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, 9nd October 2008 </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=32472">Immediate Start for Business Improvement Consultants</a></div> <div><br>Immediate start for business improvement consultants in a new in-house consulting team. 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Are you STRATEGIC about your career choices and able to formulate and execute leading business plans? </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=381">Lean & Six Sigma opportunities from ChapmanBlack</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF><I>Corporate and Consulting Opportunities in Germany, UK, Benelux & Dubai</i></font><br> <FONT face=Verdana size="2" >Feel like a CHANGE? ChapmanBlack are currently working with the leading Lean, Six Sigma and Performance Improvement teams.</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=371">PIPC Career Event</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Interested in delivering some of the biggest, most challenging multi-sector client projects<br> <I>Click here to join the company that makes them a reality</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=140">Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Monthly workshops --- limited places available </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <!--- advert2 --> <div id="Div4" 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=32480">Finance Transformation & Performance Improvement Consultants</a></div> <div>(London, Dubai, Sydney, HK, Paris, Frankfurt & Shanghai)<br> <b>Substantial salary increase & job security! (£50k - £300k+) </b><br><br> Interested in: Finance Transformation & Shared Services, Budgeting, Planning, Working Capital, Forecasting, Corporate Treasury, Business Intelligence, SAP & IT effectiveness. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=32480">Click here for more details...</a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- next 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5141">Ernst & Young global revenues up 16.2% to $24.5b</a></div> <div>Ernst & Young said that its combined worldwide revenues increased to US$24.5 billion for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2008. This represented a year-on-year revenue increase of US$3.4 billion and a growth rate of 16.2%, 9.5% in local currency. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5141" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5120">PwC 2008 revenues up 8%</a></div> <div>For the first time, tax and advisory accounted for more than half of PwC&#39;s global revenues, 51 per cent, compared with 48 per cent in FY2007 and 44 per cent four years ago. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5120" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <br /> <!--- advert3 --> <div id="Div5" 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=32338">Grant Thornton are looking for an Associate Director - Financial Management and Effectiveness</a></div> <div><br>For the right individual, this role offers the challenge of playing a central role in the growth and development of the Financial Management and Effectiveness team. Think you're that person? <br><br></div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=32338">Click here to find out more...</a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- last 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5140">Ineum sees current market difficulties as nothing but opportunity</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week asks if the next global player could come from France, as he talks to Luke Williams, Ineum Managing Partner UK & Ireland, about Ineum s growth strategy. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5140" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5101">IMD tops Economist Intelligence Unit&#39;s MBA rankings</a></div> <div>The Economist Intelligence Unit ranks full-time MBA programmes on their ability to meet the demands students have of an MBA programme. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5101" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <!--- advert4 --> <div id="Div6" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.consultancycareersfair.com/visitors/Register.aspx">Consultancy Careers Fair - 9th and 10th October</a></div> <div><br> How would you like to fast-track your career by joining one of the world's leading consulting firms? 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