China’s homecoming heroes fuel a biotech boom with rapid CAR-T advances

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China’s homecoming heroes fuel a biotech boom with rapid CAR-T advances

Their alma maters are world-class institutions garlanded with landmark innovation and discovery but a generation of Chinese graduates, PhDs and scientific talent is now heading home to be part of a revolution.

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Can Amazon’s New Luxury Platform Challenge Alibaba’s?

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Can Amazon’s New Luxury Platform Challenge Alibaba’s?

Bluntly put, Amazon is always one step behind Alibaba, and its new venture into the world of luxury continues this trend. In years past, Amazon tried to replicate and even reinvent Alibaba’s model, but its track record hasn’t been impressive

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The art of being a McKinsey & Co. consultant during lockdown.

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The art of being a McKinsey & Co. consultant during lockdown.

How is McKinsey & Co., the global strategy consulting firm, responding to the virus lockdown? After all, it's one thing being an M&A banker with almost no deals to do but plenty of clients to talk through the implications of the slowdown,

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Future Biogas to launch biology consultancy

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Future Biogas to launch biology consultancy

Green gas producer Future Biogas will launch a new subsidiary consultancy service next month focusing on the biological expertise required to optimise anaerobic digestion (AD) plant efficiency.

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Tech group The Panoply acquires consultancy firm Ameo

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Tech group The Panoply acquires consultancy firm Ameo

Business consultancy firm Ameo has been acquired by AIM-listed technology group The Panoply in a deal worth £7 million in cash and shares.

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Big four takes on data analytics firm

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Big four takes on data analytics firm

Deloitte has announced that the co-owners and 17 staff of Bistech will be joining its Brisbane office from the beginning of April.

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Delta Capita, a Financial Services Consulting Firm, Acquires $50 Million in Capital from Prytek Holdings

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Delta Capita, a Financial Services Consulting Firm, Acquires $50 Million in Capital from Prytek Holdings

Delta Capita, a financial services consulting company, has acquired $50 million in capital from Prytek Holdings, a Singapore-based venture capital firm.

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Cognizant Buys Digital Marketing Consultancy Lev

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Cognizant Buys Digital Marketing Consultancy Lev

In the US, IT and business process consultancy Cognizant has acquired US-based digital marketing agency Lev, which provides data-driven insight and personalization across the customer journey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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What are the top supply chain trends of 2020?

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What are the top supply chain trends of 2020?

Faster logistics and operations, technology integration and supply chain shifts due to global trade wars were some of the trends that dominated supply chains in 2019.

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Former Mamas and Papas boss to join business consultancy

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Former Mamas and Papas boss to join business consultancy

A company which helps SMEs to scale up rapidly by giving them access to experienced part-time directors is expanding into the North West.

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Deloitte predicts 6G will be ready to go by 2030s

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Deloitte predicts 6G will be ready to go by 2030s

The technology, media, and telecommunications practice at Deloitte has predicted that 6G rollout will be planned by the 2030s.

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Tech Consultancy creates new jobs with Government Funding

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Tech Consultancy creates new jobs with Government Funding

Funding from the Welsh Government has allowed a technology consultancy to create 38 new jobs at its Port Talbot site.

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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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