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17/11/2021

This Financial Times article uses an analysis of market data from our client, Source Global Research. The analysis shows that globally, the number of professional services deals involving private equity groups has grown steadily since 2013 - https://t.co/AtEqDWfFDa

Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC face losing star performers and lucrative divisions to smaller rivals

17/11/2021

Following an Ian King Live interview on Sky News and lots of UK tech coverage, the Harvey Nash Group Digital Leadership Report was featured in The Times. This piece was also featured on page 40 of the print edition. https://t.co/DafIu7Zyxe

Skills shortages are placing the growth of the UK’s technology sector under threat, according to a long-running survey of bosses in the industry.Companies are e

23/09/2021

The UK consulting sector is set to grow by 11.5% to £12.1bn in 2021 says Source Global Research in today's FT - https://www.ft.com/content/2bb6e574-cd21-48fb-8660-7b93e4bf489b

Firms benefit from companies seeking advice on digitising businesses and bolstering supply chains

20/09/2021

Laura Morroll at BearingPoint provides her view on whether formalwear will be scaled down across UK retail in this Retail Gazette feature -
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2021/09/should-retailers-scale-down-on-formalwear-as-brits-work-from-home/

As M&S announces it will stop selling suits in most of its stores, it correlates with Kantar's data suggesting that annual sales of men’s suiting fell from £469m in 2016 to £159m in the past year to July. Retail Gazette looks at whether retailers should cut down on their formalwear offerings as ...

16/09/2021

Bev White from Harvey Nash Group says in The Daily Mail that whilst the end of Furlough could help sectors like hotel & leisure fill vacancies, the technology sector, which is presently experiencing the highest candidate/skills shortages in the UK, is unlikely to see any benefit from the end of the scheme.

She adds: "The pandemic has led to huge investment in online and digital capabilities, which has driven demand for many technology roles including cybersecurity specialists, software developers, and data scientists. In fact, demand for programmers and software developers is now the third highest of all occupations in the UK behind only Nurses and HGV Drivers. People in these technology roles have very specific skills and are not on Furlough. Vacancies in tech, which the ONS reported today have risen by over 200% in the last year, will therefore remain unchanged.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9988527/Payroll-numbers-return-pre-pandemic-levels-vacancies-hit-record.html

Vacancy numbers soared by 249,000 to more than one million for the first time since records began amid labour shortages in some key UK industries.

16/09/2021

This feature appeared in The Times this week quoting Emile Naus, Partner at BearingPoint. Emile says: 'Over the past 30 years, supply chains have increasingly become just-in-time. The result is that we now have a chain of activities, each reliant on others, with limited resilience. This has become very visible recently through a series of independent failures.'

https://www.raconteur.net/supply-chain/why-brexit-shortages-are-forcing-supply-chain-redesigns/?

Covid and Brexit have disrupted supply chains. The smart companies are building visibility into their systems, improving inventory management

16/08/2021

In this news article in The i this weekend, Emile Naus of BearingPoint says that there shouldn't be an issue finding presents for Christmas [generally] but there might be issues if you are looking for something specific as there could be a shortage of some items - https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/lorry-driver-shortage-christmas-shopping-low-stock-price-rises-1145136

Shoppers face low stock, long delivery times and price rises as retailers across the country battle to secure drivers for the Christmas period

21/07/2021

Cyber skills are already the most scarce in the world, so why have so few cyber professionals received a pay rise? A view from Bev White of Harvey Nash Group in ComputerWeekly.com - https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Is-tech-team-remuneration-opening-up-a-new-form-of-cyber-risk

Failing to reward cyber security staff in line with increases for other members of the tech team could open up new risks to organisations.

07/07/2021

Why are cybersecurity pay rises stalling when there is a chronic shortage of cybersecurity talent? This article from Cristina Lago of Tech Monitor investigates in more detail one of the key findings from the Harvey Nash Tech Salary & Hot Skills Report 2021 - https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-pay-uk-us

Despite ongoing high demand for cybersecurity skills, pay for security professionals has stagnated over the past 12 months.

07/07/2021

We’ve just launched the Harvey Nash Tech Salary & Hot Skills Report 2021, which includes lots of analysis from different geographies and industry sectors. Interestingly salary rises stalled for cyber professionals despite global demand -
https://www.itproportal.com/news/cybersecurity-experts-are-in-high-demand-but-salaries-have-plateaued/

As automation looms, businesses are rewarding those that bring value and improve agility.

06/07/2021

We've organised this BearingPoint opinion on Telemedicine to support the techUK Public Sector Innovation campaign - https://www.techuk.org/resource/bearingpoint-telemedicine-is-just-the-start-three-trends-in-digital-health.html

Guest blog written by John Higton (Director) and Joseph Riou (Consultant), BearingPoint UK.

06/07/2021

Source Global Research data is quoted in this Financial Times article. This time, their research shows that the market for professional advice on “pure” sustainability issues, such as clean technology and sustainable investing, reached $1bn globally in 2020:
https://www.ft.com/content/b79e4cd4-e288-4083-a976-47f3e89a0209

Big Four audit firm’s $12bn investment targets booming market in ESG advice

05/07/2021

This latest Computer Weekly viewpoint from Bev White, CEO of Harvey Nash Group welcomes the APPG's call for evidence on digital skills for the future of work, and provides three key areas that policymakers should address: https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Shaping-a-Digital-Strategy-to-support-UK-productivity-and-jobs

With an All-Party Parliamentary Group calling for evidence on digital skills, there are three key areas that policymakers should address.

05/07/2021

'People are out of love with long commutes and they are willing to sacrifice some salary points for flexibility', says Bev White, CEO of Harvey Nash Group in the Financial Times - https://www.ft.com/content/5a590d48-1037-4fd0-a350-17c8ab21a412

UK recruiters say professionals are able to press employers much harder than those in lower-paid jobs

23/09/2020

More on the Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey - this time in Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/soorajshah/2020/09/22/businesses-spent-15bn-more-a-week--on-technology-during-pandemickpmg-harvey-nash/

The survey, which Harvey Nash and KPMG claim is the largest IT leadership survey in the world, with over 4,200 CIOs and technology leaders taking part across 108 countries.

22/09/2020

We’ve just launched the 2020 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey, which found that companies spent the equivalent of around US$15bn extra a week on technology to enable safe and secure home working during COVID-19. This was one of the biggest surges in technology investment in history – with the world’s IT leaders spending more than their annual budget rise in just three months, as the global crisis hit, and lockdowns began to be enforced.

The Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey is the largest technology leadership survey in the world, with over 4,200 IT leaders responding from organisations with a combined technology spend of over US$250bn.

There is more about the findings and the media launch here - https://proservpr.com/2020/09/22/huge-surge-in-tech-spend-sept-20/

21/08/2020

Really pleased with this piece on BBC Business this morning - featuring Harvey Nash Group data and supporting comments from CEO, Bev White. And a big thanks to those people (we worked with) who shared their experiences during lockdown - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53683463

More staff working from home means more work for IT staff, but many face uncertainty over their jobs.

20/08/2020

Bev White of Harvey Nash Group discusses the tech skills in demand during Covid-19 in this IT Pro article - https://www.itpro.co.uk/business-strategy/careers-training/356834/bridging-the-coronavirus-skills-gap

As employers and employees adjust to the new post-COVID-19 business environment, which tech skills will be in demand?