4 How do you think that an intellectual property consultant company might deal with the absorption of overheads into the fees that it charges?

This news story emphasizes the importance of controlling overheads.Murgitroyd has opened up new offices overseas and taken on new staff. This is expected to reduce its profits so it is tackling this by attempting to reduce its costs. This company is an intellectual property consultant so it will not have the problems of dealing with production overheads. However, it presumably has to charge its clients with a share of its overheads.