ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head></head><body> <!--- TC Header --> <table border=1 bordercolor=#0098ff width="706px" cellpadding=0 > <tr style="background-color:#0098ff;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;color:white"> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold"><font face="Verdana">Top-Consultant.com's &nbsp; Management Consultants' Weekly Newsletter&nbsp;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="455px"> <div id="pane1" style="width:455px;padding:5px;border-right:solid 1px #0098ff"> <!--- date --> <div id="date1" style="font-size:8pt;color:#000080;font-weight:bold;padding:5px"> Thursday, 1st October 2009 </div> <!--- advert1 --> <div id="advert1" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421"> Your career at a crossroads  which way next?<br><i>Friday 23rd October 2009 (afternoon event)  Central London</i></a></div> <div><br> What should an ambitious consultant like yourself do with their career in the coming year? Sit things out? Move on? Change career direction altogether? Drawing on the insights and expertise of leading recruiters, this event will answer pressing questions like these.<br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421">Click here for more details...</a></div> </div> <!--- main news --> <div style="color:#000080;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:10px">Business & Consultancy News</div> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6131">New consultancy aims to change how consulting projects are procured</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Paul Vincent, Managing Director of Insight Sourcing Solutions, about the changes taking place in procurement departments. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6131" >Full article>>></a></div> <div style="color:#000080;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px">Forthcoming events</div> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=419"> Roles and Habits of Effective Leaders - Stephen Covey</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to meet the internationally respected leadership authority and author of the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century.<br> <i>14th October 2009, Manchester</i> </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=417">Alexander Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to join one of the fastest growing Public Sector Consultancies in the UK. We are recruiting a number of Senior Consultants, Programme Directors and Business Development Consultants.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=394">Hudson & Yorke Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Hudson & Yorke is seeking talented professionals to join its specialist team pioneering best practice in Strategy, Sourcing and Governance of telecoms and networks. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=401">Strategic Analytics Recruitment Campaign - Senior Strategy Consultant Opportunities</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">If you're the best of the best and want to work with like minded Strategy Consultants come and meet us at one of our open evenings. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=408">AT Kearney Managing Consultants: Strategy and Operations</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Exceptional openings for specialists with strategy/operations consulting experience in the <b>Oil/Energy</b> sector. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=299">Project and programme management consultants</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><b>Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</b><br>We won the Project Management Company of the Year award at the APM. Come and find out why at our monthly Careers Evenings. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=424">Business Consulting Qualifications: Set Yourself Ahead</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Investing in you when the business climate is tough is a shrewd business decision. Seize the opportunity. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=412">Looking to build your independent consultancy business?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Come and meet The Lamberhurst Corporation at the Institute of Directors in London to learn more about our professional network for independent consultants. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.ibconsulting.org.uk/content_1.aspx?id=10:5663&id=10:5635">IB Consulting Awards 2009 - Call for Entries!</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">The Annual IB Consulting Awards are taking entries for the awards until 9th October. 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