Big Four UK: 900 redundancies and counting over 2024 December 5, 2024 Over 900 roles were made redundant at the UK Big Four firms over 2024, as the accountancy giants lit up the headlines for a second year running
New jobs for former Chancellor Philip Hammond and Labour’s Iain McNicol December 2, 2024 The former Chancellor and the former general secretary of the Labour Party Lord Iain McNicol have joined the board of a tax consultancy
Government hits £550m target in consultancy cuts October 30, 2024 The government is set to continue to bear down on consultancy spending as it expects to hit its £550m savings target on the external advice
Former Accenture exec Peter Lacy settles claim with consultancy giant October 28, 2024 Accenture’s former head of sustainability Peter Lacy has settled his employment case with the consultancy giant, City AM can reveal
We can teach you how to disagree October 14, 2024 When businesses suffer from groupthink they miss out on opportunities for growth, innovation and profits. Enter The Provocation People, a left-leaning LSE professor and pro-Brexit, free market former MP, to help you embrace disagreement Businesses suffer from groupthink – even when they claim to embrace disagreement and dissent. And individuals are frequently hostile towards different [...]
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 [...]
Science Group hikes share buyback programme despite dip in revenue July 23, 2024 Record profit first half profit at Science Group driven by a well choreographed turnaround at one of its major brands helped the consultancy and systems specialist to increase its share buyback programme.