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Welcome to the Business Consultant, the quarterly newsletter from the Institute of Business Consulting.  Each issue will feature a mixture of features highlighting best practice, topical issues and client success stories, as well as all the latest developments from the IBC.
 
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Best ever IB Consulting Awards bring profession together
18th December 2009
December saw the third Annual IB Consulting Awards, held this year at London's Langham Hotel, which built on the success of previous events with a greatly expanded list of categories and many more attendees than last year. Presenting the evening, IBC director, Lynda Purser, reflected on how far the Awards had come since 2007's "village fete in a basement".

IBC links with The Genesis Initiative
18th December 2009
IBC links with The Genesis Initiative IBC has contributed to a new Westminster-led manifesto that suggests practical ways in which small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can help revive the UK economy. The manifesto, Britain's Economic Revival through Micro, Small and Medium-size Businesses, is the brainchild of The Genesis Initiative, an alliance formed in 1999 to improve the quality of the debate on SMEs in the UK and Europe, and create economic reform, driven by SMEs and supported by Parliamentarians.

Collaborating for the future
18th December 2009
Incoming Chairman Adrian Godfrey looks at how, IBC is evolving to cope with a rapidly changing world.

Talent: the war is over, the campaign continues
18th December 2009
The pressure to recruit, may have temporarily lessened, but consultancies ignore the talent issue at their peril, writes Mick James.

Innovation: the new challenge for consultancy
18th December 2009
Are clients getting the innovation they need from consultants? And if not, why not? A new research project funded by the ESRC will investigate this vital topic.

Volunteering: a two-way street
18th December 2009
Volunteering - as well as benefiting the community - is increasingly being seen by individuals and organisations as a valuable tool for personal and professional development.

The feedback effect
18th December 2009
Every bidder that enters a public procurement exercise has the right to a statutory debrief or feedback.