We exist to improve public services for those who need them the most…
We’re a team of passionate, empathetic, experts in the design, commissioning and transformation of public services.
Our team is led by colleagues with front-line experience in central Government, place-based bodies, the education sector, and strategic, commercial, suppliers to the public sector.
Clients choose us because of our relentless focus on outcomes, our sector expertise, and our appetite to do the gritty, technical, work required to make a real difference.
This isn’t traditional consulting. It’s more sector and domain expert, more deeply embedded in the client organisation - and much, much, more focused on creating exceptional outcomes for citizens, communities, and the economy.
We work in central Government, on ‘place’ and in the education sector…
We’ve built deep, technical, expertise in a small number of related areas - rather than retain a wall of vanilla consulting capabilities - so we can help clients with your most complex, challenging, issues and opportunities.
We work in three intimately related sectors, and segments within them, to create exceptional outcomes:
Central Government: helping public bodies translate Government’s missions into deliverable policies, programmes and investments; and, helping commercial suppliers work with Government on major deals and delivery programmes.
Place-based bodies: helping combined authorities and others to use their growing portfolio of devolved powers and funding to transform places; and, supporting commercial suppliers to engage effectively with place-based bodies.
Education: helping national bodies, education institutions and training providers, commercial suppliers and others to deliver for learners and the economy through a wide range of strategy, product and transformation services.
Everyone in the firm shares a sense of purpose, and a strong set of values…
We have built a distinctive culture which enables us to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients, your customers and the communities you serve. We prioritise five behaviours in all of our work within the firm, and with clients:
Ambition: we are ambitious – for ourselves, our colleagues, the firm, our clients, your customers, and for the country. We think big, and do not diminish ourselves or others.
Authentic: we are ourselves, more, with skill - and find ways to be engaging and effective in the wide range of contexts required to succeed with and for our clients.
Collaborative: we collaborate with colleagues across the firm, beyond, and with our clients to help us think divergently and inclusively to find the best possible way forward.
Commercial: we are commercially astute on behalf of the firm, our clients, and the public purse. We draw on the full breadth of our experience to find the smartest possible solutions.
Candid: we are candid, and plain spoken, with colleagues and our clients to accelerate progress and expand our impact. We have the conversations necessary to deliver outcomes.
