Kantar snaps up digital consultancy Mavens of London

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Kantar snaps up digital consultancy Mavens of London

Market research firm Kantar today said it has acquired digital consultancy Mavens of London as new owner Bain Capital continues to overhaul the business.

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Coronavirus a blow for consultants, but also an opportunity

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Coronavirus a blow for consultants, but also an opportunity

The Coronavirus outbreak marks a major blow for consultants. However, like any crisis, it could also present an opportunity, according to the leaders of four global strategic consulting firms.

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Boston Consulting Group Revenues Reach $8.5 Billion

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Boston Consulting Group Revenues Reach $8.5 Billion

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world's leading management consulting firms, announced today global sales of $8.5 billion for 2019, with underlying revenue growth of 14% at constant exchange rates.

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Deloitte and Appian Form Strategic Alliance

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Deloitte and Appian Form Strategic Alliance

Deloitte Consulting, LLP and Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced a strategic alliance to help modernize mission systems for its clients within commercial, federal civilian, defense, state and local government agencies.

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Ripon looks to hire consulting firm for new corporation yard

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Ripon looks to hire consulting firm for new corporation yard

The City of Ripon is looking at plans of a new corporate yard.

The Ripon City Council just hired Goodwin Consulting – cost is to not exceed $5,800 from the General Fund – to provide the financial service in updating AB1600 Corporate Yard fund and those AB1600 funds currently with negative balances.

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Accenture : Acquires UK-Based Cybersecurity Consultancy

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Accenture : Acquires UK-Based Cybersecurity Consultancy

Accenture has acquired Context Information Security, a leading cyber defence consultancy, previously owned by parent company Babcock International Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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The Tortoise and the Hare: Why it is important to continue engaging talent in times of crisis

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The Tortoise and the Hare: Why it is important to continue engaging talent in times of crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic is of course dominating the news, and rapidly curtailing much of the recruitment activity we saw early in 2020. Overall business confidence in the management consultancy sector remains very strong, and across the industry from boutiques to the biggest global firms, the strategy is to ensure they are ready to respond as soon as the crisis has passed.

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Mace bolsters consultancy arm with two new directors

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Mace bolsters consultancy arm with two new directors

Mace has appointed two directors to its strategic advisory business as part of a move to bolster its consultancy arm.

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Inspirage Acquires Vertical Edge Consulting Group

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Inspirage Acquires Vertical Edge Consulting Group

Inspirage, an award-winning provider of Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Management and Logistics Management implementation services announced today that they have completed their acquisition of Vertical Edge Consulting Group, a leading full-service Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence(BI) consulting firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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FTI Consulting Bolsters Automotive and Industrial Performance

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FTI Consulting Bolsters Automotive and Industrial Performance

FTI Consulting, announced the appointment of Neal Ganguli as a Senior Managing Director and Automotive & Industrial Business Transformation Leader, enhancing the firm's ability to provide performance improvement and transaction services to automotive and industrial manufacturers, as well as private equity clients investing in these sectors.

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Analysys Mason to Acquire Telecoms Management Consultancy Firm Allolio&Konrad

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Analysys Mason to Acquire Telecoms Management Consultancy Firm Allolio&Konrad

Analysys Mason last week announced that it has agreed to acquire Allolio&Konrad, a management consultancy based in Bonn, Germany, with long-term client relationships with Europe's leading telecoms operators.

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KPMG agrees to management buy-out of UK pensions division

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KPMG agrees to management buy-out of UK pensions division

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.

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Publicis Sapient Acquires Management Consultancy Third Horizon

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Publicis Sapient Acquires Management Consultancy Third Horizon

Publicis Sapient has announced the completion of the strategic acquisition of Australia-based Management Consultancy firm, Third Horizon. The acquisition, which closed on February 28th, expands the end-to-end digital transformation capability available to Publicis Sapient clients globally, particularly deepening the Strategy and Consulting expertise available across industries.

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Carlyle Group to open regional HQ in Abu Dhabi

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Carlyle Group to open regional HQ in Abu Dhabi

The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity companies, will open its regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi through a partnership deal with Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners.

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Freelance Management Consulting Is Large And Growing

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Freelance Management Consulting Is Large And Growing

A couple of weeks ago we lost Professor Clay Christensen of HBS, an exceptional management scholar and teacher. Christensen was best known for his ground breaking work on how traditional industries are disrupted by innovation

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Why we need the Consultancy Sector Futures Institute

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Why we need the Consultancy Sector Futures Institute

A new industry institute will turn research into action and create a best-in-class engineering consultancy ecosystem fit for the fourth industrial revolution

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Maritime Consultancy  expands at Business  Hub

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Maritime Consultancy expands at Business Hub

A maritime consultancy in the offshore renewables sector has expanded at Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC) in Southampton.

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Pooven Maduramuthu appointed new Chief Executive of IMPOWER

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Pooven Maduramuthu appointed new Chief Executive of IMPOWER

Pooven Maduramuthu has been appointed Chief Executive of IMPOWER, taking over from Martin Cresswell who has been at the helm for more than 12 years.

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Dr. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Joins FTI Consulting

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Dr. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Joins FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) announced today that Dr. Aldo Flores-Quiroga is partnering with the firm as a Senior Advisor for the Energy & Natural Resources sector within the Strategic Communications segment.

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CapGemini acquires Advectas

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CapGemini acquires Advectas

Tech and digital transformation consulting firm, Capgemini, has bought Scandinavian business intelligence and data science company, Advectas, for an undisclosed amount.

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