Market size of the global consulting industry in 2020?

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Market size of the global consulting industry in 2020?

The consulting industry stands to take a sizeable hit from the Covid-19 crisis, and according to the latest estimates, it will be worth around 18% lower at end of 2020 as a result.

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Kearney predicts investors will turn toward small and midsize assets in 2020

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Kearney predicts investors will turn toward small and midsize assets in 2020

Kearney today released its annual Consumer and Retail M&A report, Time to Reset, Reposition, and Win, which explores the current and future deal landscape for consumer product and retail companies.

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KPMG hires director to boost its public sector consultancy

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KPMG hires director to boost its public sector consultancy

Accountancy firm KPMG has hired a new director for its infrastructure, government and healthcare managing consulting team.

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Rolls-Royce turns the screw on hundreds of smaller suppliers

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Rolls-Royce turns the screw on hundreds of smaller suppliers

Rolls-Royce is demanding price cuts of up to 15 per cent from hundreds of smaller suppliers as the coronavirus crisis hammers the aerospace industry.

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McKinsey’s New Report Finds That Diversity Does Not Equal Inclusion

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McKinsey’s New Report Finds That Diversity Does Not Equal Inclusion

Consulting behemoth McKinsey released a 2020 report entitled Diversity Wins: How inclusion matters. McKinsey has quickly become reliable source for empirical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) research.

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Accenture buys Data Firm Byte Prophecy

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Accenture buys Data Firm Byte Prophecy

Professional services company Accenture has acquired India-based automated insights and data analytics company Byte Prophecy for an undisclosed sum.

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Is Blockchain The Key To A New Age Supply Chain?

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Is Blockchain The Key To A New Age Supply Chain?

Managing the increasingly complex global supply chains of today is a difficult task for organisations. Capgemini has published a report on how blockchain can help.

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UK regulator opens probe into PwC and KPMG audits of Eddie Stobart

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UK regulator opens probe into PwC and KPMG audits of Eddie Stobart

The UK accounting watchdog is investigating audits carried out by PwC and KPMG of Eddie Stobart, the UK logistics and haulage company that came close to collapse last year.

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HSBC, Citi speed up digital push to ward off upstarts

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HSBC, Citi speed up digital push to ward off upstarts

Banks in Asia’s financial hubs such as HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup, Inc. are finding that the disruption from the coronavirus outbreak is helping them push back on a threat from a breed of virtual upstarts.

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How Accenture, Intel and Sulubaaï are protecting Filipino coral reefs through AI

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How Accenture, Intel and Sulubaaï are protecting Filipino coral reefs through AI

The monitoring of endangered coral reef in the Philippines has been enhanced through an artificial intelligence (AI) alliance between Accenture, Intel and the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation.

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Dallas-Based Healthcare Consulting Firm Acquired by Missouri’s BKD

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Dallas-Based Healthcare Consulting Firm Acquired by Missouri’s BKD

Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisors has acquired CampbellWilson, LLP a Dallas consulting firm that focuses on healthcare regulatory consulting. The move will add to the 250 BKD employees already working in BKD’s Dallas offices

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Turnaround Pro Rejoins AlixPartners as Newest Managing Director

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Turnaround Pro Rejoins AlixPartners as Newest Managing Director

AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced that Peter D. Fitzsimmons has rejoined the company as a Managing Director. Peter has more than 30 years’ experience in client-focused leadership roles with companies of all sizes and across a wide range of industries.

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KPMG appoints new senior partner to lead Glasgow offices

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KPMG appoints new senior partner to lead Glasgow offices

Big Four accountant KPMG has appointed James Kergon as its new senior partner to lead the firm's Glasgow offices.

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EY Greece partners with InvestGR forum

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EY Greece partners with InvestGR forum

EY Greece and the InvestGR Forum have agreed to a strategic partnership that begins with the 3rd InvestGR Forum 2020, titled “Greece in the Pole Position.”

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KPMG and the future of future mobility

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KPMG and the future of future mobility

Professional services firm, KPMG, has appointed Dr Sarah Owen-Vandersluis as its UK head of future mobility and Edwin Kemp as UK head of automotive strategy, with immediate effect.

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Benoit Laclau succeeds Stephen Lambert as EY's Consulting boss

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Benoit Laclau succeeds Stephen Lambert as EY's Consulting boss

Benoit Laclau, a senior partner at EY and the firm’s Global Energy leader, has been named the new UK & Ireland Managing Partner for Consulting.

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Corporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools

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Corporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools

While families have been scrambling to homeschool and accessorize their 20 million+ Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) GrabNGo meals, the District’s Superintendent and improbably employed former investment-banker, Austin Beutner, has sought guidance from his own comfort-sector, the world of corporate management consulting

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Accenture snaps up Italy's PLM Systems in digital engineering push

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Accenture snaps up Italy's PLM Systems in digital engineering push

Professional services company Accenture has expanded its footprint in digital engineering with the planned acquisition of systems integrator, PLM Systems.

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Fluor Corporation awarded project management consultant contract

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Fluor Corporation awarded project management consultant contract

Fluor Corporation announced that it was named project management consultant for Advanced Global Investment Company’s (AGIC) new propane dehydrogenation, polypropylene and utilities and offsites complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

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EY overhauls UK leadership and splits audit governance

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EY overhauls UK leadership and splits audit governance

EY has overhauled its UK leadership and split the governance of its audit practice as part of measures to improve quality following sustained criticism of the accounting industry from regulators and politicians.

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