Business and management consultancy activities n.e.c.

• –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
• –asset management activities as part of financial management consulting
• –management information, etc.
• –financial management consulting and other management consultancy activities regarding compliance and risk management
• –management consultancy activities regarding human resource policies, practices and planning
• –management consultancy activities regarding sustainability and social responsibility
• –business and project management consultancy activities
• –other management consultancy activities regarding innovation
• –business and other management consultancy activities, e.g.:
• –corporate strategic and organisational planning
• –business process reengineering
• –change management
• –marketing objectives and policies
• –activities of management company, exercising the mandate of a director or a manager

• ✕project management for construction, see 71.1
• ✕provision of architectural or engineering project management services for construction projects, see 71.1
• ✕project management activities related to architectural activities, see 71.11.01, 71.11.09
• ✕project management activities related to engineering, see 71.12.10

Excluded from class 70.20:

• ✕design of computer software for accounting systems, see 62.10
• ✕activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding, e.g. pension and insurance advisory activities, see 66.29
• ✕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
• ✕activities of shared service centres (SSC) with strategic and managerial/centralised activities, see 70.10
• ✕architectural and engineering advisory activities, see 71.11, 71.12
• ✕activities of advertising agencies, see 73.11
• ✕media representation, see 73.12
• ✕market research and public opinion polling, see 73.20
• ✕provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance on public relations and communication, see 73.30
• ✕public relations and communication activities, 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
• ✕activities of shared service centres (SSC) with two or more combined activities (set of administrative services) providing operational tasks for the whole enterprise or group, e.g. reception, financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and mail services for the same enterprise group, see 82.10
• ✕educational consulting activities, see 85.69