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Consultancy in the West is relatively big business. In 1991, the top 25 European consulting firms earned over £2,000 million. In 1992, income earned in the UK alone by the top 25 topped £1,000 million; and a surprisingly high number of consultancies were untouched by the recession. Some even increased their profitability — in some cases quite dramatically (Table 1).