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17/06/08

Management Consultants Int: Consulting has always been a popular profession. But its attraction generally was not based on the firm being a great place to work. Consultants with a long history in the industry remember how becoming one of the elite typically meant giving up any semblance of work/life balance - a phrase that did not exist in the halls of most consultancies.

11/06/08

General: The Structure Group, the management consultancy specialising in the energy, financial services and utility sectors, has completed another successful financial year on June 30th, 2008, despite a difficult economic environment.

28/05/08

General: The Structure Group is celebrating a phenomenally successful evening at the Great Places to Work annual award ceremony. The company is officially both the second best place to work in the UK, beaten to the top only by Google, and the tenth best SME to work for across Europe.

01/04/08

City HR Review: Make your firm a great place to work and many advantages will accrue, says Jim Hayward, a senior partner in The Structure Group, a management consultancy specialising in the energy and finance sectors whose own firm has been voted among the top 50 workplaces.

28/03/08

Business Insider: Our people are our greatest asset. How many times do we hear this tarnished, worn out old cliché trotted out? Undervalued through over use, it’s a glib platitude that often has no basis in fact at the companies who use it, where there is no policy or infrastructure to encourage the best and brightest on board. In this article The Structure Group explains how to put in place the processes and create the culture to help hire and retain the best.

23/03/08

Consultants United: If you rely on staff who have a strong sense of loyalty and commitment to the work they do for you, there is no limit to what they will do to help your company develop. In this article the Structure Group explains that although creating a great place to work is often dismissed as ‘soft’, it is actually an essential part of business success.

01/03/08

Energy Risk: Having the right energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software system is critical to a company's financial performance, but its impact could be far wider than that. Results of Energy Risk's 2008 software survey suggest that poor systems can actually impede a company's ability to attract staff.

11/02/08

Power and Energy Solutions Europe: As the US primary season continues to sap cash, energy and good will in equal measure it’s hard to believe that there is another nine months to go before the victor is announced. But compare the US marathon to the recent Kremlin game of political Twister, and suddenly the saturation coverage of the Presidential hopefuls is all worthwhile.

08/02/08

Utility Week: Security of supply fears resulting from Russian political manoeuvring could give UK energy suppliers a new route in to customers, says Ian Cragg-Hine.

21/01/08

The Telegraph Business Club: Making your company a great place to work isn’t easy but the benefits can be staggering. In this article The Structure Group outlines how it has become a great place to work and been voted among the top 50 workplaces in the UK.