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United Kingdom

Manchester hospital trusts paid 150 million to advisors Over the past three years, hospital trusts in Greater Manchester have paid consulting firms nearly £150 million in fees to manage transformation and outsourcing programmes. Data gathered from freedom of info
07 January 2015
United Kingdom

Resistance to antibiotics costs 100 trillion by 2050 Resistance to drugs is on a dangerous and costly rise, reveals a new study by KPMG and RAND Europe, commissioned by the UK government.
06 January 2015
United Kingdom

KPMG: Cybercriminals moving from mass to personal Cybercrime in the year 2015 will be more personal as cyber-criminals will selectively target their victims instead of using mass spear-fishing tactics, says KPMG.
31 December 2014
United Kingdom

Stephen Chase head Management Consulting KPMG KPMG has appointed Stephen Chase as the new Management Consulting Leader of its Advisory Practice in the US. Chase has more than two decades of experience in the sector and has been promoted from his latest role as Principal at the Advis
23 December 2014
United Kingdom

Consulting firms key in apprenticeship standards UK Eleven consulting firms have signed up to develop the new standard for management consultancy apprenticeships as part of the UK Government Trailblazers scheme to reform all apprenticeships in the UK
22 December 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG: IT failure costs average of 410,000 per incident The failure of IT systems are costing businesses on average £410,000 per incident, concludes consulting firm KPMG in a newly released report.
15 December 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG revenue grows to 424.8 billion, driven by Advisory KPMG has in its latest fiscal year booked a record-high global revenue of $24.8 billion, roughly 6% higher than its turnover in the previous year.
10 December 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG Capital buys stake in US-based Bottlenose Investment fund KPMG Capital has acquired an equity share in enterprise trend detection firm Bottlenose.
10 December 2014
United Kingdom

The 12 best pension consulting firms of the UK 12 consulting firms will in the coming months battle for the prestigious title of best pension consulting firm in the UK. The winner of the so-called ‘Best Pensions Consultancy of the Year’ Award, a prize that is handed ou
08 December 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG, Innopay and IBM join Holland FinTech network Earlier this week, Holland FinTech, a knowledge and network centre for global developments in fintech, officially started.
05 December 2014
United Kingdom

Aon, KPMG, Mercer and PwC win Actuarial Awards Aon Benfield, Phil Tippin of KPMG, Deborah Cooper of Mercer, and Joseph Warne of PwC have been recognised by the Actuarial Post as "best performers" in the actuarial industry. On a yearly basis, online actuarial portal Actuarial Post h
03 December 2014
United Kingdom

18 consulting firms nominated for Pensions Age Awards 18 consulting firms have been shortlisted for the Pension Age Awards. The Awards, which recognise outstanding pensions and performance of pension providers, will be handed out in February 2015. The Pensions Age Awards recognises both t
01 December 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG acquires Dynamics-specialist Crimsonwing for €26 million The shareholders of Crimsonwing have accepted the bid from KPMG, which makes KPMG the largest Microsoft Dynamics specialist of the Big Four accounting and consulting giants.
28 November 2014
United Kingdom

5 consulting firms win National Outsourcing Award Consulting firms CSC, Capita, Capgemini, KPMG and Deloitte have been recognised as top performers in the outsourcing industry during the National Outsourcing Association Awards for which 12 consulting firms had been nominated.
28 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG buys cyber security firms P3 & Qubera Solutions KPMG recently acquired two cyber security firms to boost its cyber security capabilities in order to better protect its clients from cyber threats. The firm bought UK, US and Indian assets of Qubera Solutions and German firm P3 Consulting + Softwar
25 November 2014
United Kingdom

5 consulting firms named Champion in Social Mobility To battle the difficult social upward mobility path for young people, the UK Government has appointed 12 of UK’s best-known companies as ‘Champions in Social Mobility’.
25 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG and McLaren join forces to transform digital services KPMG and McLaren Group have announced a 10 year alliance to transform audit and advisory services into a unique array of consulting services by applying McLaren Applied Technologies’ analytics and technology.
21 November 2014
United Kingdom

UK political parties receive millions in free consultancy The Liberal Democrats have since 2010 received more than £500,000 in ‘pro-bono’ consultancy support from large professional services firms PwC and KPMG. During the same period, Labour has received £600,000 of consultancy adv
18 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG expects more mergers in public transport sector In the coming year substantially more mergers will occur between public transport operators, expects accounting and consulting firm KPMG. The increasing liberalisation of public transport and expansionism of the privately managed public transportat
14 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG: UK is facing major skills shortage in construction The UK construction industry in London and the South East is facing a major skills shortage, according to KPMG and LCCI. For the period 2014-2017, an increase of 20% in required workforce compared
11 November 2014
United Kingdom

China Singles Day 11.11 to break e-commerce record Tomorrow, on 11.11, ‘Singles’ Day’ takes place in China, a special day in the country when consumers celebrate their single status. For single Chinese men and women, it undoubtedly will turn out a feast full of delight
10 November 2014
United Kingdom

25 most prestigious management consulting firms in Europe McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company are the most prestigious consulting firms in Europe, according to the views of more than 2,800 management consultants.
10 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMGer Claire Angell wins Women of the Future Award Claire Angell, Director at KPMG, has been named a 'Woman of the Future' in the professional services industry. The prestigious 'Women of the Future Awards' are awarded to women under 35 that have demonstrate
07 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG: 22 per cent earns less than Living Wage in UK 22% of UK employees currently are earning less than Living Wage, a number that has risen slightly from the 2013 percentage, concludes KPMG in its new report.
05 November 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG UK launches new integrated offering for SMEs KPMG has launched KPMG Enterprise, a £40 million investment to extend its services to mid-market firms.
30 October 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG stops sponsorship deal with LSE Athletics Union KPMG has decided to end its sponsorship of the Athletics Union (AU) at the London School of Economics (LSE) as a result of pamphlets handed out by the men’s rugby team of the LSE filled with homophob
28 October 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG Strategy enters strategy consulting market Big Four firm KPMG is currently in the process of launching a new practice that will specialise in strategy consulting.
27 October 2014
United Kingdom

Deutsche Bank Chairman Corporate Broking joins KPMG KPMG has hired James Agnew as Senior Member of its Capital Advisory Group, a function he will assume early 2015. Agnew will join KPMG from the Deutsche Bank with extensive experience in corporate broking, with the intent to expand KPMG’s foot
24 October 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG: Banks must change for sake of UK businesses If banks do not catch up with technology and the possibilities and requirements of the modern world, shadow banking could well come out of the shadows, says Bill Michael, Financial Services Head at KPMG.
20 October 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG launches alternative finance practice in UK KPMG has launched a new practice in the UK that supports clients with alternative finance services. Warren Mead has been appointed as head of the newly formed ‘challenger banking and alternative finance’ unit, tasked with the responsibi
15 October 2014
United Kingdom

KPMG adds 102 directors in UK, one-third are female Accounting and consulting firm KPMG has announced the promotion of 102 directors in the UK. With the latest round of promotions the total number of directors in the Big 4 professional services firm stands at 871 – a 13% increase fr
13 October 2014
United Kingdom

Mark Firmin new head of KPMG Restructuring in UK KPMG has appointed Mark Firmin as its new UK Head of Restructuring. Firmin joined KPMG after graduation, and has secured a career through different promotions. He will be responsible for growing KPMG’s national restructuring footprint, and wi
10 October 2014

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