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, 30th October 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/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=31637">Over 40 roles in Management Consultancy in DUBAI  Salaries from £50,000-£165,000 packages++ - Tax Free</a></div> <div><br>Strategy firms, Big 4, and niche, boutique specialist firms, fuelled by exciting customer demand, are rapidly growing their practices in Dubai  creating challenging career opportunities for those with strategic consulting backgrounds. <br><br></div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=31637">Click here for more details ...</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=5239">The end of short-termism  the dawn of Business Sustainability and what s in it for consultants</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Tony Czarnecki, Managing Partner and founder of business sustainability consultancy Sustensis, who believes that we are on the brink of a shareholder revolution. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5239" >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<br> <i>Friday, March 20th 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=383">IBM - SAP Careers event</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Developing our People and Client Delivery <br><i>Attend our next assesment 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=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=382">Strategy Consulting - <br>Exceptional careers for exceptional people</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF><I>Germany, Benelux, Dubai and the UK</i></font><br> <FONT face=Verdana size="2" >STRATEGIC in everything you do? 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