"Having good market intelligence is no longer optional in this day and age"
Rakesh Pabbi - Senior Partner
Business confidence has risen significantly in the last six months according to the latest Business in Britain report. The survey, now in its 25th year, offers insights on the recent performance and expectations of domestic businesses. The survey is based on the responses of over 1,500 firms, especially small and medium-sized companies, drawn from all industries and all parts of the country.
China's unique urban transportation challenges, high rate of adoption of mobile internet services, and rapid and aggressive introduction of alternative mobility solutions have combined to make the country a fertile ground for mobility innovation.
A Hong Kong firm has snapped up London's landmark Walkie Talkie skyscraper for a record £1.3bn.
Retail banking enjoys strong growth momentum in China as lenders are gearing up to build up the business with lower funding cost and better assets quality.
Chinese companies spent a record US$227 billion (Br 7.6 trillion) acquiring foreign companies last year – six times what foreign companies spent acquiring Chinese firms.
Navigant Consulting, Inc.NCI continues to expand its Disputes, Forensics & Legal Technology segment in Asia with the appointment of two new managing directors, Neill Poole in Hong Kong and Gagan Puri in Singapore.
McKinsey sent the warning when it launched a Digital Capability Centre at Tsinghua University, the fifth it has set up after ones in the United States, Germany, Italy and Singapore, to facilitate the application of smart production and digital operation to reshape manufacturing.
Another Australian bank has started to shed its non core assets. Under the leadership of CEO Andrew Thorburn, NAB has been disposing of poorly performing or non-core businesses, especially offshore.
The world’s biggest investment consultants plan to fight on against a full-blown competition probe in the UK. Aon Hewitt, Willis Towers Watson and Mercer had all recommended competition rules to the country’s financial watchdog, which were deemed too little too late. The Financial Conduct Authority will now consider if their study into the conflicting interests in the sector are grounds enough to refer it to the anti-trust authority.
What do you think of when you consider a 10-year-old tech company? Progessive? Egalitarian? Now, how about a 125-year-old manufacturing company? Old-school? Male-dominated? You wouldn’t be alone.
Digital matchmaking start-up Catalant has received a new round of capital investment. The Boston-based firm which helps companies select and engage with consultants has raised an additional $41 million in new investment, as the group’s Series D funding round draws to a close. The new injection brings Catalant's total financing to more than $73 million.
Many UK employers have had to pay "well above market rate" to attract employees over the past year as a skills shortage intensifies, a survey suggests.
Cognizant yesterday formally opened a new Collaboratory lab in London, after Amsterdam its second in Europe. The new interactive work space brings together a multi-disciplinary team of social scientists, design thinkers, creative technologists, engineers, and strategists to help organisations transform and reimagine their business, operating, and technology models for the digital era.
You’ll never know just how good you could be unless you are right on the edge of your comfort zone, one step away from either failure or glory.
Consulting and technology giants Accenture have announced plans to spend a huge $1.8 billion on acquisitions to strengthen its global outfit – significantly more than what its biggest rivals have spent in the past years combined.
UK workers gifted employers an extra £17 billion in free work over 2016, as they didn’t make (full) use of their entitled holiday time.
Research commissioned by holiday firm Airtours has revealed that in 2016, 40% of the British workforce were guilty of not utilising their full holiday entitlement, with one in six employees also admitting to having more than a full working week of unused holiday spare.
A new index to promote upward mobility has found Grant Thornton to be the top UK employer social mobility. They were joined in the top 20 by Big Four members KPMG in second place, Deloitte in fifth and PwC in seventh and EY as the 16th best employer for social mobility. While the top firms are moving to tackle the issue however, the Index also revealed a sustained effort is still needed to boost state-school intake at top firms.
Matt Taylor, a Managing Director in the Risk and Compliance wing of Protiviti, reflects on the impact of the Fifth EU AML Directive (5AMLD) and provides tips how organisations can best prepare for the new regulation.
Projective, a consultancy and project management specialist, has entered the German market with the opening of an office in Frankfurt. By establishing an arm in Germany’s financial services capital, the firm anticipates growing its footprint in the country and wider DACH landscape.
Grant Thornton Windward Islands has boosted its operation in St Vincent and the Grenadines with the acquisition of the Patterson & Co, formerly a BDO member firm. The deal, the value of which has not been disclosed, adds 17 staff to Grant Thornton, including Partner Floyd Patterson.
