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An overview of global PwC news:

United Kingdom

PwC brings Risk and Consulting teams under one roof to form 5,000-strong group Big Four professional services firm PwC has announced it is bringing its consulting and risk practices under one umbrella.
20 April 2026
United Kingdom

FRC mulls formal investigation of PwC for WHSmith role After an accounting error wiped £30 million from WHSmith’s expected annual trading profit in North America, an independent report by Deloitte has found that the retailer now faces a larger-than-expec
03 December 2025
United Kingdom

PwC slashes 200 graduate roles amid UK slowdown PwC’s UK graduate intake has dropped, with its boss citing poor productivity as driving the firm’s cut in young talent.
12 September 2025
United Kingdom

Consultants have their say on Labour landslide In the wake of a decisive electoral victory, some professional services leaders have been swift to congratulate new Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
09 July 2024
Australia

Most Australians don’t know or care about Big Four consultants A new survey has found that half of Australian voters believe the government should reduce its consulting spend on the Big Four. More intriguingly, more than a third don’t know who they are.
21 December 2023
United States

PwC US cutting back consulting work in bid to reduce conflict risk PwC US is planning to curtail tens of millions worth of consulting work to reduce the risk of conflict of interest.
12 September 2023
Australia

Most Australians support long-term government work ban for PwC PwC scored more than $500 million in federal work over the past two years.
20 June 2023
United States

PwC US aims to poach EY partners as global split looms PwC US plans to significantly expand its number of “direct admit” partners (externally hired rather than promoted) in the coming year, according to a Financial Times report.
06 December 2022
United Kingdom

UK investors warn firms they will exit without ESG progress Even as many companies plan to backslide on ESG commitments, as a means to downsize spending during a recession, investors are suggesting this could see them exit.
01 November 2022
United Kingdom

Engineering firms lead consultancies in race to net zero New research has shown that the consulting industry’s top players are accelerating their push toward major climate commitments.
31 March 2022
United States

PwC aims to hire 10,000 Black and Latinx students by 2026 Big Four firm PwC plans to hire 10,000 Black and Latinx college students over the next five years.
29 April 2021
Canada

Big Four register net audit client losses in 2020 The Big Four accounting and consulting firms (Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG) as a group registered a net loss in SEDAR (Canadian public company) audit clients in 2020, according to a report in Canadian
29 April 2021
Australia

Consulting firms slashing pay and laying off staff to stay adrift Earlier confident they could withstand the business threat from the coronavirus outbreak, Australia’s leading professional services firms have now been forced into action.
06 April 2020
India

The best management consulting firms in India for graduates A new survey among of over 24,000 students in India has revealed the country’s best consulting firms for graduates.
16 July 2019
Australia

Big Four accounting and consulting firms booming in Australia The Big Four professional services firms – EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC – are enjoying a sustained boom in Australia.
12 February 2019
United Kingdom

Consulting firms and consultants nominated for MCA Awards After a competitive due diligence on projects and consultants submitted for Management Consultancies Association’s 2019 Awards, the jury have picked the finalists.
21 January 2019
Germany

Boom times for Big Four accounting and consulting firms in Germany A boom in advisory work has driven the business of the world’s largest professional services firms in Germany to record levels.
15 January 2019
Netherlands

The 25 best management consulting firms in the Netherlands A new survey among decision makers in the Netherlands has identified the consultancy firms which are the making the biggest impact in their work.
14 December 2018
Australia

Australia’s lucrative consulting market bares fruits from accounting switch-up Traditionally, audit and tax services were the primary functions of the Australia’s largest accounting firms.
07 November 2018
Australia

The most influential consultants in Australia revealed The top 5 most influential consultants of Australia are John Lydon, Andrew Clark, Skipp Williamson, Cindy Hook and Luke Sayers.
03 October 2018
Asia

The top 15 strategy consulting firms in Asia and Asia-Pacific McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company are Asia’s top strategy consulting firms.
28 September 2018
France

The 30 best management consulting firms to work for in France A new survey among over 34,000 employees in France from 7,000+ companies has revealed the companies where employees are the happiest with their job, colleagues and company culture.
25 September 2018
Australia

Top 10 consulting firms for Australian graduates in 2018 The Big Four consulting and accounting firms – EY, PwC, KPMG & Deloitte – were all rated in the top 5 of the Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2018.
29 July 2018
Australia

Professional services grow to become one of Australia’s largest industry groups The Australian professional services industry has grown by 30% since the beginning of the decade to become the fourth largest industry group in the country.
24 July 2018
United Kingdom

The 10 best CEOs and Managing Partners in the consulting industry A selection of consulting leaders on either side of the Atlantic have been revealled to be the best 10 in the world.
06 July 2018
United States

Accenture Interactive launches consulting invasion of Ad Agency space The tech mastery cultivated by consulting firms keen to offer clients first-rate digital transformation services is generating a range of corollary benefits.
19 June 2018
United Kingdom

The top 10 global consulting firms by industry and service expertise Deloitte Consulting, McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group are the top three consulting firms with the broadest and deepest capabilities, according to analysis of the service portfolios
18 June 2018
United Kingdom

Parliamentary report prompts Big Four to prepare for forced break-up The Big Four professional services firms are preparing for state intervention forcing them to separate their auditing and consulting wings in the UK, after a damning parliamentary report further sugg
22 May 2018
United Kingdom

16 consulting firms recognised for client excellence at MCA Awards The annual MCA Awards has celebrated the work of Management Consultancies Association members in 2017, handing award nods to 16 different firms at a ceremony in London’s Westminster Bridge Hotel.
01 May 2018
United Kingdom

Big Four eye potential $30 billion boost via legal market expansion The Big Four consulting and accounting firms could draw an annual revenue of $30 billion from legal services, were they to fully expand into the market.
28 November 2017
Australia

Five consulting firms make top 10 in Top 100 Graduate Employers list The Top 100 Graduate Employers list highlights how Australian graduates are turning towards on consulting firms to begin their careers.
12 June 2017
United Kingdom

The top 50 private sector think tanks and research firms of the globe The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, a research programme that evaluates the quality of think tanks and research organisations globally, has unveiled the 2016 edition of its ‘Global Go To Thi
06 June 2016

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