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  • London Tech Week: Accenture warns of AI divide as Starmer launches tech skills plan

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    Sir Keir Starmer may sound like he is making the right noises for the tech sector with his flagship pledge at London Tech Week to train one million students in AI – but new data highlights a stark regional divide has already taken shape. London is rapidly pulling away from the rest of the country [...]

  • Verizon and Accenture partner to help businesses tackle cyber threats

    Verizon business has announced a strategic partnership with global professional services firm Accenture to address escalating cyber security risks. Together, they aim to strengthen cyber resilience across industries, with a particular focus on mid market and large businesses across the UK. As cyber attacks become more sophisticated and frequent, the collaboration will launch cyber risk [...]

  • Former Accenture exec Peter Lacy settles claim with consultancy giant

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    Accenture’s former head of sustainability Peter Lacy has settled his employment case with the consultancy giant, City AM can reveal

  • Keir Starmer visits Ireland in bid to reset UK’s relationship with Dublin

    September 7, 2024

    Sir Keir Starmer is to visit Ireland as he seeks to reset the UK’s relationship with its nearest neighbour. The Prime Minister will travel to Dublin on Saturday to meet with the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in his first official visit to Ireland. Commerce across the Irish Sea, a trade relationship worth 100 billion euros a [...]

  • Public sector spending on consultants hits record high despite efforts to cut

    August 23, 2024

    Public sector spending on management consultants has ballooned to a near-record high this year despite efforts to cut reliance on the expensive sector. Fees to consultants from central government, local authorities and other departments swelled to an estimated £3.4bn in the last fiscal year between 2023 and 2024, a rise of 12 per cent on [...]

  • Clifford Chance: London magic circle law firm brings in long-time Accenture finance boss

    February 14, 2024

    Magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has hired a new chief financial officer from professionals service firm Accenture. Daniel Burton is set to join the law firm mid-June, and will take over from its current global CFO Patrick Glydon who is retiring in July. Glydon was in the CFO role at the magic circle for [...]

  • Retail: Sixth wettest March on record dampens sales as shoppers’ fail to weather inflation hike

    April 21, 2023

    Retail sales fell 0.9 per cent in March as wet weather conditions and high inflation hit consumer spending during the month. Despite Mother’s Day falling within the month retail, non-food sales  such as clothing and homeware, fell by 1.3 per cent as the sixth wettest March on record since 1836 deterred shoppers from hitting the [...]

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