Big Four firms and Accenture lead the way in buying-in tech…

Since 20131, around a third of the 184 mergers & acquisitions in the UK & Ireland’s £6billion consulting sector have been in digital design, analytics and cybersecurity.

These findings are published in a report from Source Global Research (Source). The report also reveals that Big Four firms and Accenture led the way in making acquisitions - suggesting that these firms can’t rely on organic growth alone to meet partner and/or shareholder expectations. EY, which accounts for 13 per cent of all deals originating from the UK & Ireland, and PwC (9 per cent) have been the most active of the Big Four - absorbing capability across the digital spectrum but also investing in data and IT more generally.