I've heard rumours that ACN are very quietly going through redundancies, while others are growing. Any truth in that ?

No redundancies that I am aware of. The business seems pretty well sold out in most areas. We have just had a pretty robust round of counselling out though - but that is BAU.

I work in acn strategy in london. this year, as you have seen in the press (sainsburys, nhs) has been really tough for acn. in my team, many people are leaving, running. the time, for many, has come to jump ship. EY has done some very agressive recruiting, whilst others are leaving for IBM, CG or even smaller firms. just check out the pre tax profit losses.... (over 400m $$)cheers

"counselling out" ... nice euphamism !!!Like it !

If only my firm would start "counselling" people out!!