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, 20th November 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/appointments.asp?firm=Mindbench">Outstanding consultants required for international roles in strategy, Big 4 consulting and industry positions with top banks</a></div> <div><br>Mindbench are experiencing strong client demand for exceptional strategy consultants for international roles and Big 4 consultants with supply chain / procurement expertise. We are also looking for top consultants with financial services business analyst experience for roles in major banks. <br><br></div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointments.asp?firm=Mindbench">If you are looking for real challenge get in touch with Mindbench now!</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=5296">KPMG recruiting carefully</a></div> <div>Times may be getting hard in the UK economy, but I m still encountering a lot of firms who, if not exactly bullish are still cautiously optimistic about their growth plans. Many of these are smaller firms, however, who are still growing into their niche, so it was useful to get a perspective from Alan Buckle, head of KPMG s Global Advisory practice, a 27,000 strong group of which consultancy has been a rapidly growing part. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5296" >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=389"> PA Consulting Group - Recruitment Open Evenings</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Information Technology Group - Delivering a visible difference<br> <I>25 November 2008 and 28 January 2009</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=390">IMPACT Strategy Consultants</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Opportunities for both freelance strategy consultants and partners looking for their next challenge <br><i>Register your interest to find out more about the benefits of being part of our network</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=391">Generating more warm leads</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">An inspiring five-month programme with a one day workshop in London on Friday, March 20th 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=299">Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Project and programme management consultants - Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central London </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=383">IBM - SAP Careers event</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Developing our People and Client Delivery<br> <i>Attend our next assessment day</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=371">PIPC</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Passionate about driving public sector improvement  come and deliver with some of the best</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/appointments.asp?firm=FreshMinds">FreshMinds: Investment Executive opportunities</a></div> <div><br>Are you interested in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a dynamic team of venture capitalists in one of the UK s most exciting and fast-paced environments? <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?firm=FreshMinds">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=5292">2008 Consultancy Careers Fair yields job offers for lucky visitors</a></div> <div>The 2008 Consultancy Careers Fair, the annual fair organised by Top-Consultant.com that was held on 9 - 10 October at the Barbican Centre in London, has proven a success despite the difficult economic climate with more candidates attending than last year. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5292" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5291">Britain s top consulting talent recognised at MCA Awards</a></div> <div>The Management Consultancies Association (MCA) recognised the shining stars of the UK consulting industry at the Consultant of the Year Awards 2008, run in association with <i>The Sunday Times</i>, on 13 November 2008. 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