Rigid control puts failure on franchise menu
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Rigid control puts failure on franchise menu

26y Accountancy Age

Rigid control puts failure on franchise menu

For each success story in franchising there are thousands of failures. Cosima Duggal finds that the franchisors' desire for control and conformity can...

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Uniting truth and civility in a presidential role
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Uniting truth and civility in a presidential role

26y Accountancy Age

Uniting truth and civility in a presidential role

Alan Reid, the outgoing president of the MCA, takes a light-hearted look back over the triumphs and tribulations of his year in office. Read More...

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Appointment at Ernst & Young
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Appointment at Ernst & Young

26y Accountancy Age

Appointment at Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young has appointed Stuart Bell MP as a special adviser. Bell’s role will see him writing a series of papers dealing with Governmen...

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Hay goes for Net rewards
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Hay goes for Net rewards

26y Accountancy Age

Hay goes for Net rewards

Hay Management Consultants, the human resource and change consultancy, will be launching a new commercial Internet pay database for its clients in Jan...

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Travellers' tales stress the value of good timing
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Travellers' tales stress the value of good timing

27y newmedia newmedia

Travellers' tales stress the value of good timing

According to research, business travellers are not swayed by good food and drink in their choice of airline: convenient scheduling is the most importa...

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KPMG and Ernst & Young in
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KPMG and Ernst & Young in

27y newmedia newmedia

KPMG and Ernst & Young in

Consolidation rolls on at the top of the consultancy industry: Ernst & Young and KPMG took less than three weeks to announce their own merger afte...

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Cover story - Strategic moves
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Cover story - Strategic moves

27y newmedia newmedia

Cover story - Strategic moves

In theory, pan-European distribution strategies such as centralisation make commercial sense but, says Sarah Perrin, in reality, such tactics can be t...

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Foresight is programmed to boost competitiveness
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Foresight is programmed to boost competitiveness

27y newmedia newmedia

Foresight is programmed to boost competitiveness

President of the Board of Trade, Margaret Beckett, has announced the setting up of a Ministerial Foresight Group to provide top-level co-ordination of...

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Green issues head agenda
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Green issues head agenda

27y newmedia newmedia

Green issues head agenda

Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, answered parliamentary questions on the range of organisations required to take Agenda 21 on sustainable develo...

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Practice management - Balancing act
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Practice management - Balancing act

27y newmedia newmedia

Practice management - Balancing act

Do you think that’s wise, sir? As the accountancy and consultancy firms continue to bolt themselves together like some enormous Power Ranger, it...

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Working to a different set of rules
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Working to a different set of rules

27y newmedia newmedia

Working to a different set of rules

Bringing an engineering mind-set to consultancy projects can prove a rewarding approach, says James Betts, enabling the whole to be greater than the s...

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Marketing plans leave existing customers cold
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Marketing plans leave existing customers cold

27y newmedia newmedia

Marketing plans leave existing customers cold

A recent survey suggests that the marketing strategies of most professional advisers leave much to be desired. Mick James reports. Read More...

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HTR rethink for Japanese firms
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HTR rethink for Japanese firms

27y newmedia newmedia

HTR rethink for Japanese firms

Japanese firms need to change their human resource strategies if they want to survive in the new millennium, according to Reward Philosophy, an Arthur...

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IT is now the driver, says Ellis
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IT is now the driver, says Ellis

27y newmedia newmedia

IT is now the driver, says Ellis

Technology is changing the face of consultancy, said Vernon Ellis, senior partner at Andersen Consulting, speaking at the European Federation Of Manag...

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Around the world - The art of talking - forever
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Around the world - The art of talking - forever

27y newmedia newmedia

Around the world - The art of talking - forever

Berlin: 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 ...

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Population remains unmoved over IT
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Population remains unmoved over IT

27y newmedia newmedia

Population remains unmoved over IT

IT penetration among the UK population remains static, as the population increasingly divides into “IT haves and have-nots”, according to ...

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More power to the mainframe - It strategy
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More power to the mainframe - It strategy

27y newmedia newmedia

More power to the mainframe - It strategy

Enterprise server, data warehouse platform, corporate data centre, superserver – all these and many more briefly voguish terms have been used by...

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Firms to stay in London
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Firms to stay in London

27y newmedia newmedia

Firms to stay in London

Expansion 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...

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Beckett makes manufacturing pledge
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Beckett makes manufacturing pledge

27y newmedia newmedia

Beckett makes manufacturing pledge

In a recent statement, President of the Board of Trade Margaret Beckett stressed that manufacturing is the key to Britain’s economic success. Sh...

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IT growth looks set to exceed expectations
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IT growth looks set to exceed expectations

27y newmedia newmedia

IT growth looks set to exceed expectations

It is clear that IT is becoming increasingly dominant in the UK consultancy market. Philip Abbott reports. Read More...

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PW buys Origin stake to boost Baan resources
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PW buys Origin stake to boost Baan resources

27y newmedia newmedia

PW buys Origin stake to boost Baan resources

Price Waterhouse is planning to buy a minority interest in Origin to boost its Baan capability. The US$1.5bn global consulting and technology subsidia...

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Millennium report calls for action
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Millennium report calls for action

27y newmedia newmedia

Millennium report calls for action

New 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...

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Profile Ethical - focus
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Profile Ethical - focus

27y newmedia newmedia

Profile Ethical - focus

IMC president Paul Lynch aims to pilot the institute into a new age, as the bastion of best practice. Cosima Duggal reports. Read More...

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Virtual service goes live
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Virtual service goes live

27y newmedia newmedia

Virtual service goes live

Consultants and their clients can now go virtual with Consulting.co, Advance Consulting’s online resource centre. The service, http://consulting...

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Careers - Splendid isolation
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Careers - Splendid isolation

27y newmedia newmedia

Careers - Splendid isolation

Thinking of abandoning the corporate lifestyle? Norman Clark offers a taste of the single life, where uncertainty is balanced by the satisfactions of ...

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Maintaining the Wright image is vital at the MCA
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Maintaining the Wright image is vital at the MCA

27y newmedia newmedia

Maintaining the Wright image is vital at the MCA

New 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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Five go mad in dorset
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Five go mad in dorset

27y newmedia newmedia

Five go mad in dorset

No sooner had we got used to the idea of the Big Six becoming the Famous Five, than they reduce to a Fab Four … but do these terms have any mean...

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