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

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
McKinsey: Online luxury fashion market booming Online luxury fashion sales are set to grow at a rate of 18% between now and 2018 in the UK and a whopping 70% in China.
03 March 2015
Arup assists in build of new UK mental health hospital Mersey Care NHS Trust recently opened its new mental health unit in Liverpool, called the Clock View. The new unit provides 80 beds for local patients and is designed to improve the wellbeing of its patients. Arup assisted Mersey Care in
03 March 2015
KPMG partner Madeleine Mattera joins Grant Thornton Grant Thornton recently boosted its Australian Financial Services Practice with the appointment of former KPMG partner Madeleine Mattera. At the firm, Mattera will take on the role of Head of Financial Services and Audit and Advisory Par
03 March 2015
BP selects Accenture to improve customer experience Oil & gas multinational BP has selected Accenture to help it improve its fuel customer experience. The consulting firm will do so by using its digital and advanced customer analytics that, allowing the international oil and gas company to gain
03 March 2015
BCG: The impact of new UK school holiday legislation Changes to the way UK school holidays are planned will come into effect in September.
02 March 2015
Age Lindenbergh boosts Alvarez team in Benelux Alvarez & Marsal has poached Age Lindenbergh from KPMG to be the firm’s Managing Director and leader of its Financial Services transactions team in Europe. Lindenbergh’s 15 years of experience advising financial institutions, includ
02 March 2015
Alternative finance market booming, grows to 3 billion Alternative financial markets in Europe came in at €2.9 billion in 2014, with a 144% growth since 2013, a recently released report between EY and the University of Cambridge reveals. With the UK providing the overlarge segment of
02 March 2015
The best outsourcing advisory firms of the world The IAOP has released its 2015 list of the ‘World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors’.
02 March 2015
Simon-Kucher & Partners triples revenue in decade 2014 has proven a record breaking year for Simon-Kucher & Partners.
02 March 2015
MCA and Raconteur to produce 3 special reports The MCA has extended its partnership with Raconteur. As part of the deal, MCA and its partners will contribute to three reports to be published as ‘specials’ in The Times.
27 February 2015
Five ways how drones can help police operations Drones may soon be found outside the scanner of Minority Report’s dystopia, or controlling “the real world” outside The Matrix, and come to police forces in the UK.
27 February 2015
Helios opens new and larger office in Zilina, Slovakia Aviation consultancy Helios has opened a new and larger office in Å½ilina, Slovakia. Helios has had a presence in Slovakia since 2004, using the hub to serve clients located across the region, including the Czech
27 February 2015
Atos migrates to third digital frontier with Data Center Atos has launched an innovative new ICT offering, its Digital Data Center services, which will, according to the consultancy, “enable clients to stay ahead of the competition by ensuring their IT ope
27 February 2015
India born Punit Renjen new Global CEO of Deloitte Punit Renjen will per 1 June 2015 be the next global CEO of Deloitte, after his vision for the company won out the firm’s rigorous and comprehensive nomination process.
26 February 2015
Private Equity backed M&A to slow down in 2015 The outlook for private equity-driven mergers & acquisitions, after a positive 2014, is expected to be more conservative in 2015.
26 February 2015
Unicorn and ENTSO-E deliver electricity platform Earlier this year the so-called ‘ENTSO-E Transparency Platform’ was launched, a platform that aims at boosting the transparency in the European electricity market. The platform was jointly designed and built by Czech origin/
26 February 2015
Bain Germany hires BCG & Oliver Wyman partner Bain & Company has in Germany poached two high-profile partners from direct rivals. Melanie Bockemühl joins from BCG, where she worked for fourteen years, while Daniel Milleg joins from Oliver Wyman. Both new additions will focu
26 February 2015
Districon & NACO help Changi Airport with master plan Singapore airport has given the task of preparing a master plan for the development of the industrial zone around the airport to three consulting firms. The aim of the master plan is to determine the value and growth potential of the airport’
26 February 2015
Capgemini Consulting: Big Data trends & challenges Although the belief among executives is wide-spread that Big Data will disrupt their industry in the next three years, only 13% has Big Data insights fully integrated into their business operations,
26 February 2015
TCS fastest growing brand in IT services industry Tata Consultancy Services, India’s leading IT services company, has been named the globe’s fastest growing brand in the IT services industry.
25 February 2015
Grant Thornton to open 11th CEO Room in Leeds Grant Thornton has opened a new ‘CEO Room’ in Leeds, its 11th in the United Kingdom.
25 February 2015
Finsphere names Deanna Oppenheimer board adviser Identity-authentication specialist Finsphere has appointed Deanna Oppenheimer, founder of US-based consultancy CameoWorks, as a strategic adviser to the company. Oppenheimer was previously president of consumer ba
25 February 2015
AlixPartners: Energy sector to benefit from cost culture The recent energy price dive, on the back of a considerably lower Brent Oil price per barrel, has presented the oil, gas and chemical (OGC) industry with a much lower than expected room to manoeuvre
25 February 2015
Most popular consultancies for students & graduates On Wednesday the 1st of April career platform TARGETjobs will host the 2015 edition of the ‘National Graduate Recruitment Awards’. In the management consulting category, nine consulting firms have been shortlisted. The key qu
24 February 2015
PwC: Technology IPO enjoys best year in a decade 2014 was a record year this decade for tech IPOs with 118 deals contributing $51.2 billion. While the numbers are mostly up per sector for 2014 relative to 2013, the Alibaba deal, valued at $21.8 billion was a massive boost to the sector
24 February 2015
Booz Allen Hamilton expands into Southeast Asia Global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has opened a new office in Singapore. The new office will serve as a hub for the firm’s operations in Southeast Asia. With more than 22,000 employees and revenues o
24 February 2015

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