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‘Overhiring’ in some areas has led consultancies to make job cuts, say recruiters and analysts
Industry professionals reflect on job cuts, new routines and fresh insecurities in FT reader survey
Big Four auditor to double its employment in region while trimming jobs and pay elsewhere in UK
New independence policies are challenge to other Big Four accounting firms
Move sets accounting firm apart from Big Four rivals as competition for talent intensifies
Partnership needs to find a new leader before it can countenance external approaches
Deal with private equity group would allow Big Four firm to revive break-up plan
Bob Sternfels rebuilds consultancy in wake of corruption scandal and other challenges
Bain, BCG and McKinsey push back start dates for new recruits to as late as 2025
BDO USA is ditching the profession’s traditional structure and becoming a corporation
Big Four firm launches its second round of job cuts this year affecting all areas, including its audit business
Consulting firms such as Accenture are taking over as companies become overwhelmed by technology
Cancelled projects and pressure to lower fees point to a year of upheaval in professional services
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Visit comes after a series of retaliatory moves from Beijing against western businesses
Move by ‘Big Four’ accounting firm comes just days after collapse of plan to split group up
US head needs consensus-building skills after scrapping plans for a global split of the accounting firm
Global accountancy partnership has returned to base camp — but its ambition was sound
Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and Oliver Wyman in running for lucrative contract
Consultancy faces $1.5bn in severance costs and other expenses for biggest in series of cuts across sector
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