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In response to the Chancellor’s announcement during COP26 mandating all UK-listed businesses and financial institutions to publish net zero plans by 2023, EY has launched a new sustainability service offering – EY Carbon. Backed by a £100m investment, the initiative includes the target of adding a further 1,300 personnel to the firm's current team of 250 sustainability specialists over the next three years. The unit is focused on both advising clients as they prepare their net zero plans ahead of independent scrutiny and verification and supporting the development of longer-term sustainability strategies.

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Capgemini UK delivered a strong set of FY21 numbers. Constant currency yoy top line growth of 18.3% – the vast majority of which was organic - lifted revenue for the twelve months ended 31st December here to €2.13bn. Already the Group’s most profitable territory, the UK business further increased its operating margin to 18% for the period (FY20: 15.5%), some 510 bps higher than the Group average of 12.9%.

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The government is suing accountancy firm KPMG for £1.3bn over its audit of construction giant Carillion, which collapsed into administration in 2018.

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Deloitte is set to acquire Northern Ireland-HQ’d data and digital applications specialist Etain. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

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Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations.

Google, Amazon, Ikea, Apple and Nestle are among those failing to change quickly enough, the study alleges.

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DXC Technology’s 2022 sales conference was set in virtual reality (VR). The EMEA-wide event brought together around 1,000 members of DXC’s leadership and business development communities from across three continents, for a two-day programme of insights, collaboration, motivation and strategy.

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Global consultancy firm KPMG is making good on its pledge to employ more people from working class backgrounds by 2030 with cloud-focused youth tech talent push.

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Combined capabilities from global technology services provider and cloud computing platform to enable an AI-powered, end-to-end workflow management and service automation platform.

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£190,000 job will lead digital, data and technology policy across Whitehall, in charge of the 200-strong Central Digital and Data Office.

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The government is set to launch a new training college for civil servants and senior council officers, to improve skills and knowledge that help with the ‘levelling up’ agenda.  

The paper said: “This new training infrastructure will also be made available to local government executives, in particular local authority chief executives and senior officers.

“This will help to build local leadership capability across the UK, supporting accompanying efforts to empower local leaders.

“It will also increase collaboration between central and local government and across local government.”

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