PA Consulting Group, the consulting firm that is responsible for delivering the Zanzibar Managed Service, announced that schools will soon have access to a new e-procurement and e-marketplace platform that will simplify and substantially improve their collaborative buying potential, a ‘Marketplace for Schools’. read more

A staggering 59 consulting organisations and 550+ management consultancy recruiters will await readers at this year’s Consultancy Careers Fair, taking place at The Barbican in London on 13th October. read more

Earlier this year the Management Consultancies Association published its Consulting Industry Report 2005/6 and during these quieter summer weeks we thought it worthwhile republishing some of the key messages to have emerged from the report. read more

The collaboration of Manchester Business School and PA Consulting Group provides theory and practice to an independent programme for sourcing executives. read more

Top-Consultant.com reports that hundreds of candidates have already registered to attend this year’s Management Consultancy Careers Fair, despite the event still being some 3 months away. read more

PA Consulting Group has made a major addition to its capability in international healthcare management consulting. read more

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The Management Consultancies Association has this week released its UK Consulting Industry Report 2005/6 and the key findings are encouraging for anyone pursuing a career in consulting. read more

Management consultancy recruiters have this week been rushing to sign up as exhibitors for the 2006 Management Consultancy Careers Fair, organised by www.Top-Consultant.com and due to take place at The Barbican exhibition hall in London later this year. read more

Miscommunication, misunderstanding and mis-targeted investment block the strategic value achieved from IT outsourcing, according to survey findings from PA Consulting Group. read more

Top-Consultant.com have today released details of this year's Management Consultancy Careers Fair, to take place on 13th October 2006 at The Barbican Exhibition Hall in central London. read more

Some 700 management consultants and consulting clients gathered in London last night to attend the industry's 10th annual awards ceremony, organised by the Management Consultancies Association – with shortlisting of entries carried out by Ashridge Business School. read more

The first public sector customers are now using Zanzibar, the new public sector eProcurement and marketplace system, according to PA Consulting Group, the firm responsible for delivering the Zanzibar Managed Service. read more

Our management consultancy columnist Mick James spoke with Symbia's new Chief Executive Carl Dugdale, formerly of Celerant Consulting, to find out about his plans to evolve the consulting business… read more

PA Consulting Group has been named as a Certified Solutions Partner to implement Calypso Technology, Inc.'s cross- asset front-to-back trading and trade processing software systems. read more

Our management consultancy columnist Mick James spoke with Serco Consulting's new Managing Director Peter Illsley, to find out how the brand and business has evolved this last year… read more

Depending on the stage they've reached in their careers, the average UK management consultant can expect to earn between £38,000 and £144,000 per annum – according to the 2006 Management Consultancy Salary Benchmarking Report, just published by the sector's leading website Top-Consultant.com. read more

Management consultancies doing business in the UK consulting market have reacted to the talent shortages now gripping the sector, according to Top-Consultant.com's annual survey of over 1,000 management consultants – the full results of which are to be published next week. read more

Recruitment demand for consultants ends the year at a four-year high, according to the latest market survey from Beament Leslie Thomas (BLT), four-time winner of the Top-Consultant reader poll for best management consultancy recruitment firm from 2002 to 2005. read more

Nearly 1,000 management consultancy candidates took part in Top-Consultant.com’s annual recruitment channel survey over the festive season – ensuring they receive a copy of the 2006 report when released in February 2006 (NB. read more

This time last quarter Top-Consultant.com and Consulting-Times.com launched the findings from a new quarterly poll of the consulting market. read more

Boxwood has appointed Alun Evans to the position of director. read more

PA Consulting Group has announced significant changes to the senior organisational structure of PA, which will take effect from 1 January 2006. read more

Over 75% of management consultants have experienced growth in client enquiries and new orders in the last 12 months – and more still expect client demand to grow over the course of the next year. read more

PA Consulting Group and 3i have signed a transaction in which CSR Plc, a leading provider of Bluetooth and WLAN single chip solutions, will purchase UbiNetics' software business (Volume Product Technology — VPT), the cellular software company, for $48m. read more

