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Consulting is changing. Here are 4 unlikely ways the Big Four are reinventing themselves to seem less 'stodgy.'

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Consulting is changing. Here are 4 unlikely ways the Big Four are reinventing themselves to seem less 'stodgy.'

  • Household names turn to the Big Four professional services firms for consulting and accounting.

  • But the Big Four are moving into industries like space and venture capital.

  • One industry observer says this helps distance them from a reputation for being "stodgy" as consulting changes.

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

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Sebastian di Paola is elected to chair PwC’s global board

PwC has elected Sebastian di Paola to chair the global governance board of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL), which is responsible for the governance of PwCIL, oversight of PwC’s Network Leadership Team, and approval of the standards by which each PwC firm must abide.

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Cuts, struggles and breakups: How is AI reshaping the consultancy sector?

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Cuts, struggles and breakups: How is AI reshaping the consultancy sector?

There’s been a lot of noise lately about job cuts at the Big Four firms and the graduate recruitment ladder being pulled up, but underneath the surface crisis mode is becoming the norm across the sector as it struggles to keep up with the new AI-driven world.

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Deloitte pledges hundreds of technology centre jobs in UK

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Deloitte pledges hundreds of technology centre jobs in UK

Big Four firm Deloitte has announced plans to create hundreds of new jobs in technology centres across the UK. The move aims to better meet client demand for business and technology expertise, as firms look to make the most from new cloud and AI tools.

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Tech vs talent - Big Four cutting graduate jobs cut in favour of AI is 'a misstep', expert warns

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Tech vs talent - Big Four cutting graduate jobs cut in favour of AI is 'a misstep', expert warns

Hundreds of graduate jobs have been slashed at the UK’s biggest accountancy firms as the Big Four turn to artificial intelligence to handle routine junior tasks.

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KPMG: UK and Swiss partners vote ‘overwhelmingly’ for £3.5bn merger

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KPMG: UK and Swiss partners vote ‘overwhelmingly’ for £3.5bn merger

Big Four firm KPMG UK and its Swiss partner have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of merging to become a $4.4bn (£3.5bn) business.

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FTI Consulting expands merger & acquisition team with Big Four trio

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FTI Consulting expands merger & acquisition team with Big Four trio

FTI Consulting has strengthened its Corporate Finance and Restructuring team in the Middle East with a trio of senior hires from Big Four firm KPMG.

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UK promotes 63 to partner

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UK promotes 63 to partner

Big Four consulting firm PwC has promoted 63 new partners, with its deals practice receiving the lion’s share of the new partners in a booming M&A marke

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Big U.S. consulting firms to suffer under the new H1B wage rule

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Big U.S. consulting firms to suffer under the new H1B wage rule

The Biden administration is reopening the process for registering for an H1B visa in the U.S. on March 22nd. A potential 65,000 visas will be issued at random under the so-called "lottery rule" and recipients will be able to start their new roles in October 2021.

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