| Boxwood crowned MCA Platinum winner |
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| | Boxwood has won the overall Platinum Award in the 2011 MCA Awards, in association with The Times. The consultancy won for its work in building a cost-conscious culture at Carphone Warehouse. In just 12 months, Boxwood helped achieve in-year savings of £60m and created a new operating model which led to a further £30m in savings the following year.
The MCA Awards 2011 dinner took place at the Lancaster London Hotel in front of over 600 guests. Other awards included The Times Award for Best Client/Consultant Team, won by Arup for its work with De Montfort University (DMU). Arup assisted DMU as it developed a pioneering approach to analysing and | |
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| | improving its environmental impact – giving it a leading position amongst higher education institutions.
The prestigious MCA Awards are organised by the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), and run in association with The Times. The 2011 Awards recognise the very best projects and individuals and focus on the value that consultancy generates for clients and the economy as a whole.
Alan Leaman, chief executive of the MCA, said: “This year’s awards highlighted the value that management consultants provide to clients in both private and public sectors. The winning case studies – entered by clients and | |
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| | Improvement Consultant of the Year – Melinda McKinley, Deloitte
• Strategy Consultant of the Year – Andrew Nevin, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Project winners in the MCA Awards 2011
Change Management in the Private Sector – Boxwood/ Carphone Warehouse
Change Management in the Public Sector – sponsored by BLT – Ernst & Young/ NHS Direct
Customer Engagement – sponsored by CSC – Navigant/ Skandia
Environment – Arup/ De Montfort University
Finance and Risk Management – Novo Altum/ Northern Rock
Innovation – sponsored by Rostrum Communications – | |
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| | Bluerock Consulting/ Barclaycard
International – Moorhouse Consulting/ BT
Operational Performance in the Private Sector – sponsored by Mindbench – KPMG and Deloitte/ HMRC
Outsourcing – Ernst & Young/ National Grid
People – Navigant Consulting/ Skandia
Strategy – sponsored by Investgo – Xantus Consulting/ United Utilities
Technology – Deloitte/ Metrobank
The Times Award for Best Client/Consultant Team – Arup/ De Montfort University
Platinum Award – Boxwood/ Carphone Warehouse | |
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| | their consultancies – detail some extraordinary achievements. This sort of skilled work will play a central role in helping the UK to build its economic recovery.”
Individual Consultants of the Year
• Change Management Consultant of the Year – Olivier Fusil, Accenture
• HR Consultant of the Year – Robert Bolton, KPMG
• IT Consultant of the Year – James Cockroft, Xantus Consulting
• Marketing Consultant of the Year – Nick Turner, Deloitte
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