For most consulting firms a technology practice would be an expensive luxury that would struggle to perform in a world dominated by big systems integration. read more

Publication of Management Consultancy's Top 75 league table of consulting firms has made possible a startling analysis of the online recruitment market for management consultants. read more

How should a consultant vote in the next election? Do the parties’ plans for public spending and the economy spell good times or gloom for the consulting industry? Should you be voting Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat? Mick James, former Editor of Management Consultancy magazine, looks at party policies and what they will mean for the consulting industry over the life of the next Parliament. read more

Management consultancy firms are being torn apart by surging levels of staff turnover, according to new research from Top-Consultant.com. read more

Global project solutions firm PIPC has appointed Dean Evans as a Managing Director to head up their new office in downtown Chicago, which officially opened its doors April 1, 2005. read more

When the chips were down in the 2001-2004 consulting recession, PA Consulting Group was one firm that continued to recruit and prosper; now in the resurgent market of 2005 PA is really thriving. read more

So you think it’s only consultants to the private sector that have the opportunity to jet-set around the globe? Well think again – Serco have been furiously building a consulting capability on the back of their outsourcing business, acquiring in the process both ITNet and French Thornton. read more

April 2005 marks the 5th Anniversary of Top-Consultant.com's launch and management consultancy candidates are flooding to the site in record numbers. read more

The UK consulting sector is booming again, with official figures this week showing firms achieved year-on-year revenue growth of 15% in the 12 month period to end 2004. read more

Over 1,000 management consultancy candidates took part in Top-Consultant.com’s latest annual recruitment channel survey, now in its fourth year of publication. read more

Over 240 candidates and 70 recruiters gathered in London today for Top-Consultant.com’s sell-out consulting careers seminar. read more

A mixture of Senior Recruiters and practising Consultants from fourteen major consulting brands are now confirmed attendees at Top-Consultant's forthcoming Careers Conference, due to take place in London on 21st February. read more

Bonuses at consulting firms rebounded in 2004, but not nearly enough to stop retention from becoming a major headache in 2005. read more

Serco, the contract and facilities management group, has expanded its specialised IT operations across the UK and North America with two acquisitions, a departure from its policy of organic growth. read more

The latest industry growth figures have been released this week and show the UK consulting industry growing at a double-digit annual rate, with the majority of consultancies now experiencing difficulties in recruiting staff. read more

PA Consulting Group said it will sell its remaining 90 percent ownership of Meridica Limited, a drug delivery technology company, to pharmaceutical heavyweight Pfizer for $125 million and a contingent payment. read more

How fast the tide turns. read more

In February of this year we reported on the launch of Avail Consulting, founded by two former Managing Directors of Atos KPMG Consulting who aspired to establish themselves as a credible alternative to the major firms within a matter of months. read more

Is consulting really rebounding, or is it the growth in outsourcing that has been propping up the industry of late? With all the outsourcing headlines in the news these last months, you would not be a fool to ask. read more

The UK's Office of Government Commerce has shortlisted eight suppliers bidding for a contract to develop a government-wide online procurement service, nicknamed Zanzibar. read more

Not so many years ago the summer months would have been considered a “quiet period” for management consultancy recruitment. read more

PA Consulting Group's international survey of senior IT executives – Getting out of the cost box – shows that while 85% of CIOs agree that the perception of IT has improved across the business, their ability to realize long-term value from IT is weak. read more

Consulting Magazine has announced The Top 25 Most Influential Consultants 2004, its annual listing of influential consultants as judged by the leaders of 14 leading consulting firms. read more

Following much press speculation this week, PA Consulting has confirmed to Top-Consultant.com that it is in discussions regarding a potential merger with US research and engineering company Science Applications International Corporation. read more

Management consultancies have ratcheted up the intensity of their recruitment drives quite considerably, judging from the mood of delegates at Top-Consultant’s recent management consultancy recruitment event in London. read more

