突发！四大某记英国宣布裁员200人

据报道，由于面临市场放缓的压力， 毕马威 英国 将进一步裁员。

据英国《金融时报》报道，在对成本基础进行审查后， 毕马威英国将再裁减200个后台和面向客户的职位。

报道称，作为重组的一部分， 毕马威英国 将合并部分后台职能，并“减少”部分 重复的 面向客户的业务。

毕马威英国近期 启动了磋商程序， 并将在2024年10月1日之前 裁减200 个职位。

去年10月有报道称， 毕马威 计划在英国交易咨询部门进行大规模裁员和冻薪。

总体而言，在四大会计师事务所中都有裁员。大多数裁员原因是交易 大幅下滑 。2023 年，由于并购活动减少， 英国四大公司裁员约1800人 。

过去一年，英国咨询市场的增长放缓了10%以上。

根据 Source Global Research 3月份的报告，英国咨询市场在2023年仅增长 4.7%，收入达到152亿英镑，低于2022年15.6%的增幅。

正如Source研究负责人James Beeby所说：“在疫情过后，英国咨询业市场实现了强劲增长，但去年对英国咨询业来说是充满挑战的一年，预计情况会变得更糟——预计今年的增长将持平。”

尽管如此，管理咨询协会今年早些时候进行的另一项调查显示，咨询行业今年将实现个位数增长，并预测2023年的增长率为9%。

与其他企业一样，毕马威也在应对英国更严格的签证要求，上个月有报道称，英国新政策出台后，毕马威曾撤销过外国毕业生的Offer。

原英文报道如下：

KPMG is reportedly set to slash yet more roles in the UK as the firm battles with a market slowdown.

The firm is set to cut a further 200 back-office and client-facing roles following a review of its cost base, the Financial Times reported.

The firm will merge certain back-office functions and “reduce duplication” in parts of its client-facing operations as part of the restructuring, the report said.

The firm launched its consultation process on Thursday and the reduction of these 200 roles will be made by 1 October 2024.

This comes after it was reported last October that the firm was planning a wave of job cuts and salary freezes in its UK deal advisory division.

Collectively, across all the Big Fours firm, there have been roles put on the chopping block, with most targeting their advisory units amid a huge slump in dealmaking. Over 2023, some 1,800 jobs at the Big Four firms in the UK were cut due to the slump in M&A activity.

Over the last year, the growth of the UK’s consulting market slowed by over 10 per cent.

The UK’s consulting market only grew by 4.7 per cent across 2023 to revenues of £15.2bn, which was down on the 15.6 per cent growth recorded over 2022, according to a report by Source Global Research in March.

As James Beeby, research lead at Source said: “After strong market growth post pandemic, last year was a challenging year for UK consultants, and things are expected to get worse—with growth forecast to flatline this year.”

Despite that, a separate survey from earlier this year by Management Consultancies Association, stated that the consultancy sector will have single-digit growth this year, as it predicts growth of 9 per cent for 2023.

KPMG, like other businesses, is also battling the tougher UK visa requirements as it was reported last month that it had revoking job offers from foreign graduates after the new powers came in.

While this is going on, the firm was in the headlines in May after KPMG UK partners and KPMG Switzerland partners voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of merging to become a $4.4bn (£3.5bn) business.

The merger – which will see almost 16,000 staff members in the UK united with over 2,600 people in Switzerland – is expected to complete later this year,

A KPMG UK spokesperson stated: “Like the rest of our sector we are still operating in challenging market conditions, which is why we have made the difficult decision to consult on proposals to reduce our cost base by simplifying ways of working in our central services, as well as matching our client-facing resources to demand.”

“We will continue to support our people as we consult through these proposed changes. At our core we remain a people business offering attractive and progressive roles that can meet our client’s expectations now and in the future,” they added.