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The final of the ‘Amazon Growing Business Awards’ took place in central London, with seventeen growing UK businesses managing to scoop an award. Gate One, a London-based management consulting firm, came out on top as one of the winners, taking home the prestigious Young Company of the Year award.
In a bid to boost its cybersecurity defence capacity in France, which is experiencing an uptick in activity, CGI has launched a new cybersecurity centre in Toulouse, France. The centre provides a range of cybersecurity managed services for clients.
PwC has launched a new Fintech capability called Vulcan Digital Asset Services which the consultant claims will enable digital assets to be used for everyday banking, commerce and other personal currency and asset related services.
Atos and Siemens have deepened their long-term alliance, following five years of derived synergies, with an additional €80 million committed to their joint innovation investment programme. The additional funds are set to provide for a range of developing industries, from Industrial Security to the Internet of Things.
IBM today announced that it is launching four new data centers in the U.K. This brings IBM’s total data center footprint in the U.K. to six, in addition to 16 other locations across Europe.
It’s official: we are in a low-growth world, with the latest data revealing a slowdown in the US, Europe and Japan, as well as numerous developing markets. For many corporates, this challenging operating environment places more focus on achieving the balance between the imperative to deliver attractive returns to shareholders and the need to manage risk.
IBM has acquired Sanovi Technologies, boosting its cloud focused data disaster, recovery and mitigation capabilities. The addition, once integrated, will provide the US giant with a more streamlined and automated resilience offering, says the firm.
Accenture has acquired Canada-based ServiceNow specialist consulting firm Nashco Consulting for an undisclosed sum. The addition, which is to be integrated into the firm’s global ServiceNow practice, further boosts its North American market presence in the growing As-a-service space.
London remains the globe’s top FinTech hub, according to a new report. The city benefits from a strong financial market presence, a high innovation index score and a good placement in doing business. Singapore takes the number two spot, followed by New York and Silicon Valley.
Professional services company KPMG in Singapore has launched the Digital Ledger Services, a suite of services to help companies realise blockchain capabilities.
Deloitte has appointed two Partners within its ranks: Robert Miller, former Partner at Radford, joins the firm's Global Employer Services practice in London, and Nigel Walsh, former Vice President and Head of UK Insurance at Capgemini, joins the firm's Insurance practice, also in London.
Centrica, an international energy and services company, has selected Cognizant as its partner to deliver end-to-end digital assurance as-a-service across its technology landscape. The move is part of its wider digital transformation agenda.
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Oil companies have been warned it is "unlikely" prices will return to $100 a barrel levels in the near future.
Two Belgium based SAP consulting firms – Expertum and Logos Consulting – have agreed to a strategic merger. The joining of forces creates a SAP consultancy with over 80 employees in three countries.
FTI Consulting has recently picked up three senior advisers from KPMG, who all join as Senior Managing Directors based in the firm’s London office. Sarah Lane takes on the role of leader of the Tax team’s financial services group, Peter Scholes has been appointed leader of the Tax team’s treasury tax services and Ben Tausig will serve as head of FTI’s insurance tax offering.
Global technology giant CGI has acquired Collaborative Consulting, a Boston-based IT consultancy with nearly 400 professionals.
Navigant has acquired Ecofys, a European consultancy firm specialised in energy and sustainability. Roughly 150 consultants across four countries, including the UK, will join Navigant’s energy arm.
Helena and The Boston Consulting Group are collaborating on the first edition of the Helena Prize. The prize is open to those under the age of 30 developing for-profit technology that reduces radiative forcing, linked to climate change. The winner will gain access to BCG expertise and become a Helena member, alongside a range of other benefits.
Nearly three quarters of British bankers believe that London will remain Europe’s financial powerhouse in five years’ time, countering recent concerns that UK’s capital city will lose its top spot to rivals such as Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich or Frankfurt.
