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An overview of Accenture global news:

United Kingdom

Accenture provides employees shared parental leave Following the UK’s shared parental legislation, sharing the first year of life with the new born while still in work is no longer only possible for mothers.
28 October 2015
United Kingdom

5 advisors listed in Top 30 Future LGBT Leaders Five professionals active in the consulting industry have been recognised as inspirational LGBT leaders by OUTstanding in Business and the Financial Times. The so-called ‘Top 30 LGBT Future Leaders’ list is topped by Arith
26 October 2015
United Kingdom

Marc Carrel-Billiard leads Accenture Technology R&D Accenture has promoted Marc Carrel-Billiard to Global Managing Director of Technology Research & Development. In his new role, Carrel-Billiard will oversee Accenture Technology’s R&D organisation, a unit which consists of among others
26 October 2015
United Kingdom

4 Accenture advisors in Leading LGBT and Ally Lists On Tuesday OUTstanding and the Financial Times unveiled the 2015 edition of their LGBT ranking, with in total 20 leaders working in the professional services industry making the three lists.
23 October 2015
United Kingdom

Accenture supports US Air Force with DEAMS roll-out Accenture Federal Services, a US subsidiary of Accenture, has been awarded a 30-month contract by the US Air Force to see its Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System through its final pha
21 October 2015
United Kingdom

The top 60 Employers for school leavers in the UK RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk has published its ‘Top 60 Employers’, in which it identifies the employers most popular among school leavers in the UK who were part of an apprenticeship.
19 October 2015
United Kingdom

Horizon Pharma hires Accenture to support expansion Accenture has been hired by fast-growing Horizon Pharma to provide the firm with SAP based solutions for its further expansion.
12 October 2015
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Accenture establishes Centre for Innovation in Dublin Accenture is preparing the launch of a Centre for Innovation in Dublin. The new centre will focus primarily on identifying, developing and scaling technological solution to client needs.
08 October 2015
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

Accenture partner of youth led pop-up supermarket Tomorrow the Supa Academy Hack 2015 kicks off in London.
23 July 2015
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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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