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, 25th February 2010 </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://tcadserving.top-consultant.co.uk/UK/career/appointmentstwo.aspx?ID=36272">Independent thinker, passionate about success that endures?</a></div> <div><br>We are looking for ambitious people to join us as retained consultants within an organisation of like-minded individuals who share a passion to build a business. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://tcadserving.top-consultant.co.uk/UK/career/appointmentstwo.aspx?ID=36272">To learn more about us please 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=6651">Hitachi Consulting continues on a global expansion path </a></div> <div>Top-Consultant.com s management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Mark Robinson, Managing Vice President Sales and Marketing of Hitachi Consulting, about the company s growing presence in the UK. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6651" >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=432"> Recruiter briefing -- What awaits Management Consultancy recruiters in 2010?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Mayfair (London), Friday 12th March 2010 (9am to 12.30pm) </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">Project and Programme Management - <br>Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We are the Institute of Business Consulting Practice of the Year 2009 and finalists for the National Business Awards Employer of the Year. 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