ needs. Financial details of the acquisition have not been d
31 October 2014
MCA Awards deadline nearing for UK consulting firms Consulting firms in the UK have one week left to submit their entries for the 2015 MCA Awards. Every year the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) – the representative body for management consultancy f
31 October 2014
Deloitte: Fraud costs UK Government 20.43 billion Fraud will this year cost the UK government more than £20 billion, according to a new report from professional services firm Deloitte and Reform.
31 October 2014

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