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

Accenture: 3 future business models for banks According to research from Accenture, banks can double their annual revenue growth rate and simultaneously reduce their cost by 20% by implementing three business models.
06 September 2012
PwC Consulting buys social media consultancy Ants Eye View PwC Consulting has bought Ant’s Eye View, an American social media consultancy firm. Ant’s Eye View works for dozens Fortune 500 clients, helping them with social media strategy development and online multi-channel commerce. Approximately 3
05 September 2012
Accenture has best mobile application of advisory market Of all consulting firms, Accenture globally has the best mobile app. This according to the Web Marketing Association, an organization that guards the standard of excellence on internet and mobile devices. The a href="/fi
31 August 2012
PwC: European banks have 1000 billion euro in poor loans By the end of the year 2011, European banks had a record amount of over €1000 billion in poor loans registered in their book keeping system. This is a growth of over 10% compared to a year earlier and even a doubling when compared to 2008. This is
30 August 2012
Altran: Alan Richardson new CEO of Cambridge Consultants Cambridge Consultants, an international technology consulting firm, has appointed Alan Richardson (53) as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will report directly to Philippe Salle, Chief Executive of the Altran Group. Cambr
29 August 2012
IT-consultants: approximately 20 percent of SME uses Balanced Score Cards Less that 20% of mid-sized organizations are using Balanced Scorecards for performance measurement. This can be concluded from an investigation by Source for Consulting and software firm Advanced Business Solutions. They interviewed 21 IT consultants t
28 August 2012
Roland Berger: Half of needed savings at banks are HR related In the coming 3 years banks in Europe will have to realize massive savings of €40 to €70 billion. As a result, banks are quickly trying to identify cost saving areas and implementing massive cost reduction programs. The key question is: where
28 August 2012
78 percent of consulting work goes to preferred suppliers Being on preferred supplier lists (PSL) of clients is becoming a strategic importance for management consulting firms. Research from research firm Source shows that 78% of the total value of all consulting work in a client organization is won by consul
22 August 2012
Roland Berger: Banks fire 1.8 million in stress-scenario The Western European banking sector currently employs just fewer than 3 million people. According to a study by Roland Berger, between now and 2016 approximately 900,000 employees in the sector will lose their job. Th
22 August 2012
Deloitte: OG2012 does not meet business expectations The Olympic Games 2012 in London have failed to fulfill general business expectations, according to a survey published today by Deloitte. In January, 80% of large businesses in London indicated that they expected a
15 August 2012
Bain: Rowers most likely to land top job after OG2012 After an illustrious sports career, athletes often have difficulty finding a good job. Research from strategy consulting firm Bain & Company shows that of all Olympic athletes, rowers have the
07 August 2012
Alvarez & Marsal helps Spain's state-rescued banks repel real estate The Spanish government has hired Alvarez & Marsal to manage the real estate assets of Spain's state-rescued banks. In order to comply with rules of the EU and hence receive European aid, the relevant real estate
07 August 2012
Booz& Co: More and more CEOs leave multinationals The number of CEOs either leaving their firm or being fired has increased over the past year. A study by strategy consulting firm Booz & Company shows that the percentage of top bosses who departed the world's 2,50
06 August 2012
KPMG: Education sector stimulates innovation inadequately Educational sectors in Europe provide students - future leaders - too little baggage in the area of innovation. According to a report from KPMG, 58% of respondents across Europe claim the way pupils are educated stifles innova
03 August 2012
Infosys and Clear2Pay deal called off at the last minute IT service provider Infosys was hours away from an acquisition by the Belgian payments specialist Clear2Pay in the month June. De IT giant decided to call off the deal at the “last minut
02 August 2012
Cyprus asks Alvarez & Marsal to investigate the banking branche The Central Bank of Cyprus hired Alvarez & Marsal to investigate the status of its banking sector. The decision to hire the consultants follows after two of the nation’s banks indicated they needed state su
02 August 2012
Bain & Company opened 47th office in Istanbul Bain & Company has opened a new office in Istanbul. The new office is the 20th in Europe and 47th office worldwide. Karaca Kestelli, partner in the Financial Services Practice, and Roberto Fiorello, partner in the
01 August 2012
New chief lawyer for HR Consultancy Mercer Consulting firm Mercer has appointed Rian Miller as chief lawyer. She joins from Towers Watson, where she served as head of Legal for risk and litigation since 2010. She will report to Peter Beshar, EVP
28 July 2012
Bain analyzes the price strategy of Estée Lauder Estée Lauder has hired management consultants Bain & Company to review its pricing strategy and the potential impact of further price harmonization of its products across geographies.
27 July 2012
Maarten van Hasselt leads Celerant's oil and gas branche The Dutch Maarten van Hasselt has been nominated head of the worldwide energy practice and regional lead of North and South America. Maarten van Hasselt has over 20 years of managing experience in the oil and gas industry at, amongst others, Genereal E
27 July 2012
Roland Berger reaches milestone with 50th Office Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has opened two new offices in North America: its 50th office in Montreal (Canada) and 51st in Boston (V.S.). The new offices are part of the growth strategy that the 220 Roland Berge
27 July 2012
ADL expects mega operators in telecommunication Europe's telecom sector will see core revenues decline by 1.8% per year up to 2015. Simultaneously, operators will face a decline in wholesale prices, rising taxation, increased competition from web giants and huge investments that are needed to stem t
24 July 2012
IBM freezes wages of IT consulting branch in the US IT-company IBM will freeze almost all wages of its American Global Technology Services (GTS) department.
23 July 2012
BearingPoint: Network Orchestrated cooperation concept Organizations are increasingly moving from unilateral relationships to networks of relationships. As a result, supplier-customer business models and the basis on which firms partner together is changing. This leads to a a new environment, one with a ne
20 July 2012
Strategy consultant Bain opens office in Warsaw Bain & Company has opened a new office in Warsaw, Poland. The new office is the 21st in Europe and 48th office worldwide. Bain Partner Jacek PoÅ›wiata, who has 20 years of strategy consulting experience with Bain &
19 July 2012
ADL: Merge procurement, IT and project management Consulting firm Arthur D.
19 July 2012
Eurogroup: Profitability private banking under strain Private banking is one of the most competitive segments in banking and as a result pressure on profitability is very high. If private banks want to remain successful in the near future, they will need to adapt their strategy to the changing external an
17 July 2012
70 Grant Thornton Cape Town consultants join Mazars More than 70 consultants from Grant Thornton's South African Cape Town office have decided to quit the firm and join counterpart Mazars as of August 2012. Amongst the transfers are al
16 July 2012
Keith Molloy strengthens Outsourcing branch of PA Consulting PA Consulting Group has enriched its European Shared Services and Outsourcing Practice with the experienced specialist Keith Molloy. Keith has over 10 years of experience in outsourcing and shared services, with
13 July 2012
Hay Group: HR is not a strategic business partner yet Human resource professionals are making slow strides in becoming strategic business partners within their organizations, according to the new research 'Next Generation HR' from global management consulting firm Hay Group.
02 July 2012
Altran is back on a worldwide acquisition path After a couple of difficult years, the international consulting firm Atran is back on an acquisition path. Early June it bought American consulting firm Alpha Three Consulting and it expects to close two
27 June 2012
PwC expects megadeals in transport and logistics sector Consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) expects that there will be more "mega-acquisitions" in the transport and logistics sector this year, such as the acquisition of TNT by UPS.
26 June 2012

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