In my attempt to enter the consulting world, I would like to target the smaller niche consulting firms, especially in the areas of sales, marketing and business transformation. Can anyone advise where I can look for such niche firms to target? Any advice, names of such firms, useful websites or recruitment agencies would be useful. Thanks.

ZS Associates do sales and marketing consulting. CapGemini do business transformation. I'm sure there's lots more.

Me again - I forgot to also mention Mercuri Urval do a lot of work on sales and marketing

Bluezoom are a really interesting outfit. They advise on B2B sales & marketing techniques - it's very practical sort of advice, based on knowing their area seriously well.

Thanks Derek, that was very useful. Can I ask how you found out about Bluezoom? I would like to apply with other similar firms, too. Is there a website or alternative source of information for small sales & marketing strategy firms? Are you in a relevant role?