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, 27th 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=Consulting+Point ">Credit Crunch? 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Speak to one of our experienced recruiters and find out why we were voted Best UK Management Consultancy Recruitment Firm in 2007. <br><br></div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointments.asp?firm=Consulting+Point ">Click here to see the range of roles on offer through Consulting Point.</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=5319">Government will always need management consultants</a></div> <div>By now everyone has become reconciled with the idea that there s a tough year ahead but how tough is a big question. In the private sector, consultancy budgets are very much viewed as  discretionary spend , but at least in the short-term companies are going to need to do a lot of work that they will struggle to manage without assistance. In the public sector the issues are even more complex. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5319" >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">Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"> Project and programme management consultants <br><I>Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central 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=389"> PA Consulting Group - Recruitment Open Evenings</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Information Technology Group - Delivering a visible difference<br> <I>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=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=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=Nationwide+">Customer Experience roles @ Nationwide</a></div> <div><br> This is a unique opportunity to join a fast growing Group Customer Experience function at an early stage in its development. 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