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United Kingdom

Accenture plans to hire 300 new advisors in Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis, President of Costa Rica, has unveiled that consulting firm Accenture is planning to significantly expand its operations in Costa Rica, adding 300 new jobs in the next 18 months, totalling it's headcount in Costa Rica to 900./
03 October 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture warns for shortage of Big Data professionals According to new research by consulting firm Accenture, a scarcity of Big Data talent poses one of the main challenges for companies to effectively develop, deploy and manage Big Data. The research from consulting firm
30 September 2014
United Kingdom

12 consulting firms in Times Top 100 Graduate Employers This year is the sixteenth edition of the Times ‘Top 100 Graduate Employers’, a ranking that identifies the most popular and prestigious employers in the eyes of graduates in the UK. For the eleventh year in a row, Big 4 firm PwC ranks
29 September 2014
Costa Rica

Accenture to add 300 new hires in Costa Rica Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis announced last month that global consultancy Accenture is planning to significantly expand its operations in Costa Rica – adding 300 new jobs over the next
29 September 2014
United Kingdom

15 consulting firms in Top Companies to Work For ‘The Top Companies For Graduate To Work For’ is an annual ranking derived from reviews written by graduate employees during the year, and released by graduate job review website TheJobCrowd.
22 September 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture: Big Data creates competitive advantage According to new research by the Analytics branch of consulting firm Accenture, companies using big data experience successful and satisfactory business outcomes. 93% of all executives interviewed for the survey view the use of big data as ‘e
22 September 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture helps US Army with ERP advisory and support Consulting firm Accenture has been awarded two contracts by the US Army with a combined value of $53.
17 September 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture helps Bharti Retail with SAP implementation Bharti Retail, a large retailer in India, has hired Accenture to support it with the implementation of SAP.
10 September 2014
United Kingdom

12 consulting firms contribute to HR Tech Europe Amsterdam On 23 and 24 October 2014 the ‘HR Tech Europe Amsterdam 2014’ congress will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event is expected to host more than 2.000 executives and HR-professionals, making it the largest technology-driven
09 September 2014
United Kingdom

9 consulting firms in top 30 Apprenticeships of UK RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk has published the ‘Top 30 Employers’, in which it identifies the employers most popular among school leavers that undertook an Apprenticeship, School Leaver Programme, Sponsored Degree Programme, Gap Year Prog
08 September 2014
United Kingdom

8 consulting firms partner of European Utility Week 2014 On 4 November 2014 the European Utilities Week kicks off, one of the largest events in Europe for experts in the energy utilities sector. Approximately 10.000 managers, consultants, and scientists working in the ecosystem of the energy a
02 September 2014
United Kingdom

5 consulting firms nominated for B2B Marketing Awards For the 9th year in a row the B2B Marketing Awards are being organised, held on 20 November in London. These awards are awarded to organisations that have demonstrated excellence in B2B marketing.
26 August 2014
United Kingdom

Talent shortage threatens US standard of living The U.S. standard of living is in danger of declining by 9% by 2030 – back to the level it was in 2000, warns global consulting firm Accenture in a new research report. If the consultants indeed are correct in their forecast, then for the fir
18 August 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture buys oil & gas specialist Hytracc Consulting Accenture has acquired Hytracc Consulting, an IT services company that provides IT consulting services to firms in the oil & gas sector. Roughly 80 employees of Hytracc Consulting across offices in six countries will be integrated into Accentur
11 August 2014
United Kingdom

10 consulting firms in top 50 European employers European Economics and Business students that aspire a career in the consulting industry would ideally prefer to work at PwC, a hre
11 August 2014
United Kingdom

Philips and Accenture innovation helps ALS patients Accenture and Philips have developed a prototype application that allows ALS patients to control their devices through mind control and by using voice and eye commands.
07 August 2014
United Kingdom

Atos, Accenture and HP develop Schengen Customs IT The European Agency for Large-Scale IT Systems (eu-LISA) has awarded a consortium of Atos, Accenture and HP a framework contract to maintain and enhance the second-generation Schengen Information Sys
18 July 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture opens Financial Services innovation center Accenture has opened an Innovation Center for Financial Services in Jakarta. The new center is after Beijing, Bangalore, Chicago and Sophia-Antipolis (France) Accenture’s fifth across the globe. The center o
16 May 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture buys analytics software platform i4C Analytics Accenture has acquired i4C Analytics, an analytics software platform provider based in Italy. Financial conditions of the transaction have not been disclosed. The roughly 70 employees of i4C Analytics will be integrated into Accenture Analytics, a serv
14 May 2014
United Kingdom

Bank of Ireland outsources Group ICT to Accenture Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource its Group Technology Division to Accenture, a global management and technology consulting firm. According to expectations, 200 employees will move to Accenture’s outsourcing branch. The transaction, which
28 March 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture, Arup, Capco, KM&T & PwC best employers Five consulting firms – Accenture, Arup, Capco, KM&T and PwC – have been named a 'Best Company to Work For 2014' in the UK by The Sunday Times. Every year The Sunday Times, one of the largest-selling quali
18 March 2014
United Kingdom

Top 8 management advisory firms in Germany McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Roland Berger belong to the largest consulting firms in Germany. Furthermore, the Big Four, Accenture and Oliver Wyman are also listed in the top 8.
10 March 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture acquires salesforce.com specialist ClientHouse Accenture has bought ClientHouse, a specialist in the area of salesforce.com and Veeva Systems solutions. ClientHouse is based in Jena, Germany, and has just under 40 consultants on its payroll.
28 January 2014
United Kingdom

Five myths about working in management consulting Working in management consultancy has for decades been eye marked as one of the favourite work-destinations for students and professionals. The sector is commonly associated with prestigious and high-impact assignments, high salaries, international
20 January 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture breaks through milestone of 100.000 women Accenture has broken through an impressive milestone. The specialist in the field of management consulting, technology and outsourcing has recently passed the counter of 100.000 female employees. With this feat women make up more than one-third of Acce
14 January 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture wins contract at world's oldest bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest bank in the world*, has decided to outsource a large part of its back-office operations to Accenture and Bassilichi. With the mega outsourcing agreement, the I
19 December 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture takes over technical services firm Evopro Accenture has done a major acquisition in the IT-services and engineering landscape.
03 December 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture gives 1.5 million to disaster area Philippines Accenture has donated approximately €1.5 million to the Philippines, in order to support disaster relief and reconstruction efforts in the jaded country. In addition, the international a href="/fir
29 November 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture and Siemens start smart grid Joint Venture Accenture and Siemens have formed a Joint Venture that will focus on smart grid energy solutions. The new entity, named Omnetric Group, will be based in Munich, Germany, and initially serve customers in
01 November 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture buys Fjord's advisory firm's service design Accenture has taken over Fjord, an international service design advisory firm. Over 200 digital marketing consultants are transferred to Accenture and are integrated within Accenture Interactive.
22 May 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture buys the marketing firm Acquity Group Accenture has taken over Acquity Group, the second-biggest digital marketing-firm in the United States. The international advisory firm pays $316 million in cash for Acquity Group. Over 600 employees
15 May 2013
United Kingdom

Accenture builds digital marketing platform for Unilever Accenture has built and implemented a new digital social platform for Unilever that will help connect its marketers, brand managers and partners in 190 countries.
06 May 2013

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