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, 7th May 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://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=33974">Are you the crème de la crème of public sector consultancy?</a></div> <div><br>Big Four consultancy firm is looking for top quality consultants who can accelerate the growth of the business through their experience of winning and delivering business in the public. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=33974">>>> 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=5765">Recession to cause permanent UK jobs exodus, study reveals</a></div> <div>The UK s largest multinational companies are preparing to move more business functions overseas, placing a third of their UK jobs at risk, new research by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants reveals. Business leaders at UK-based global firms believe the potential exists for nearly a third (29%) of their current UK jobs to be transferred to lower-cost economies by 2015, blaming the dual-impact of the economic crisis and decreasing UK competitiveness for the exodus. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5765" >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=299">Project and programme management consultants</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting<br> <i>Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central London</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=410">Pursue your Public Sector consulting career with Sector</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We want to talk with consulting business-winners and those with the appetite to start building up their own client base.</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=413">Revitalising Your Consulting Career</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><I>Securing a Career Move in Consulting in 2009</i><br> Central London (Oxford Street)  Monday 29th June 2009 <br>(evening event) followed by a series of conference calls</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=414">The Art of Selling Consulting Services</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">London (Westminster) - Friday 10th July 2009</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=415">IBC Diploma in Management Consultancy</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Get qualified and enhance your career and earnings potential. 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