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Accenture has been positioned in the “Winner’s Circle” and ranked as the leader in execution of the inaugural HfS Research 2016 Energy Operations Blueprint. Accenture’s position among the 13 energy operations service providers assessed was based on excellence, recognized by clients, in the key categories of innovation and execution.
The world is gradually moving away from traditional oil & gas sources as changes in technology, consumer behaviour and sustainable necessity continue to unfold. Together, and combined, the joining of forces is set disrupt the industry, a development which has material implications for carbon energy assets and investments made today.
1994 was the year I was introduced to the relatively unknown industry called IT sales recruitment! Little did I know or think that some 22 years later I would be recounting my memories and experiences of this ever evolving business which in 2016 saw annual global sales revenue reaching €450.4 billion! (Ciett 2016 Economic Report)
Deloitte Romania, a professional services firm, has announced the launch of its digital practice. The consultant Cosmin Costea of costeaconsulting.com, who has a background in digital business consulting, will lead the new division as strategy director.
Professional services giant KPMG has posted a 13 per cent increase in sales to $1.37 billion for the 12 months to June 30.
The result continues the stellar run of the big audit and consulting firms, with Deloitte and EY also posting double-digit revenue growth.
IBM, Capgemini and Atos are according to executives and managers in the Netherlands the country’s best consultancy firms in the field of digital consulting. HP and Accenture close of the top five, with two of the Big Four also recognised
EY says the team from Society Consulting, the market-leading analytics and big data consulting firm in Seattle, Washington, has joined Ernst & Young LLP in the US. Society Consulting is known for aggregating, organizing and visualizing companies’ data to improve the customer experience for its clients across a variety of media channels, and creating scalable, actionable analytics solutions that span all customer touch points.
The UK’s Brexit vote is expected to hit global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, a new study has found.
Seven in 10 global dealmakers believe that while it remains uncertain when and how the UK will leave the EU, the number of global transactions will fall overall.
Deloitte and ConsenSys Enterprise have announced the formation of a partnership, aimed at strengthening their respective blockchain proposition to clients. The promise of the technology, as well as the potential for disruption, have seen considerable interest from professional services firms in recent years – although challenges remain.
The banking sector needs to think quick to swerve some of the more negative effects of June's Brexit vote, a report out today suggests.
The study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns that, not only will the worsened economic outlook take its toll on banking sector performance, banks need to be preparing for action now, rather than being too cautious with a wait and see approach.
July 2016 Management Consultancy Salary Survey
It's been a very busy year so far in the management consulting world and this has been reflected in the activity relating to hiring talent.
As financial services organisations predict and plan for the way consumers will manage their money in the future, artificial intelligence (AI) is high on the business development strategy for 2016 and beyond, says Gideon Hyde from design consultancy Market Gravity. The co-founder shares his thoughts on the emerging technology and explains how businesses can embrace AI to enhance their offerings, meet consumer demand for speed, personalisation and convenience, and launch new products and services to stand out in the competitive marketplace.
Capgemini has launched an Applied Innovation Exchange in London, the firm’s ninth globally. The new innovation platform enables business leaders in the UK to plan their organisations’ future (digital) transformation and address any disruptions ahead of them, by immersing in the discovery, experimentation and application of emerging technologies.
First, it was Grexit, then it was Brexit. Now the looming threat for Europe is Quitaly, the fear that Italy might decide it has had enough of the single currency and go back to the lira.
Put simply, Italy’s economy is floundering and has been for the past two decades during which time there has been virtually no growth and Italian goods have become less and less competitive in export markets.
EY has become the second Big Four firm to sign HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which looks to promote gender diversity in the financial service industry.
Regardless of individual personal views on the result of the EU referendum it is clear that the change in our relationship with Europe will require our leaders to make significant changes to how they generate economic prosperity.
Big Four firms EY and PwC have closed two acquisitions in Belgium: EY has acquired A-THREE, a consulting firm specialised in preventing ’revenue leakage’, while rival PwC has snapped up Handson & Partners, a tax compliance and accounting services provider.
Supply chain companies are slowly implementing transformations to their respective supply chains, while most, 59% of European and 51% of US companies, have a strategic priority for a green supply chain in place. While companies realise the importance of becoming sustainable, the primary motivation to do so remains business oriented.
Accenture Interactive has expanded its on the ground presence in Tokyo by taking a majority stake in IMJ Corporation. The organisations will leverage each other's strengths to provide an end-to-end digital services solution for the regional market.
