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IG International working with PwC on advancing its ESG agenda

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IG International working with PwC on advancing its ESG agenda

Fresh fruit player IG International has roped in consultants from PwC to support the company with professionalising its environment, social and governance (ESG) efforts.

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Tech consultancy MTX to continue expansion across Australia

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Tech consultancy MTX to continue expansion across Australia

US-headquartered tech consultancy MTX has announced an expansion of its service portfolio and traineeship program across Australia – only nine months after first landing in Adelaide.

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Teneo launches restructuring & turnaround service in the Middle East

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Teneo launches restructuring & turnaround service in the Middle East

Global advisory firm Teneo has expanded its services in the Middle East with the launch of its Financial Advisory practice.

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Kyndryl and SAP join forces to boost their cloud relevance

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Kyndryl and SAP join forces to boost their cloud relevance

Kyndryl, the IT services provider that spun out of IBM in November, has announced a new partnership with SAP which will see the two companies join forces to offer an integrated range of products and services to aid digital transformation. Both businesses have their roots in providing on-premise solutions, and by working together will hope they can boost their position in the cloud computing market, where they have so far struggled to make an impact in the face of strong competition from the public cloud hyperscalers.

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Accenture Interactive merges agencies and rebrands as Accenture Song

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Accenture Interactive merges agencies and rebrands as Accenture Song

Consulting giant Accenture has renamed Accenture Interactive, its advertising and marketing services arm, as Accenture Song, and will merge all of its agency subsidiaries with the exception of flagship creative shop Droga5.

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Dubai’s ICD Explores Sale of $1 Billion IT Services Firm SmartStream

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Dubai’s ICD Explores Sale of $1 Billion IT Services Firm SmartStream

Dubai’s sovereign wealth fund ICD is exploring a potential sale of British software services company SmartStream Technologies Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

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BCG and SAP Join Forces to Transform Companies into Sustainable Enterprises

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BCG and SAP Join Forces to Transform Companies into Sustainable Enterprises

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a leading strategy consultancy, announces a partnership with SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software

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$1.3 trillion metaverse market by 2030: BCG

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$1.3 trillion metaverse market by 2030: BCG

Metaverse platforms are likely to become a channel with a $1.3 trillion potential by 2030 according to a new report from BCG.

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Freelancer marketplace Malt acquires consulting marketplace Comatch

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Freelancer marketplace Malt acquires consulting marketplace Comatch

It’s consolidation time in the freelancer marketplace industry. French startup Malt is acquiring Comatch, a competing marketplace focused on consultants and industry experts. Comatch originally started in Germany, which means that Malt is also doubling down on the German market with this acquisition. Terms of the deal are undisclosed, but it involves a mix of equity and cash.

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Deloitte pumps $1 billion into sustainability and climate practice

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Deloitte pumps $1 billion into sustainability and climate practice

Deloitte has announced an investment of $1 billion into its global sustainability and climate practice.

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Oliver Wyman invests in data firm Blue Orange Digital

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Oliver Wyman invests in data firm Blue Orange Digital

Management consultancy Oliver Wyman has acquired a minority stake in Blue Orange Digital, a New York-based data science consulting firm.

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Maine Pointe discusses challenges and benefits of ESG in supply chain

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Maine Pointe discusses challenges and benefits of ESG in supply chain

Simon Knowles, CMO at supply chain and operational consultancy Maine Pointe, and Alan Amling, distinguished fellow at the Global Supply Chain Institute of the University of Tennessee, recently sat with SupplyChainBrain to record a podcast episode on the topic of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy in the supply chain.

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Rana Nawas joins Oliver Wyman’s partner team in Abu Dhabi

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Rana Nawas joins Oliver Wyman’s partner team in Abu Dhabi

Well-known business leader Rana Nawas has joined the partnership of management consultancy Oliver Wyman, bringing more than two decades of strategy and business experience to the firm’s transportation and services team in Abu Dhabi.

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Accenture acquires 270-strong sustainability consultancy Greenfish

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Accenture acquires 270-strong sustainability consultancy Greenfish

Two weeks after buying Avieco, Accenture has acquired another sustainability-focused consultancy in Europe. The bolt-on of Greenfish adds 270 professionals to its Sustainability Services practice in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

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EY UK Future Consumer Index: Affordability remains front of mind as economic uncertainty and rising costs affect UK consumers

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EY UK Future Consumer Index: Affordability remains front of mind as economic uncertainty and rising costs affect UK consumers

UK consumers are prioritising affordability and sustainability in their purchasing decisions as growing economic uncertainty diminishes consumer confidence, according the latest EY UK Future Consumer Index.

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SAP scores big Gloucestershire County Council contract

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SAP scores big Gloucestershire County Council contract

SAP has scored a big contract with Gloucestershire County Council (GCC).

The GCC has become the first UK public sector organisation to select RISE with SAP to modernise its IT and technology infrastructure, accelerate its transformation into the cloud and deliver efficient services to its local residents.

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Nokia to supply Microsoft’s data centre networks

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Nokia to supply Microsoft’s data centre networks

Nokia is to provide its data centre switching solutions to Microsoft’s data centres to support the bandwidth growth in Microsoft Azure.

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Asda selects Workday to accelerate digital transformation

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Asda selects Workday to accelerate digital transformation

Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, announced that in the company’s fiscal 2022 fourth quarter, Asda, one of the largest supermarket chains in the UK, selected Workday to support its global workforce and deliver an enhanced employee experience

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Digital twin generator Unlearn nets $50M to bolster clinical trials with AI models

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Digital twin generator Unlearn nets $50M to bolster clinical trials with AI models

A startup looking to develop digital copies of patients in clinical trials—allowing computer models of study participants to be generated ahead of time—has raised $50 million for its machine learning-powered efforts.

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