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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 12:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Grant Thornton UK Profit Dropped 78% as Cinven Deal Took Hold]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Hedge Fund Adviser Bets on AI-Backed Consultancy for Rich]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alvarez & Marsal Wants to Make $3.5 Billion From AI Work by 2028]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Sets Aside £228 Million Related to the Collapse of MFS]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[McKinsey Partner’s Drone Firm Stake Spurs Conflict Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Boston Consulting Group Says AI Work Brought 25% of 2025 Revenue]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google Sets Up $750 Million Fund for Consultants to Adopt AI]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PwC Shakes Up UK Consulting Unit in Global Integration Drive]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[EY Tells US Tax Staff to Work From Office Three Days a Week]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[KPMG Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs In Auditing Division]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:50:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK to Ease Oversight of Big Audit Firms in Starmer’s Growth Push]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Accenture Sees Work With Biggest AI Partners More Than Doubling]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hedge Funds Get Jittery on Prospect of UK’s Non-Compete Ban]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BDO UK Partner Pay Drops 14% to £589,000 After Deals Slow]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Accenture Discussing Paris HQ Move to Bergere Development]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[McKinsey Cuts About 200 Tech Jobs, Shifts More Roles to AI]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ambereen Choudhury]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Government Does Not Know What It Spends on Consultants]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[McKinsey Promotes 224 to Partner in Larger Class Than Last Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:36:50 GMT</pubDate>
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