A consultancy is a company that gives expert advice on a particular subject.
A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch, a consultancy, reveals striking improvements.
...a management consultancy from Switzerland.
2. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Consultancy is expert advice on a particular subject which a person or group is paid to provideto a company or organization.
He is acting on a consultancy basis.
The project provides both consultancy and training.
consultancy in American English
(kənˈsʌltənsi)
nounWord forms: pluralconˈsultancies
1.
the act or business of providing professional or technical advice
2. Chiefly British
a consulting firm
3.
the position of a consultant
Examples of 'consultancy' in a sentence
consultancy
The second consultancy project can be based anywhere in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The property consultancy encourages employees to get involved in sports and arts and culture.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The money was enough for her to launch her own consultancy company.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The engineering consultancy itself is based in an old dairy farm.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the property consultancy values its staff just as highly as bringing in the pounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These include working with a large global consultancy group and guest lecturing at a number of business schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The programme will be taught by staff with fashion business experience and consultancy projects will focus on the fashion industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has been working at the club on a consultancy basis since February.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The process also included lengthy interviews, advice from consultancy firms and input from employees.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The company 's consultancy arm aims to improve productivity and cut costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For many business schools, practical application comes in the form of consultancy projects.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The global property consultancy added that this was a 25 per cent increase on a year ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It provides consultancy, testing and research services as well as training in fields such as energy assessment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It also provides consultancy services.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'm now involved in a sports consultancy players group.
The Sun (2010)
People the world over increasingly look to the UK for the best advice and consultancy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A ban might be difficult to enforce because of a grey area of whether the consultancy advice benefits the employee or the employer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At about the same time an IT consultancy company they had jointly owned was dissolved.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She worked long hours as a team leader for a management consultancy and earned triple what I did.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The senior engineering geologist told the environmental consultancy he would like to work flexibly when his daughter was born and asked for a four-day week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If you do not have the time or confidence to conduct your own research, there are consultancies that provide the service for a fee.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Half of management consultancy, again involving a small group of firms, relies on work from government.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Other law firms are approaching us to act on a consultancy basis and I expect that we and other specialist firms will see this trend continue.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
consultancy
British English: consultancy NOUN
A consultancy is a company that gives expert advice on a particular subject.
She works as a receptionist in an engineering consultancy.