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but slows to marginal pace</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Report-on-Jobs-Growth-of-staff-placements-continues-but-slows.aspx</link><description>The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies.  </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:21:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Price wars unlikely to win over customers, as service levels drive consumer satisfaction</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Price-wars-unlikely-to-win-over-customers-as-service-levels-drive-consumer-satisfaction.aspx</link><description>Britain’s consumers are putting service ahead of savings and remaining loyal to their current utilities, telecoms and home entertainment providers.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Broken links in supply chain need urgent attention, says KPMG</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Broken-links-in-supply-chain-need-urgent-attention-says-KPMG.aspx</link><description>Natural disasters, changing consumer demands &amp; economic uncertainty have led organisations to question if their supply chain operations are adequate</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:51:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report on Jobs: Permanent placements rise at fastest rate for 17 months</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Report-on-Jobs-Permanent-placements-rise-at-fastest-rate-for-17-months.aspx</link><description>The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by 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KPMG</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Growth-in-use-of-shared-service-centres-outpaces-traditional-outsourcing-as-economy-falters–says-KPMG.aspx</link><description>Organisations are continuing to expand the services they outsource, according to   KPMG’s latest global survey</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:58:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG awards ACA training contract to BPP</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-awards-ACA-training-contract-to-BPP.aspx</link><description>KPMG LLP announces that it has awarded BPP Professional Education the contract to deliver the firm’s national ACA training programme, commencing in autumn 2013</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report on Jobs - Permanent placements rise further in April, albeit at slower pace</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Report-on-Jobs-April-2012.aspx</link><description>The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ingredients for economic growth begin to emerge, says KPMG</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Ingredients-for-economic-growth-begin-to-emerge,-says-KPMG.aspx</link><description>Organisations across the globe have identified some of the key drivers they believe will stimulate economic performance, according to data collated by KPMG</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:33:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report on Jobs - Decline in permanent appointments gathers pace in November</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Report-on-Jobs-November-2011.aspx</link><description>The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:46:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG partner named ‘outsourcing professional of the year’</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-partner-named-‘outsourcing-professional-of-the-year’.aspx</link><description>Shamus Rae, lead Partner in the Sourcing Advisory practice, KPMG in the UK, won the ‘outsourcing professional of the year’ award for 2011 at the eighth annual award ceremony of The National Outsourcing Association, which took place in London.   </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG appoints Head of Joint Ventures</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-appoints-Head-of-Joint-Ventures.aspx</link><description>KPMG has appointed Dr Marc van Grondelle as Head of its Joint Venture practice in the UK and Europe.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:31:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corporate responsibility reporting hits all-time high but lacks financial reporting rigour</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Corporate-Responsibility-Reporting-Hits-All-time-High.aspx</link><description>Nearly every Global Fortune 250 (G250) company now reports its corporate responsibility activity, with the UK topping the global ranking according to the KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2011</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:24:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK firms lap up Central and Eastern European assets in hunt for 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list</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-Lawyer-in-Britains-high-flying-women-in-business-list.aspx</link><description>Misha Patel has become the first in-house lawyer from KPMG to be named in the prestigious Management Today ‘35 Women Under 35’ list </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:37:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patent box consultation “very positive” for affected businesses, but some, notably the software industry, will be disappointed</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Patent-box-consultation-“verypositive”-for-affected-businesses.aspx</link><description>Patent box consultation “very positive” for affected businesses, but some, notably the software industry, will be disappointed</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:29:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG advise on acquisition of £65 million Surrey based business</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-advise-on-acquisition-of-£65-million-Surrey-based-business.aspx</link><description>Advisors from KPMG’s Gatwick office have advised German Linder Group on the acquisition of Surrey based Prater Ltd, the UK’s leading building envelope specialist on a deal in which they were sold for an undisclosed sum</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG appoints David O’Hara to lead its Scottish Investment Advisory team</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-appoints-David-O’Hara.aspx</link><description>KPMG in the UK has appointed David O’Hara from Hymans Robertson as a Principal Investment Consultant to lead its newly established Scottish Investment Advisory team</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:45:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG reveals the top ten errors in occupational pension scheme member records</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/top-ten-errors-in-occupational-pension-scheme-member-records.aspx</link><description>Using its KLean data quality tool, KPMG has analysed over 100,000 occupational pension scheme member record to reveal some worrying findings.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:24:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Public exchequer plundered as Government targeted fraud soars</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/Public-exchequer-plundered-as-Government-targeted-fraud-soars.aspx</link><description>Fraud against the UK Government has risen dramatically (142 per cent) over the last three years, as criminals adopt an increasingly businesslike approach – KPMG reveals today.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:39:37 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>