Perhaps the type of consultancy most people initially associate with the term, and the one most closely aligned with the image of brief-case wielding business school graduate, Giuseppe tells us that the firm he works for is keen to employ scientists.
Some people suggest this steep increase in self-employment is the result of a trend towards so-called portfolio careers, made up of different types of work, such as consultancy, writing and training.
The youngest workers also are digital natives, who come into the workplace expecting to have the latest type of tech, says Paul Phillips, head of consultancy services at the workplace consultancy Assurity Consulting, based in West Sussex.
"It is not just the headline unemployment figure that is worrying; it is also the type of unemployment," says Antonio Barroso of consultancy Teneo Intelligence.
For the other two types of partners (competitors and consultancies), the effect is negative, but not significant.
However, Samuel Tombs, of consultancy Capital Economics, has predicted growth of 3%.
Fig. 4 Total funding and numbers of consultancy contract with commercial business in the UK.
Most HIPAA compliance consultancies work with all types of organizations, from hospitals to insurance companies to healthcare payment providers, making them inefficient for many modern tech firms.
She was hired after the firm had brought in scores of the types of employees who are more typically found at consultancies, brand identity businesses or ad agencies, among them analytics specialists, planners, copywriters and art directors.
Managers were therefore asked whether their firm had cooperated with any of seven different types of partners (other companies within the conglomerate, suppliers, customers, competitors, consultancies, universities and research institutes) in the last 3 years.
Examples of these types of entrepreneurs are most family-owned microbusinesses, farms, craftsmen's and single-person consultancy firms.
