The global management consulting industry is expected to continue growing at a rate of 4-5 percent, according to Beroe Inc., a procurement intelligence firm
KPMG in Bahrain announced the expansion of its Advisory function with the appointment of Manav Prakash to lead the firm’s Management Consulting practice in Bahrain. Manav has been with KPMG in Bahrain for over ten years and has worked with leading organisations in the Government and Private sector.
As more and more news businesses turn to paywalls and subscriptions, The Financial Times looks like an early model and success story — a few months ago the organization announced that it has passed 1 million paying readers, with digital subscribers accounting for more than three-fourths of its circulation.
The good news: There are more women in top level positions at America’s firms than ever before. The bad news? There are still big problems getting there, and the biggest, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co. and Lean In, isn’t even breaking through the final “glass ceiling.”
Cardiff-based consultancy amber energy has been appointed by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) to secure energy costs at more than 200 properties including the Principality Stadium for the next four years.
McKinsey & Co. has issued a big new report on the future of the banking industry. As has been observed by a wag, it basically constitutes a pitch for business by the strategy consulting firm, which is suggesting banks need to get their houses in order, urgently, before the next catastrophic downturn comes their way.
Guidehouse, a portfolio company of private equity firm Veritas Capital, has completed its acquisition of Navigant, a Chicago-based global management consulting firm.
As well as investing and recruiting 25 graduates and school-leavers at its Cambridge office, Deloitte has also recently welcomed partner, Fran Cousins to the local Cambridge team.
Genpact, a global professional services firm, is acquiring Chicago-based digital consultancy Rightpoint. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Accenture has acquired Happen, a privately owned innovation firm that uses proprietary methods, frameworks and digital tools to help clients generate new ideas, products and services that drive business growth. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, has acquired AllofUs, a leading design consultancy based in London.
TeamUltra - a Computacenter Company - today announced the launch of a newly formed practice, dedicated to providing strategic ServiceNow consulting services. The service will help companies to establish a sound strategy and governance around the Now Platform. This provides a solid foundation for ensuring ServiceNow delivers the expected benefits from digitising workflows, such as lower costs, improved user experience, accelerated time to value and faster ROI.
An Indonesian unit of management consultants McKinsey & Company has been appointed to conduct a feasibility study on moving the capital from the crowded, flood-prone city of Jakarta on Java island to the forested island of Borneo, an official said.
KPMG UK has announced the appointment of 49 partners and 196 directors this year
Of the new partners 29 were external hires and 99 of the new directors came from outside the Big Four firm.
HM Revenue & Customs has announced it has extended its contract with Capgemini to supply IT services for a further two years. While the news takes the firm and client’s continued relationship to 18 years, however, a key change to the contract will see its responsibilities dispersed to other, smaller firms over the coming 24 months.
The profit share system at PwC has seen more than 1,000 of its former partners share a total windfall of £100m after record profits this year
Deloitte UK has published its 2019 gender pay gap data, indicating that progress towards parity is taking a while to achieve
This shows the Big Four firm’s mean pay gap is 18.7% (18.1% in 2018) and the median pay gap is 16.1%, the same as last year
KPMG has made 20 promotions across its Audit, Tax and Advisory teams based at Hills Road in Cambridge, including three new directors.
Among the most impressive new developments in technology is the field of machine learning (ML). In essence, machine learning teaches an artificial intelligence system to teach itself. While this might sound like the start of a campy sci-fi horror story, the results are quite promising for small business
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be widely adopted in office environments in a variety of ways over the next few years as businesses invest in digital workplace initiatives, Gartner analysts said today.
The trend is expected to gather steam as voice-activated personal assistants that have proved a hit at home begin to make inroads in the office.