Despite all the rebrandings, changes in ownership and new entrants that have hit the consulting market in the last two years, McKinsey remains the number one choice of consultancy employer. read more

The Home Office announced that it has chosen PA Consulting Group as its development partner on the national Identity Cards programme. read more

A great many factors have conspired to reduce the profitability of consulting firms in recent years, not least of which the general economic downturn in the core consulting markets (US, UK and Germany). read more

PA Consulting Group has this last week been named as the Platinum Award Winner in this year’s MCA Best Management Practice Awards, on the basis of their work with Westminster City Council (WCC). read more

Siemens Business Services and its alliance partners have been awarded a major new contract to provide business change and significant IT infrastructure upgrades to the National Assembly for Wales. read more

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded PA Government Services Incorporated (PA), part of PA Consulting Group, energy and environmental policy Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQC) worth a potential $750 million over five years, it was earlier announced. read more

PA Consulting Group has appointed Raymond Saleeby as a new member of its Management Group. read more

What do firms like Accenture, Atos KPMG Consulting, Deloitte and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young have in common? Actually, add to that list Syntegra, Proudfoot Consulting, L.E.K Consulting, PA Consulting, Microsoft, Celerant Consulting, DiamondCluster and Edengene…

The list could go on, but these firms are just some of the majors that have kick-started recruitment campaigns in recent weeks. read more

Follow an extensive review of its overall management structure PA Consulting Group has announced key changes to its senior management team, which the company says are aimed at better positioning itself to take advantage of new opportunities and the growth it is seeing in its business. read more

Read the online candidate forums and it becomes clear that the majors – Accenture, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, PA Consulting, EDS, McKinsey… read more

Modem Media, Inc. read more

SchlumbergerSema last night emerged as the outright winners of the 2003 MCA Best Management Practice Awards for its work on the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.

The consulting awards are organised by the UK’s Management Consultancies Association (MCA). read more

The Institute of Management Consultancy this week announced the launch of a new sector-wide standard for management consultancy. read more

A website benchmarking study conducted by PA Consulting Group suggests that the majority of FTSE companies are failing to provide the information consumers need on key privacy and security issues. read more

PA Consulting Group today announced strong financial results in a difficult consulting climate, with group revenues increased to £400.3m (from £322.4m in 2000) and the group share price increased to 350p (from 306p in 2000).

This group figure comprises revenues from PA's consulting business and its venture companies. read more

PA Consulting last night emerged as the overall winner of the MCA Awards 2002. read more

A new study by McKinsey reveals the key to a successful takeover lies in securing post-merger revenue streams, rather than the more traditional focus on cost-cutting.

Other consultancies, including AT Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, KPMG and PA Consulting, have in recent years produced reports showing mergers typically destroy rather than create value.

The McKinsey report is somewhat different, in that it focusses on what firms must do to be successful, as opposed to highlighting the failure rate. read more

ADL has begun exclusive negotiations with a group of US VC investors looking to buy a majority share in the firm.

ADL spokesman David Lampe said a deal would most likely be completed by the end of the year.

2001 has been a turbulent year for ADL. read more

Mercer Consulting, part of Marsh & McLennan, are understood to be in the final stages of takeover discussions with Arthur D Little. ADL's income was $629m (£440m) in 1999 but cashflow problems have forced the firm to look for a merger partner. read more

Bruno Mathis, head of PA Consulting’s telecommunications and interactive media department, has confirmed in French newspaper reports that the consultancy is looking to expand its operations in both Germany and France. read more

Top-Consultant understands Mercer Management Consulting are close to acquiring Arthur D Little. read more

PA Consulting announced a 14% year-on-year rise in net consulting revenues. read more

Arthur D Little last week axed CEO Lorenzo Lamadrid, following an unsuccessful and drawn-out attempt to merge with PA Consulting. read more

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young were announced as the overall winners in this week’s fifth annual Best Management Practice Awards – organised by the Management Consultancies Association (MCA). read more

PA Consulting and Arthur D Little have apparently put an end to proposed merger talks, having almost concluded an agreement late last year. read more