First published in 2002, the Management Consultancies Association’s annual industry report provides the most comprehensive analysis and data available on the UK consulting industry. The industry is now a well established part of the economic landscape, and has a proven track record in helping both public and private sector organisations to succeed. The UK consulting industry was recently described as ‘a world leader’ in the Government-sponsored Professional Services Global Competitiveness Report.

The 2009 UK Consulting Industry Report is written by Fiona Czerniawska, Head of Research at the MCA and a leading commentator on the consulting industry, and provides an authoritative and insightful picture of the industry. It is published jointly by the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) and Management Consultants’ News (owned by NCC).

Authoritative analysis and statistics
The 2009 report provides over 100 pages of invaluable analysis, trends, data and key operational metrics. These include:

• Growth in management consulting fee income
• Breakdown of fee income by service line and sector
• Comparative percentage growth by service line and sector
• Breakdown of fee income by industry segment
• Growth in the number of consultants employed
• Ratios of number of partners and non-fee earning staff to consultants
• Revenue per consultant

Award winning case studies of consultants and clients working together
It features the winning case studies of the 2009 MCA Management Awards, demonstrating the positive results that can be achieved in the public and private sectors and the wider economy through working with consultants.

Interviews with leaders in the consulting industry
The report also contains extracts from over fifty interviews with leaders in the consulting industry, providing direct commentary on the state of the industry today, the future outlook and the challenges faced by consulting firms and their clients. “The MCA’s annual report on the UK Consulting Industry is essential reading for anyone involved with consulting. It provides invaluable facts and figures along with intelligent analysis and discussion of how the industry is responding at this time of turbulence in the economy. It offers excellent insight and value for consulting firms and their clients”Jan Gower, Vice President, IBM.

This report is a comprehensive summary of findings of a survey by the Management Consultancies Association of their member firms to assess the performance of the UK consulting industry in the first half of 2009. The UK Consulting Industry Half-Year Report is the shorter sister publication to the UK Consulting Industry Report that has been produced annually by the MCA since 2002, and is published jointly with Management Consultants’ News (owned by NCC).

The UK Consulting Industry Half-Year Report January-July 2009 provides unique data and insight into the state of the UK consulting industry over the last half year, which has been so critical for the UK and global economies. This 11 page report looks at industry performance across sectors and service lines; changing growth rates, fee rates and income; year on year comparisons; and the outlook and challenges for the second half of 2009 and beyond. It provides detailed statistics as well as hard-hitting analysis.

Who should buy?
The UK Consulting Industry Report 2009 provides an essential source of information and a useful planning tool for all those with an interest in this important industry:

• Partners, senior managers and marketers in consulting firms
• Purchasers of consulting
• Suppliers and partners of consulting firms
• Investors
• Analysts
• Recruitment consultants
• Journalists
• Researchers

About the Management Consultancies Association
The Management Consultancies Association (MCA) is the representative body for management consultancy firms in the UK. Our sixty member companies comprise around 70% of the UK industry, employ more than 40,000 consultants and work with over 90 of the FTSE 100 companies and almost all parts of the public sector.

The MCA has been providing valuable analysis and statistics on the UK consulting market since 1956. As the UK trade body for consulting firms, it has unique access to fee data and other performance metrics, as well as the views of senior partners and management in the UK’s major consulting firms.

The MCA informs and influences public debate on topical issues, commissions research and policy analysis, and represents the industry in discussions with Government and other stakeholders. The MCA also facilitates networking and the sharing of best practice within the industry. The MCA’s tough entry criteria and rigorous Code of Practice mean that MCA member companies are widely acknowledged to provide high quality services to their clients.

About the author
Fiona Czerniawska is the Head of Research at the MCA and one of the world’s leading commentators on the consulting industry. She is also the joint managing director of sourceforconsulting.com.

Previously, Fiona had more than 15 years’ experience as a management consultant, primarily working in the areas of marketing and strategy, and now speaks and writes extensively on the consulting industry and related issues. Her most recent books include Business Consulting: A Guide to How it Works and How to Make it Work (2005), published by The Economist, and The Trusted Firm (2006).

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The leading firms quoted in the report include:

Accenture, AD Little, Alsbridge, AMTEC Consulting, Analysys Mason, Arup, Atos Consulting, Avail Consulting, Baker Tilly, Bourton Group, Boxwood, BT, Capco, Change Management Group, Charteris, Commercial Advantage Group, Compass, Davis Langdon, Deloitte, Detica, Diamond Consulting, DMW Group, ER Consultants, Ernst & Young, Fujitsu, HCL Axon, Hitachi, IBM, Kepner-Tregoe, KPMG, LCP Consulting, Logica, Morse, Mott MacDonald, Mouchel, MVA Consultancy, Navigant Consulting, Oakland Consulting, OC&C, PIPC, PKF, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, PRTM, Right Management, Simon-Kucher & Partners, TATA Consultancy Services, The Berkeley Partnership, Turner & Townsend, Xantus.

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