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

The Netherlands has the happiest employees in the world Dutch workers are overall the happiest workers in the world and Italians are the most miserable, according to the Happiness Index of advisory firm ONS in cooperation with the Wall Street Journal. More than 2,000 workers across 80 countries in 30 se
19 March 2012
Bain & Co hired by American publisher Time Inc. Time Inc., the American corporation that publishes more than 130 big magazines such as People and Sports Illustrated, has hired consultant Bain & Company. This has been made public by the CEO of Time, Laura Lang, i
15 March 2012
Altran appoints Rieder Kirstan as VP Development Asia Rieder Kirstan (57) has been appointed at Altran as Vice President for Business Development Asia. Kirstan, who currently is a member of the Group Management Committee, will report directly to Philippe Salle, CEO of Altran. H
15 March 2012
KPMG: Western companies are behind on social media Western businesses have been slower at adopting social networks such as Twitter and Facebook than their rivals in developing countries, according to a report by KPMG. The conclusion is remarkable as relatively far more consume
09 March 2012
BCG advises Clydesdale Bank on restructuring plans The National Australia Bank (NAB) has hired management consultancy Boston Consulting Group to advise on a restructuring of its Clydesdale Bank in Britain. BCG will in the coming weeks work closely with Clyde
05 March 2012
Hackett Group: GBS operating system saves millions Companies can generate up to $314 million in annual savings and improve both efficiency and effectiveness by achieving world-class performance in finance, IT, HR, and procurement.
01 March 2012
ADL Lead Joseph Coote switches to Celerant Consulting Celerant Consulting has appointed Joseph Coote as Senior Vice President and Global Lead for the firm's Chemicals Practice. Coote is transfers from Arthur D. Little, where he also was Global Leader of the Energy
01 March 2012
Aon moves global headquarters from Chicago to London Aon has announced that it is going to relocate its headquarters from Chicago in the U.S. to London in the United Kingdom.
22 February 2012
Deloitte earns 90k a day from Canadian government A lot of noise arose in Canada after finding out the advisory firm Deloitte earns over $90k a day from the Canadian government in return for delivering advisory services. Part of an 8 month contract with a total value of $19.8-million, Deloitte advises
20 February 2012
AT Kearney: Glasgow is the Lehman of football market Glasgow Rangers, one of Europe’s biggest football institutions, was forced to ask for a deferred payment last week. The Scottish champion is in deep financial trouble and is threatened with an additional levy of the tax administration of €60
20 February 2012
Celerant Consulting opens office in Muscat, Oman Operations consulting firm Celerant Consulting has opened a new office in Muscat, Oman. According to newspaper reports from Oman, Celerant is the first international mana
17 February 2012
Kurt Salmon sells supply chain software GoalPost Kurt Salmon, a global management consulting firm, has sold its well-known GoalPost software business unit to Knighted, a leading developer of supply chain software solutions.
16 February 2012
Altran: Large-scale deployment of wind energy possible Altran has launched an innovative solution that will largely stimulate the use of wind turbines to create green energy - a breakthrough according to experts. One of the main limitations of wind energy is that it inte
13 February 2012
Mazars Berenschot advises deal in printing industry Kompro, a Dutch supplier of printing systems and document management solutions, has been acquired by rival Itec. Approximately 80 employees of Kompro make the switch to Itec. Itec wanted to add knowledge of print products and technology to its organiza
04 February 2012
BearingPoint buys big data service provider Hypercube BearingPoint has bought business analytics solution Hypercube from its parent software company Effiscience.
01 February 2012
A.T. Kearney launches a new global branding A.T. Kearney has renewed its global branding with the aim of further distinguishing its 86-year-old brand in the international consulting marketplace. The updated look follows a year-long initiative to clarify the firm's
26 January 2012
Solving Efeso buys innovation consulting firm Intuition Solving Efeso, a global management consulting firm, has bought Intuition, a niche consultancy specialized in brand and innovation strategy. Intuition is based in Paris and serves top-line FMCG companies such as Unilev
25 January 2012
Four new MT members for IT consultancy Altran Technnology and innovation consultancy Altran has over the past two months made several changes to its global management team. Olivier Aldrin has been appointed Senior Vice-President and CFO, Michel Bailly is the new Group C
25 January 2012
Four changes in management committee of Altran Technology and innovation consulting firm Altran has over the past two months made several changes in its international management team. Olivier Aldrin has been appointed Senior Vice President and CFO, M
25 January 2012
Bain clarifies its relation to Romney via email Bain & Company has sent an e-mail to students from an American university to explain to them that Bain & Company is a separate institution of Bain Capital. The email from the global strategy consulting firm sug
24 January 2012
Consulting firm Accuracy opens office in India Accuracy, a specialist in the area of financial advisory and transaction services, has opened a new office in New Delhi, India. It is Accuracy’s first office in Asia. Accuracy India is led by Sumit Khosla, who made the transfer from Mazars, where
20 January 2012
Bain: Demand for diamonds rises 6 percent annually The growing prosperity in China and India leads to a sharp increase in the demand for diamonds of more than 6% a year over the next decade. This will almost double the size of the market.
20 January 2012
Atos buys ICT sport consultancy MSL Group Atos has bought a 50% stake in MSL Group, a specialized consulting firm that supports major global sports events. In the deal both firms agreed a construction that provides Atos the possibility to acquire the remaining shares
19 January 2012
Aon Hewitt CEO Andrew Tunningly leaves firm Andrew Tunningley, the head of investment consulting at Aon Hewitt, has left the firm.
17 January 2012
McKinsey: Major growth in number of megacities worldwide Strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company has done research into trends and aspects of megacities worldwide. A city is perceived a megacity if it has a population of over 10 million inhab
16 January 2012
AT Kearney develops new outsourcing approach In a recent report from AT Kearney, the consultants concluded that the market for outsourcing services is estimated to grow 27% between 2010 and 2015. The market for outsourcing services is estimated to grow 27% between
15 January 2012
Deloitte, Kurt Salmon and IBM lead in supply chain Manhattan Associates, a provider of supply chain services, has named Deloitte, IBM and Kurt Salmon "world-class supply chain consulting firms."
15 January 2012
AT Kearney: Global outsourcing market continues to grow The market for outsourcing services is estimated to grow 27% between 2010 and 2015. Despite the high growth rate, the failure rate of large outsourcing deals is alarming. Around 30% to 40% of outsourcing deals falter every year, meaning that outsourcer
10 January 2012
Bob Bechek elected new Managing Director Bain Bain & Company has elected Bob Bechek to become the firm's new worldwide Managing Director per 1st of March 2012. Bechek will succeed Steve Ellis, who served seven years as the Managing Director of the strategy a
06 January 2012
Bain: Half population owns connected devices in 2015 In 2015 over 60% of households in developed countries will have devices that are connected to the Internet, such as tablets and smart TVs. China and India are still lagging behind, but are catching up. Almost 30% of the urban population in China and In
04 January 2012
Booz consultants establish boutique Lavery Pennell Nick Pennell and Greg Lavery, consultants at Booz & Company, have left the firm to start their own boutique consulting firm focused on business strategy and sustainability: Lavery Pennell.
30 December 2011
Arthur D. Little returns to independence following partner buy-out A management buy-out has seen historic management consulting brand Arthur D. Little return to independence. The brand apparently did not fit with the future plans of former owner Altran, following several years of disappointing financial results.
27 December 2011

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