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consultancy Definition

con·sult·ancy (kən sult′'n sē)

noun pl. -·cies

  1. the act or business of providing professional or technical advice
  2. Chiefly Brit. a consulting firm
  3. the position of a consultant

consultancy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • undertake: Affiliates are not accredited to undertake access consultancy or access auditing work.
  • subsidize: The Department provides tailored business support as well as advice on grants, loan guarantees and subsidized consultancy.
  • base: He runs a stress management consultancy based in London.

Adjective modifier

  • leading: Ideal opportunity to work on a variety of projects for a leading consultancy within its remit.
  • multi-disciplinary: This firm is a true multi-disciplinary consultancy, committed to design excellence.
  • London-based: They run their own London-based public relations consultancy, Regester Larkin.
  • actuarial: Most respected actuarial consultancy in UK and probably worldwide.
  • multidisciplinary: Capita Symonds has ambitious plans and aims to continue growing as one of the UK's largest and most diverse multidisciplinary consultancies.
  • independent: In 1998, she established her own independent consultancy, dealing with health related matters.

Modifies a noun

  • firm: The website has been set up by consultancy firm Lanarca, which has been employed by the council.
  • assignment: He has undertaken several consultancy assignments including corporate finance courses to universities in Poland and Slovakia.
  • service: Our goal for take part in the mission is to make inroads to sell our consultancy services.
  • offering: A UK database consultancy offering help with FoxPro, Visual Basic and Access.
  • basis: We are now also able to offer security advice to our clients on a consultancy basis.

Noun used with modifier

  • recruitment: Blue Pencil - a legal recruitment consultancy for lawyers, run by lawyers.
  • engineering: We are an engineering consultancy that requires a cost accountant.
  • marketing: In 1996 he co-founded a marketing analysis consultancy in Sydney.
  • communications: So, an interesting time for the financial communications consultancies listed in this most distinguished of directories.
  • management: He runs a stress management consultancy based in London.
  • specialist: My client, a specialist consultancy, is looking for a hands on support team lead.