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

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
Altran buys consulting firm Alpha Three Consulting Altran has purchased the American consulting firm Alpha Three Consulting early June. Alpha Three Consulting provides professional consulting and project engineering services to large governmental organis
22 June 2012
Accenture is helping Indian bank with strategic transformation Accenture has won a large transformation contract with United Bank of India (UBI). The consulting firm will in the coming two years provide a large set of management consulting services, including the
22 June 2012
KPMG acquires BrainNet Supply Management Group KPMG has bought the global supply chain consulting firm BrainNet Supply Management Group. BrainNet has more than 300 supply chain consultants spread across 15 offices in 12 countries. The acquired firm wil
21 June 2012
Projective buys financial services specialist Prodone Projective, the Belgium specialist in program- and project management has taken over Dutch branche associate organization Prodone in Badhoevedorp.
18 June 2012
Consolidation in the lithium-ion battery market Overproduction and falling prices of lithium-ion batteries, have led to significant consolidation in the global market. Smaller parties are repressed, and the market will be largely dominated by five major players. These are the main findings of an int
12 June 2012
Richard Lesser CEO of the Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has appointed Richard Lesser (49) as global chief executive from January 2013.
07 June 2012
Spain is hiring Big4 firms for independent audit banking Spain has picked the "Big Four" accounting and consulting firms PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young to carry out independent detaile
07 June 2012
Supply chain guru Bill Copacino passed away Bill Copacino, one of the most respected leaders in the field of supply chain, died mid-May at the age of 61 following a long battle with cancer. Copacino has also had a long career in consulting, he was partner at Arth
06 June 2012
Organisational structure not ready for newest technology Even though a large group of executives say digital trends like big data and social media have priority within the company, it is clear that barriers which slow down optimal implementation of technology still exist. This is concluded in a researc
06 June 2012
BCG: Development new product line takes 22 months An average cycle of research and development takes up 22 months on average. However, firms that make use of the best strategy to standardize and mechanize the process while clearly setting priorities, this process could be shortened with 15 months. Thi
29 May 2012
Logica: One third of firms still insecure about impact of SEPA 32% of corporates are still unsure what SEPA means for their business. This is what Logica concludes based on the research by representatives of over 150 firms in the United States and Europe. Given that corporates will have no choice but to adopt SEPA
24 May 2012

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