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Capgemini has joined the Science Based Targets initiative, which was developed as part of the wider COP21 proceedings to stimulate businesses in creating plans to reduce their carbon footprint. The company will aim to further reduce its carbon footprint of 48,000 tonnes across its UK operation by 20% per employee by 2020 and 40% per employee by 2030.
Global HR consultancy Mercer has acquired Sirota Consulting, an international provider of employee engagement solutions. The acquisition bolsters Mercer’s strength and capabilities in talent management, as well as adds a range of employee engagement solutions to its portfolio. All of Sirota’s employees in four countries will make the transfer.
Booz Allen Hamilton has acquired US-based information technology services company Aquilent for $250 million. The deal adds considerable additional capacity to its technology and consultancy capabilities, particularly for US Government contracts, as well as sees the firm establish a Digital business hub at Aquilent's former headquarters.
IBM has closed the acquisition of Promontory Financial Group, whose specialists will be tasked with training the firm’s Watson cognitive computer system to automate – in so far as it is possible – the task of meeting regulatory requirements in the financial services industry.
The management consulting markets of the GCC and India have seen strong expansion last year, growing by 9% and 11% respectively.
Accenture has acquired independent U.K.-based creative agency Karmarama as consultancies and ad agencies continue to tread on each other’s turf.
More than fifteen public and private sector companies based in the Netherlands have joined forces to launch a programme that seeks to design and develop applications for blockchain technology in the logistics sector. The initiative marks, according to the founders, the first blockchain project of its scale in the logistics chain.
Nordic Actuary, a Swedish actuarial consulting firm, has joined Abelica Global as its member firm in Sweden. With the addition, Abelica Global bolsters its footprint in the Scandinavian market.
The global healthcare consulting market continues to grow, and with the importance of improving healthcare through efficiencies, innovation and the benefits it brings, is centre stage.Consultancy.uk spoke with Raj Purewal, business development and partnerships director at TRUSTECH, a healthcare consultancy established in 2001, about the unique offering that smaller consultancies can bring to the table and his take on TRUSTECH’s own success.
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.
