Consultants were sprinting into a sunny, cloudless horizon in the last Top 150 before the Brexit vote
The only way is up
This year, many of our Top 150 consultants are doing very well for themselves but starting to feel the very first tinglings of Brexit. However, in 2015, the last Top 150 before the Brexit vote, the sector was sprinting into a sunny, cloudless horizon as fast as it could.
鈥淥ptimism reigns supreme,鈥� said 好色先生TV. 鈥淎lthough by no means forgotten, the depressed years of recession are definitely gone [鈥 This new, work-rich environment is changing the power dynamics of the industry. More than anything, consultants are becoming ever more choosy over what jobs they take on 鈥� and at what price.鈥�
Simon Rawlinson, then at EC Harris, said it was 鈥渞eally hard for clients with less of a profile to secure the first tier [on a project] whether it鈥檚 a contractor or an adviser鈥�.
Chinese stock markets dropped in the 鈥淕reat Fall of China鈥�, but London was benefiting from private Chinese investors moving money into UK property. With other international investors, there was huge competition for development sites 鈥� 鈥渕ore pounds chasing opportunities than there are opportunities to go round鈥�, said Chris Bennie of TP Bennett.
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