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According to Drewry, a shipping consultancy, demand is likely to outstrip fleet growth for container shipping this year but could slip behind in 2006, when fleets are expected to grow by a heady 14%.Yet Seaspan's IPO suggests that some investors still have faith, at least in container shipping, where rates have not (yet) plunged.
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Brook Hunt, a consultancy, expects demand for aluminium to fall by 2% this year, after 4% growth in 2000.
Academic consultants work with external bodies on individual projects or offer specialised services whilst continuing as employees within their university (usually full-time, although universities are increasingly flexible should your consultancy work demand a bigger share of your time).
A recent study of China's luxury market by Bain, a consultancy, concludes that "demand for counterfeit products is decreasing fast".
Ken Dulaney, vice president for mobile computing at Gartner, a research consultancy, added, "The demand for advanced data services just hasn't materialized".
McKinsey, a consultancy, found that demand-reduction schemes could curb electricity use by 40% by 2030, saving more than £10 billion ($16 billion) a year.
Consultancy is a demanding job with long hours and it will take you away from home and family.
Some findings are provided in reports from consultants, like Auto Pacific's "Automotive Generation Y Consultancy and Future Attribute Demand and Segmentation Study".
Research from Knight Frank (pdf), another London-based real estate consultancy, indicates that "increased demand for property close to transport links has a clear relationship with price performance".
Erich Fischer of Booz Allen Hamilton, a consultancy, is sure the demand will come if costs fall dramatically but remains sceptical because "that is a very big if .Perhaps the biggest snag is government itself.
But Paul Sheridan of Ascend, an aviation consultancy, says that worldwide demand for air travel is growing so strongly that today's order books represent only 25-30% of the planes that airlines are likely to need in the coming 20 years.
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