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View articleTechnology is changing the face of consultancy, said Vernon Ellis, senior partner at Andersen Consulting, speaking at the European Federation Of Manag...
View articleBerlin: I’ve just been involved in the hiring of a management guru. Not permanently – just for an hour or two. His fee is something close ...
View articleIT penetration among the UK population remains static, as the population increasingly divides into “IT haves and have-nots”, according to ...
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View articleExpansion will force over a quarter of London-based consultancies to move office next year, but few are likely to leave the capital. A London location...
View articleIn a recent statement, President of the Board of Trade Margaret Beckett stressed that manufacturing is the key to Britain’s economic success. Sh...
View articleIt is clear that IT is becoming increasingly dominant in the UK consultancy market. Philip Abbott reports. Read More...
View articlePrice Waterhouse is planning to buy a minority interest in Origin to boost its Baan capability. The US$1.5bn global consulting and technology subsidia...
View articleNew research shows that businesses of all sizes need to take immediate action to tackle the millennium date change problem. The aim of the research wa...
View articleIMC president Paul Lynch aims to pilot the institute into a new age, as the bastion of best practice. Cosima Duggal reports. Read More...
View articleConsultants and their clients can now go virtual with Consulting.co, Advance Consulting’s online resource centre. The service, http://consulting...
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View articleNew member services and maintaining the improvement in the image of the consultancy industry are top of the agenda for Vicky Wright president – ...
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