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, 14th 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.detica.com/manchester">Business Consultants, Technical Architects, Account Managers, Data Analysts and Graduates</a></div> <div><br>Manchester launch event " Tuesday 19 May 2009 at 6.00pm<br><br> To find out if we could be the ideal match for your skills, join us at our launch event in Manchester city centre and hear what it is really like to work for Detica. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.detica.com/manchester">>>> Register for the launch event</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=5783">Pay increases in Consulting  the exception rather than the norm?</a></div> <div>Tony Restell, Founding Director of Top-Consultant.com, has learnt some eye-opening things in his time commentating on the Consulting industry; amongst the biggest shocks has been to learn just how little the average consultant understands about the consulting businesses they work in.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5783" >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=394">Hudson & Yorke Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Join a growing and dynamic niche consulting practice.</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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