The world of airport retail is booming. As airports continue to implement tasks such as check-in and bag-drop remotely, there is more physical space which can be used to increase non-aviation revenue streams.
There may be cause for some festive cheer in the dismal world of UK retail, according to research from Accenture.
PwC has thrown open the doors of its Cardiff office to find the tech talent of tomorrow.
The professional services firm is building a cyber hub in the Welsh capital and has roles to fill as part of its investment in the West and Wales region. Students from Cardiff Sixth Form College and graduates from the University of Cardiff, South Wales University and Cardiff Met attended an open day to hear more about the PwC’s opportunities.
KPMG has agreed a deal for the buy-out of its UK pensions division, which will continue to serve clients under the ownership of its current management team. The management buy-out is understood to have been backed by Exponent Private Equity, the private equity firm which entered into exclusive talks with KPMG for the purchase in October.
Ted Baker has reportedly drafted in consultancy firm AlixPartners to support the root-and-branch review of its operations after a year which saw the retailer issue three profit warnings.
A.T. Kearney Global Business Policy Council released its Year-Ahead Predictions 2020, 10 significant trends and events that will shape the coming year. Looking at demography, economy, environment, geopolitics, governance, resources and technology, the study reveals possible near-term developments to which businesses should pay close attention and prepare accordingly.
In today’s hyper-competitive world, Private Equity (PE) firms need to focus on executing a sustained digital transformation strategy for building a data-driven due diligence capability, enhancing operational efficiencies and accelerating top-line growth in portfolio companies.
Everyone is doing A.I., but not everyone is doing it well.
That’s the conclusion of a panel on how corporations are implementing artificial intelligence projects, which took place last week at the Fortune Global Tech Forum in Guangzhou, China.
Enterprise Singapore has welcomed the second cohort of companies to its Scale-up SG accelerator, with consultancies PwC and McKinsey serving as programme anchor partners.
The Big Four accounting firms are reaping consulting revenue in China at a time when audit regulators are struggling to achieve audit transparency. That’s the key takeaway from reports released recently from Source Global Research and Canadian Public Accountability Board.
Shining as one of the Big Four accounting organizations, KPMG, the leading professional services providing firm, has announced the news about the launch of KPMG Origins in Australia, China, and Japan. KPMG Origins is a ‘track and trace’ platform that is designed on blockchain pedagogies to cater to the requirements of varied industries, including agriculture, resources, manufacturing, and finance domains
Big Four accountancy firm KPMG is to leave its Aberdeen home of 25 years and relocate to the multi-million-pound Marischal Square development in the city.
Accenture has acquired Apis Group, a privately held Australian consultancy that provides strategic advisory, digital design, and delivery services to government agencies.
Within management consulting the most common way of working is four days a week on client site and one day a week working from the office or home location. Obviously there are exceptions to this with some firms working more or less on client site, however at a large number of management consulting firms four days each week on client site is standard. It is then about how the company works for the other day (or more) of the week, whether you are able to complete the rest of the work from home or if the company prefer people to be in the office.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was among the 40 companies in the 2019 list of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures. The ranking, which recognizes Canadian companies with high-performance cultures that sustain a competitive advantage, is administered by Waterstone Human Capital, an HR consulting firm specializing in executive search, culture assessment, and leadership development.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has launched its BCG Gamma division in the Netherlands, as the consulting firms seeks to support Dutch corporates and the public-private sector with embracing artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Richard Kennedy, the chief executive of agri-tech business Devenish, has won this year’s overall EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Pandora has unveiled a new a partnership with the data consultancy Fifty-five, reports have said.
The team at Fifty-five will work alongside Pandora’s in-house data team to improve its marketing ROI, thought improvements in its digital media strategy and marketing budget allocation.
EY has become the latest member of the Big Four to announce restructuring plans for its UK wing, with the news it will be scaling down its financial services practice. The firm is understood to be putting around 100 jobs in the unit at risk of redundancy, having suffered a decline in work amid a mixed set of 2019 results for the company as a whole.
