Management consultants triple overseas work in just a year September 23, 2012 UK-BASED management consultants have tripled the percentage of their work done outside the UK, data from an industry body revealed today. Consultancies did 17 per cent of their work in international markets in the first half of the year, up from five per cent in the same period of 2011. And fee income continued to [...]
Recovery in consultancies as fee income hits pre-crisis high May 13, 2012 BRITAIN’S management consultants made as much money in 2011 as they did in the peak years before the financial crisis, industry data showed today. The industry’s fee income grew by just under five per cent in 2011 and the number of fee-earning consultants increased by 10 per cent according to a report from the Management [...]
Bright ideas from the NHS can earn hospitals billions April 10, 2012 MUCH of the debate – and emotion – that surrounded the passage of the Health and Social Care Act focused on the extent to which the private sector should be allowed to compete to provide services to the NHS. It is a good question, and the public will benefit from some elements of additional competition [...]
WHY BICK’S CHILEAN MINOR HAS X APPEAL April 10, 2011 CHARLIE Bick, the teenage son of Square1 Consulting’s chairman David Bick, looks set to follow in the footsteps of fellow Old Harrovian James Blunt, as his appearances on the Chilean X Factor are winning him an army of female fans. Charlie, 19, entered Chile’s first X Factor contest after his host family in Santiago – [...]
Consulting picks up after record slump April 12, 2010 MANAGEMENT consultancy work is already showing signs of picking up in the UK following the recession, a welcome respite for the £8bn industry after battling through its toughest year ever in 2009. Financial services, traditionally the most lucrative market for consultants, saw demand drop by 12 per cent during 2009, according to a report published [...]