Market conditions

By Edward Haigh

On 7th June 1494 Spain and Portugal signed the treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the world outside Europe between the two countries: anything to the west of a meridian 370 leagues to the west of the Cape Verde Islands would be Spain's. Anything to the east would be Portugal's. Notwithstanding the centuries of rape which followed*, 513 years later this saved both countries consulting markets.

By Fiona Czerniawska

“We’re always looking for expertise.”  It’s what every German executive says when we quiz them about their use of consultants, to a point where the German consulting market (closely followed by the Swiss and Austrian ones) has become a byword for specialist knowledge.  Vorsprung durch technik isn’t just for cars.

By Edward Haigh

Readers of our latest UK consulting market report will doubtless have been interested in the section at the end, where we showed how likely clients were to mention each of the world's leading consulting firms, and how likely those who did so were to be happy about them.