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Altran has acquired India-based specialist engineering firm Pricol Technologies. The acquisition boosts the firm's capability in the rapid prototyping space, adds around 520 staff to the firm as well as a number of proprietary technologies and processes. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
Cognizant has expanded its Hong Kong presence with an additional office, allowing the firm to better serve its regional client base. The firm will be actively recruiting from local institutions to boost the capabilities, as well as leveraging the hub's time zone to support its Asia Pacific clients more generally.
Nine out of ten executives in the financial services sector say that by 2026 blockchain will be a mainstream part of strategies and operations.
The UK faces increased risk from storm damage, including large scale flooding events, as extreme weather intensifies. To more accurately predict key weather events, as well as create user friendly outputs for key stakeholders, the Environment Agency has hired CGI to create a Future Flood Forecasting System. The contract runs for three years and is valued at £5 million.
It’s always been important to hire the best people, after all, everybody agrees that people are a business’s biggest asset. However, there has never been more competition for the best people.
With firms looking to get a competitive edge over each other in the modern business landscape and the ever increasing visibility of people to job opportunities, the war for talent is reaching critical point.
The UK City of Culture initiative has moved to Hull, which recently celebrated its opening. As part of wider cultural exhibitions, an art work by artist Nayan Kulkarni was unveiled in the city's centre – a 75 meter-long wind turbine. The work was installed in the city's centre with the support of Arup. The work is fitting, as Hull recently got word that Siemens will invest £310 million in the city to build a manufacturing plant for wind turbines
Quint Wellington Redwood, an international consultancy and training firm, has launched a new platform aimed at improving the impact of training efforts through bridging the gap between education and implementation. The platform, dubbed ‘Consulting in a Box’, provides users with an online environment in which they can self-assess their progress and trigger actionable insights.
Growth of the UK economy will hit 1.3% in 2017, up from the previous forecast of 0.8%, according to EY. Economic growth is set to slow in 2018 however, falling to 1.1%. Key factors for the longer-term economic growth are tied to the performance of exports, which remains intimately tied to Brexit deal outcomes.
ScottishPower Renewables has commissioned Royal HaskoningDHV to assess the environmental impact of two large scale East Anglia Zone developments, the 700 MW and 800 MW offshore windfarms. The firm will monitor a range of key geological, ornithological and shipping data, the compiled data will form a key component in the planning application process
Infosys has committed itself to an internal greenhouse gas emission price of $10.5 per ton of CO2e fixed for two years. The move reflects its commitment to become carbon neutral by 2018, and fits into wider moves, including a switch to renewable energy, energy efficiency and offsetting carbon use.
New Delhi: Emerging market economies like China and India, which have been growing much faster than the US, Europe and Japan, are expected to witness even sharper jump in the coming years, says a PwC report.
Grant Thornton member firms have seen their revenues grow by 3.3% on average, measured in US dollar terms. The firm's headcount in the mean time grew by 11.4% on the year previous, breaching 47,000 people.
In a bid to support talent across London meet their basic housing needs, the cost of which can be onerous on low and entry level pay, Fifty Thousand Homes recently launched a pledge for businesses and organisations to support staff with their housing challenges. A number of professional services firms, including Grant Thornton, Arup and Mace, have signed up to the pledge
Steer Davies Gleave has bolstered its position in the North of the country, with a new office opening in Manchester. The new office offers the firm's full advisory proposition for modes of transport, as well as a new economic development proposition, developed by Director Simon Pringle.
In line with global efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the Danish municipality of Odense is working to become carbon neutral by 2025. As part of the effort, the Energy Lean initiative was launched – the project focuses on renovating 244 municipal buildings to energy efficiency. To provide sustainability consultancy support the municipality has tapped the expertise of Ramboll.
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications and PwC announced today a global collaboration to offer premium technology, implementation and consulting solutions to help financial institutions meet near-term and ongoing compliance with the International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) new IFRS9 and FASB's proposed CECL reporting standards.
Ten years ago, no one had heard of ‘apping’, and now because of WhatsApp it has become indispensable. We have changed the way we communicate and, as a result, added ‘apping’ to our vocabulary as a verb. And a new word is coming already: resharing.
Cognizant has acquired Australia-based insurance focused consulting, business transformation and IT services provider Adaptra. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
The NHS could spend up to £15m on management consultants for advice as it draws up its sustainability and transformation plans (STPs), the country’s largest trade union has warned.
RSM UK has acquired the firm’s Northern Ireland counterpart, the formerly RSM McClure Watters. The deal, which includes the addition of the Northern Ireland consultancy business PACEC, sees the addition of 70 staff to RSM’s UK headcount – bringing it up to a total strength of almost 4,000.
