Press releases

Source report finds the GCC consulting market now worth £2.2billion… Although the Saudi Arabian economy slowed to record 3.6 per cent growth in 2013, its consulting market grew by a staggering 25 per cent to just short of $1bn. As the fastest growing consulting market in the GCC, Saudi Arabia has outpaced growth across the GCC region (up 18.6 per cent to $2.2bn in 2013). Read more

A new report released today (26th March 2014), has found that despite recent economic improvements, global organisations are currently spending just over $12bn on cost cutting, productivity/efficiency and simplification initiatives. The area expected to grow the fastest is simplification - up from $1.8bn now to around $4.2bn by 2017. Read more

IBM’s unswerving focus on quality at the cost of volume has seen it knock perennial high-performer BCG off the top spot of the White Space Thought Leadership Rankings - released on 24th February 2014. This is the first time in many years that a strategy firm has not led the rankings. Read more

UK Consulting market to be one Europe’s star performers… The huge financial services consulting market has outpaced the UK’s consulting market growing by over 7 per cent to £1.8billion. The UK market also experienced positive growth - up 4.8 per cent to just under £5.6bn  - and is predicted to grow by between 5-10 per cent in 2014 – making it one of Europe’s star performers.  Read more

M&A and simplification work for management consultants predicted to be in demand… Read more

$39bn US Market expected to remain the fastest growing Western consulting market….  Despite a shortage of local talent, the GCC consulting market, which grew by 20 per cent to $1.9bn last year, is expected to be the fastest growing consulting market in the world in 2014. The colossal US market (worth $39bn in 2012) is expected to be the fastest growing western consulting market. Read more

UK market will close in on $1bn landmark in 2014… Read more

Consulting market outpaces GDP but margins have been squeezed… Despite tight margins and economic pressures, a new report has found that the consulting market in Brazil grew at a healthy 8 per cent to $1.4bn in 2012 – far outpacing Brazilian GDP (0.9 per cent).  Read more

As the GCC consulting market edges towards $2bn landmark, a new report released on 18th November 2013 has found that the largest consulting firms in the world are investing more time and money into developing thought leadership in the Middle East than any other emerging market or country.  Read more

Although management consulting remains in its infancy in China, with the vast majority of work done by Western consulting firms for large, multinational, Western clients, the market still managed to grow by 10 per cent in 2012 to be worth $2.9bn. Read more