UK SIC 70.20—Business and other management consultancy activities

Where 70.20 sits

1. N Professional, scientific and technical activities
2. 70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy
3. 70.2 Business and other management consultancy activities
4. 70.20 Business and other management consultancy activities

Contains 6 narrower codes

• 70.201 Strategic management consulting activities
• 70.202 Financial management consulting activities, except corporate tax
• 70.203 Marketing management consulting activities
• 70.204 Human resources management consulting activities
• 70.205 Logistics management consulting activities
• 70.209 Other business and management consultancy activities n.e.c.

What 70.20 includes

• This class includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues (for example, corporate strategic and organisational planning, business process re-engineering, change management, cost reduction and other financial issues; marketing objectives and policies; human resources policies, practices and planning; compensation and retirement strategies; production scheduling and control planning).
• This provision of business services may include advice, guidance or operational assistance to businesses and the public service regarding:
• Design of accounting methods or procedures
• Cost accounting programmes
• Budgetary control procedures
• Public procurement procedures
• Business start-up service activities
• Planning, organisation, efficiency and control
• Management information, etc.
• Certification of management (e.g. by management audits)
• Activities of a management company, exercising the mandate of a director or a manager

What 70.20 excludes

• Design of computer software for accounting systems, see 62.12
• Legal advice and representation, see 69.10
• Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax consulting, see 69.20
• Supervisory activities and management of other units of the enterprise or enterprise group, see 70.10
• Architectural and engineering advisory activities, see 71.11, 71.12
• Provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance on public relations and communication, see 73.30
• Environmental, agronomy and similar consulting activities, see 74.99
• Consulting activities for executive search and placement, see 78.10
• Activities of casting agents, see 78.10
• Staff selection activities, see 78.10
• Educational consulting activities, see 85.69

70.20 in other systems