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Rivean Capital to become major shareholder in Valcon

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Rivean Capital to become major shareholder in Valcon

Valcon, a leading European digital transformation service provider specialising in data, consulting and technology, is delighted to announce its partnership with Rivean Capital, a pioneer in European mid-market private equity, who will acquire a majority stake, subject to ACM approval (the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets) and the advisory process with Valcon’s Dutch works council.

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Accenture Acquires Allitix to Expand Integrated Enterprise Planning Capabilities

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Allitix, a consulting and technology company specializing in Anaplan solutions with capabilities across financial planning and analysis, sales performance management and supply chain.

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West Monroe announces plans to double insurance practice by 2025

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West Monroe announces plans to double insurance practice by 2025

West Monroe, a Chicago-based management and technology consulting firm, on Monday announced significant investment to strengthen its insurance sector practice, which was formally launched last year.

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Bain & Company names Jean-Charles van den Branden as Global Sustainability Practice Leader

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Bain & Company names Jean-Charles van den Branden as Global Sustainability Practice Leader

Bain & Company announced it has appointed Jean-Charles van den Branden as its Global Sustainability Practice Leader.

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Capco appoints Anil Nanda as Partner  and UK & Europe head of payments

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Capco appoints Anil Nanda as Partner and UK & Europe head of payments

Capco, the global management and technology consultancy, has appointed Anil Nanda as a new Partner and UK & Europe Head of Payments, based in London.

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Accenture acquires Camelot Management Consultants

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Accenture acquires Camelot Management Consultants

Global consulting giant Accenture has agreed to acquire Camelot Management Consultants, a technology consulting firm based in Germany.

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EY appoints Silver jubilee Yasmeen Muhtaseb as new COO

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EY appoints Silver jubilee Yasmeen Muhtaseb as new COO

Yasmeen Muhtaseb has hit her second career milestone at EY this year, with her promotion to Chief Operations Officer for the MENA region coming shortly after reaching Silver jubilee status.

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Alvarez & Marsal tax boosts investment in technology ,compliance & indirect tax expertise across EMEA with two senior hires

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Alvarez & Marsal tax boosts investment in technology ,compliance & indirect tax expertise across EMEA with two senior hires

Alvarez & Marsal Tax LLP (A&M Tax), an affiliate of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed two Managing Directors to its indirect tax team. Following the recent hire of VAT and international indirect tax expert Justin Whitehouse, bringing on additional talent in the form of seasoned leaders is key to A&M Tax’s ongoing investment in its compliance, technology and transformation offering for clients across EMEA

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Accenture to enhance retail technology transformation capabilities with the Acquisition of Logic

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Accenture to enhance retail technology transformation capabilities with the Acquisition of Logic

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Logic, a retail technology services firm that works with retailers to drive customer loyalty, boost revenue and increase agility through the use of technology. With strong capabilities in merchandising, stores, digital, analytics and cloud, the acquisition of Logic will further enhance Accenture’s ability to drive technology transformations for retail clients globally.

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Quantuma advises on Spire Technology-Westcoast Group deal

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Quantuma advises on Spire Technology-Westcoast Group deal

Headquartered in Verwood, Spire is a UK trade-only distributor of computer components and peripherals Dorset, and has supplied laptops, tablets, computers, PC components and peripherals to the IT industry for more than 30 years. From its office in Verwood, the business offers over 2,500 products, with more than 60 employees – and generating an annual turnover in excess of £100 million.

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Leading global management consultancy marks milestone with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

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Leading global management consultancy marks milestone with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Bain & Company now successfully running all its core financials in 40 countries on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

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BCG Delivers 20th Consecutive Year of Growth

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BCG Delivers 20th Consecutive Year of Growth

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced today global revenue of $12.3 billion in 2023. After very strong growth in 2021 and 2022, BCG saw continued revenue growth of 5% for 2023, against the backdrop of a complex macroeconomic context. 2023 also marked the firm's 20th consecutive year of growth. BCG's global workforce grew to 32,000 at the end of 2023, up from 30,000 a year earlier.

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EY strengthens Scotland business with eight partner appointments

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EY strengthens Scotland business with eight partner appointments

EY Scotland has appointed seven new partners and elevated an existing partner to equity partner.

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NEOM opens London office as base for UK  and European business, its first international office

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NEOM opens London office as base for UK and European business, its first international office

NEOM, the sustainable regional development taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia, has opened its first international office in London, United Kingdom (UK), which will serve as a base for NEOM’s business across Europe.

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Valtech Acquires Union as it Scales End-to-end Creative & Performance Marketing Capabilities

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Valtech Acquires Union as it Scales End-to-end Creative & Performance Marketing Capabilities

In an industry peppered with big-bang campaigns that often fail to drive revenue or impact market share, the transformative combination of data and creative has never been more important.

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McKinsey acquires IncepTech, deepening software engineering and technology capabilities in Europe

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McKinsey acquires IncepTech, deepening software engineering and technology capabilities in Europe

Gyorgy is the founder of IncepTech, a firm that develops digital products and businesses. He and his partners Daniel Schay and Aron Antal are all McKinsey alumni, and they bring their team of 60+ experts—along with their transformative powers in software engineering, digital expertise, and business building—to McKinsey Digital month

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Embrace collaboration and tech for GCC mega-project success

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Embrace collaboration and tech for GCC mega-project success

The GCC is currently witnessing growing activity in the real estate and construction sectors. As governments look to boost infrastructure plans and promote economic diversification, there is a lot of movement happening in the space of megadevelopments. Matthew Palmer, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, outlines how collaboration and technology can help make mega-projects a success.

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Data Maturity Remains Atop the Leadership Agenda

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Data Maturity Remains Atop the Leadership Agenda

The growth rate of companies’ data maturity has almost doubled since 2018, from 8% to 15%. Thirteen percent of companies are at the highest level of data maturity in 2021, compared with only 3% in 2015, according to a survey of more than 1,100 companies across industries worldwide conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Government selects McKinsey for future technology strategy work

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Government selects McKinsey for future technology strategy work

Management consultancy McKinsey & Company has won a contract to build business cases ahead of the government’s annual spending review. The firm landed the eight-week project via the government’s Management Consultancy Framework.

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Yorkshire tech consultancy BJSS to create 40 jobs with new Newcastle office

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Yorkshire tech consultancy BJSS to create 40 jobs with new Newcastle office

A Yorkshire technology and engineering consultancy is to create around 40 jobs with the opening of a new office in Newcastle.

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