TripActions Gets into Consulting

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TripActions Gets into Consulting

Just over a month after landing a $250 million investment round that brought its total valuation to a whopping $4 billion, travel booking and management provider TripActions is rolling out a consulting arm.

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Tips for Transitioning From Employee To Consultant

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Tips for Transitioning From Employee To Consultant

Let’s face it: When starting any new business, there are things you learn as you go. When I decided to leave the corporate world, I was so focused on the logistics that it didn’t occur to me that being a consultant would be any different than being an employee. I would treat my clients the same way I treated internal customers and co-workers – with professionalism and respect.

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EU’s Budget Commissioner opens consulting firm in Hamburg

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EU’s Budget Commissioner opens consulting firm in Hamburg

European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger will become an independent business and political consultant in Hamburg after the end of his term in office.

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Conference explores impact of artificial intelligence on consulting

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Conference explores impact of artificial intelligence on consulting

What is the impact of artificial intelligence on the consulting profession? This question will take centre stage at the ‘Artificial Intelligence in Consulting’ conference which will be held in India on the 10th of August.

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UAE on the up in global KPMG economic growth prospects index

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UAE on the up in global KPMG economic growth prospects index

The United Arab Emirates has improved its ranking in KPMG’s annual growth indicators report, closing in on the top 20 countries worldwide.

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Who’s switching jobs at Accor, Citi and KPMG?

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Who’s switching jobs at Accor, Citi and KPMG?

New City Appointments - who’s switching jobs?

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Tencent and Weibo Are the Gatekeepers to China's Luxury Market

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Tencent and Weibo Are the Gatekeepers to China's Luxury Market

Tencent's WeChat and Weibo are generally considered social networking platforms instead of e-commerce ones. WeChat is China's most popular messaging app with 1.1 billion monthly active users (MAUs) , while Weibo's microblogging platform has 465 million MAUs.

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Accenture Revenue Growth Reflects Rising Demand For Digital Services

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Accenture Revenue Growth Reflects Rising Demand For Digital Services

Accenture has posted US$11.10 billion in revenues for the third quarter ending May 31, as the IT consultancy continues to reap rich dividends from its widening portfolio of digital offerings.

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Navigant in deal to be acquired for $1.1 billion

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Navigant in deal to be acquired for $1.1 billion

A consultancy owned by a private-equity firm plans to buy Chicago-based Navigant Consulting for about $1.1 billion.

Guidehouse has a deal to buy Navigant, according to a statement. Guidehouse is a portfolio company of New York-based Veritas Capital.

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Anesco launches specialist consultancy arm Solar developer

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Anesco launches specialist consultancy arm Solar developer

Solar developer Anesco has launched a specialist consultancy arm designed to support investors and commercial customers to develop and optimize renewable energy strategies and asset performance.

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Carlyle lines up banks for sale of PA Consulting Group stake

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Carlyle lines up banks for sale of PA Consulting Group stake

The private equity backers of PA Consulting Group, one of the world's oldest management consultancies, are lining up bankers to oversee a prospective sale.

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India, China consuming more, exporting less

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India, China consuming more, exporting less

The share of goods traded across boarder in both India and China has dramatically fallen since around 2006 and stood at around 8.5% and 8.3%, respectively, in 2017, as more goods were consumed domestically than exported.

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Volkswagen Bank GmbH Chooses RegTech Solution From BearingPoint for Regulatory Reporting

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Volkswagen Bank GmbH Chooses RegTech Solution From BearingPoint for Regulatory Reporting

Volkswagen Bank GmbH switches from an inhouse-developed regulatory reporting solution to the standard software package Abacus360 Banking Regulatory from BearingPoint, one of the leading providers of innovative RegTech and RiskTech solutions and service

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Capgemini reinforces its energy and utilities capabilities in Germany with the acquisition of KONEXUS Consulting

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Capgemini reinforces its energy and utilities capabilities in Germany with the acquisition of KONEXUS Consulting

Capgemini announced the signing of an agreement to acquire KONEXUS Consulting, the leading strategy and management consultancy for the energy industry in the German market. By becoming part of Capgemini Invent, the digital innovation, consulting and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group, this acquisition will help to further meet growing demand from energy and utilities clients for strategy and transformation services in Germany and Central Europe.

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Working at a bigger consulting firm is not always better

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Working at a bigger consulting firm is not always better

Securing a job at a big consultancy is the dream of many graduates and consultants. But while a role at large consulting firms seems to offer great experience, does working for a goliath of the industry actually work for all consultants?

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KPMG in blockchain tie-up with Microsoft, R3 and TOMIA

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KPMG in blockchain tie-up with Microsoft, R3 and TOMIA

The Big Four firm has joined forces with the companies to harness blockchain and develop a “real-time settlement network” for the telecoms industry

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EY inks agreement with Open Banking Nigeria

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EY inks agreement with Open Banking Nigeria

Ernst & Young (EY) has finalised arrangements with Open Banking Nigeria to develop and advocate for a standard API for the country’s financial services industry.

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McLaren and Deloitte: bringing F1 technology to airport operations

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McLaren and Deloitte: bringing F1 technology to airport operations

Formula one giant McLaren and Deloitte have collaborated with NATS to create a digital twin of the skies with thousands of scenarios per second. How can these products improve airport operations now and in the future?

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Fonterra global CMO Anindya Dasgupta exits to launch consultancy

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Fonterra global CMO Anindya Dasgupta exits to launch consultancy

Anindya Dasgupta Fonterra’s global head of consumer business and chief marketing and sales officer, is leaving the company to set up his own consultancy named Growth Officers Inc headquartered in Singapore. Growth Officers Inc will currently focus on clients in Southeast Asia and aims to expand into India and China in the future.

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Wavestone and WGroup Announce their Merger

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Wavestone and WGroup Announce their Merger

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WGroup is an IT executive management consultancy focused on delivering IT strategy, cost optimization, and operational improvement advisory services to IT leaders in large enterprises across North America.

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