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PwC poaches analytics advisors from Accenture and EY PwC has strengthened its Advanced Risk and Compliance Analytics (ARCA) practice with the appointment of Scott Samme and Tayyaba Arif as Data Analytics Directors to the firm’s Financial Services Risk
22 September 2015
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Banks should fix back office complexity to secure profit Banks should focus on back office technologies in order for them to stay nimble and safe, meet regulatory requirement, and compete with start-ups, research by Accenture shows. According to the consulting firm, while on demand digital solutions for
21 September 2015
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Accenture to overhaul annual performance review cycle Accenture will replace its old bell-curve form of performance review by a more people friendly form of assessment. The consulting firm cites that the traditional performance review itself has been shown to be underperforming. It often selects narci
08 September 2015
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Accenture: Labour agencies seeking improved metrics Many governments have employment programmes aimed at helping those temporarily between jobs and to measure the effectiveness of those programmes they have systems in place. Yet are these systems effective? In a recent survey, Accenture finds that a
03 September 2015
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7 consultancies win Stevie International Business Awards On 23 October 2015, the annual Stevie International Business Awards ceremony will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto.
20 August 2015
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Accenture acquires Schlumberger Business Consulting Accenture has acquired Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC), the management consulting arm of Schlumberger, for an undisclosed amount.
18 August 2015
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Accenture: Majority of UK graduates are underemployed UK graduates look at the employment world with rosy coloured spectacles. While 72% of 2015 grads expect to find full time work after graduation, only 58% of those graduating in 2013 and 2014 did so. Furthermore, of those that did find employment, 6
11 August 2015
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Accenture: Living wage supply chain basic human right Garment workers in Bangladesh make merely 0.6% of a €29-product in total earnings, well below the living wage, a recent report from Accenture and the World Economic Forum highlights.
05 August 2015
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Hyundai & Accenture boost ship efficiency with sensors Accenture and Hyundai Heavy Industries have announced plans to collaborate on bringing Internet of Things technology into Hyundai’s shipping offerings.
30 July 2015
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Accenture Digital buys technology studio Chaotic Moon Accenture has decided to acquire Austin-based Chaotic Moon, a creative technology studio that creates and develops user-cantered experiences, to continue growing its digital design and innovation capabilities. The terms of the deal have no
28 July 2015
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Accenture partner of youth led pop-up supermarket Tomorrow the Supa Academy Hack 2015 kicks off in London.
23 July 2015
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Top 5 cities that support innovation & entrepreneurship New York, London, Helsinki, Barcelona and Amsterdam are top five performing cities when it comes to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, research by Accenture shows. In its report, the consulting firm considers different ways in which local
20 July 2015
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NHS awards Accenture cloud email service contract Accenture and subsidiary Avanade have been awarded a contract to provide the NHS in England and Scotland with a cloud-based secure email and collaboration service.
20 July 2015
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Accenture & UN refugee body create biometric identity Accenture, after a successful bid in a competitive tendering process, will be providing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with on-going system maintenance and user training for a Biom
15 July 2015
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Accenture acquires PacificLink to bolster digital offering Accenture Interactive has acquired PacificLink Group, whose subsidiaries operate marketing platforms directed at both the digital as well as the physical market in the Greater China region. The acquisition provides Accenture with a larger footprint
09 July 2015
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Accenture supports Etihad Airways with transformation Etihad Airways has hired Accenture in a multi-million dollar deal to improve the carrier’s productivity, efficiency and growth potential. The deal will see Accenture deliver a range of professional services, with t
08 July 2015
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Accenture to hire 5,000 army veterans in US by 2020 Accenture has announced ambitious plans to hire 5,000 US veterans by 2020, adding to the more than 1,000 former members of the US armed forces that are currently employed by the consulting firm.
06 July 2015
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Accenture: The IoT is driving a new era of living services The Internet of Things combined with liquid consumer expectations will result in a third wave of transformative digital services, the so-called Living Services, research by Accenture shows.
01 July 2015
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10 firms named Most Attractive Employer of the world Google has again been named the most attractive employer of the world by businesses students and lands top spot in the 'World's Most Attractive Employers 2015' by Universum. The top 50 includes ten consulting firms, with PwC, found on second place,
30 June 2015
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13 consultancies in Most Attractive Employers of UK Google has been named the most attractive employer by undergraduate students in the UK and ranks #1 in the Most Attractive Employers list of the 2015 Universum Student Survey.
24 June 2015
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Accenture becomes first Founding Member of MIT IDE With technology sometimes developing faster than human beings are able to adapt, and with technological development about to accelerate further, MIT has set up the Initiative for the Digital Economy to explore the impact of digital technology on bu
24 June 2015
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Accenture & Moven transform digital banking solutions Accenture and Moven have signed a services agreement that will see their combined innovation powers seek to create new digital banking solutions.
17 June 2015
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10 largest management consulting firms of the globe Deloitte Consulting, PwC / Strategy& and EY Advisory are the largest consulting firms of the globe, reveals new research by Gartner.
15 June 2015
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Accenture: Only one in five businesses digital proof While the vast majority of employers recognise the benefits of digital technologies for their business, only one in five says their business is already a digital one, research by Accenture shows. The lack of the right skills is seen as the primary
15 June 2015
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Less than one in five UK patients is aware of services Less than one in five UK patients is aware of the services available to them, research by Accenture shows.
10 June 2015
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Top Consultancy Companies To Work For in the UK Newton and Peninsula Business Services have been named the 'Top Consultancy Companies To Work For' by job review website TheJobCrowd, of which the first topped the list of consulting firms with a lar
10 June 2015
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26 consulting firms in Top Companies to Work For Job review website TheJobCrowd has released its 2015 Top Companies To Work For ranking.
01 June 2015
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Accenture: 5 digital trends redefining insurance firms The insurance industry is set to be reshaped by 5 digital trends, research by Accenture shows. For insurance companies to profit from the digitalisation, only adopting digital technologies will not be enough. According to the firm, insurance compan
01 June 2015
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10 firms in top 100 leading graduate employers Ireland Consultancies PwC, Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, EY, BCG, McKinsey & Company, Arup and Grant Thornton have been recognised as leading graduate employers in Ireland by GradIreland.
29 May 2015
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18 firms in top 300 leading graduate employers of UK 18 consulting firms have been listed in the ‘top 300 leading graduate employers in the UK’, with PwC securing the highest spot.
21 May 2015
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Accenture advisor Dominic Tritton joins Moorhouse UK consultancy firm Moorhouse has added Dominic Tritton to its team. Tritton, who takes on the role of Principal within the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms practice, transfers from rival Accenture./span
19 May 2015
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Accenture buys Javelin Group, adds 160 retail advisors Accenture has acquired retail management consultancy Javelin Group. Approximately 160 professionals across offices in the UK and France will transfer to Accenture and be integrated into the firm’s Strategy business
19 May 2015

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