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 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</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="455px"> <div id="pane1" style="float:left;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, 21th August 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/bltappointments.asp"></a></div> <div>the client s embezzling<br> the aircon s frazzling<br> the dinner s puzzling<br> ...just another day in <a href=http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/bltappointments.asp target=_blank><b>consulting</b></a>? </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/bltappointments.asp">For further info click here..</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=4972">Making sense and money out of terabytes of data</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Mark Giles, managing director of BMG Strategy Consulting, about how the consultancy is turning the paradigms that underpin offshoring and consultancy on their heads and coming up with striking new business models.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=4972" >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=343">The Consultancy Careers Fair </a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Barbican Centre, London<br><i>Thursday 9th October 2008 (evening) and Friday 10th October 2008 (daytime)</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=384"> Working with Procurement Departments</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">How to ensure your consulting proposal doesn't fall foul of the procurement process<br><i>London (Mayfair) - Thursday 16th October 2008</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=383">IBM - SAP Careers event </a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Attend our next assesment day </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=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=381">Lean & Six Sigma Opportunities From ChapmanBlack</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Corporate and Consulting Opportunities in Germany, UK, Benelux & Dubai<br><I>Feel like a CHANGE? ChapmanBlack are currently working with the leading Lean, Six Sigma and Performance Improvement teams.</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=382">Strategy Consulting - exceptional careers for exceptional people</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF>Germany, Benelux, Dubai and the UK. - STRATEGIC in everything you do?</font><br> <FONT face=Verdana size="2" ><i>Are you STRATEGIC about your career choices and able to formulate and execute leading business plans?</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=385">Deloitte - Technology and Systems Consulting Event</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">With the right balance, you ll achieve great things<br><i>4th September - 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=386">Consultancy Qualifications: What sets you apart as a Business Consultant?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Training Courses and Distance Learning Available Now </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=368">The Art of Selling Consulting Services</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" ><i>London (Westminster) - Friday 7th November 2008</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 /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=379">IBC</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF>South East and London Regional Roadshow - <i><b>Promoting Professionalism</i></b></font></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=378">IBC Internal Consulting Forum</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF>Working with External Consultants - Competition or Coalition?</font> </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://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=373">Currently Requiring Motivation? 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