What is it like to be a small consultant in 2017 and do such firms face a struggle to compete against large companies? David Fowler investigates. Transport consultancies seem to grow ever larger, a process that continued this year with high profile mergers between Jacobs and CH2M, and SNC Lavalin with Atkins. At the other end of the spectrum, however, is a wealth of small consultants. Some are one person operations with a niche specialism but others carry out a range of different work.
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