- Economic Development
Smart economic development is about creativity, thoughtful strategy, crossing organisational boundaries, and winning real benefits. We deliver better outcomes in:
• city and regional economic development strategies• multi-agency partnership processes
• economic impact assessment
• summative and formative evaluation
• economic and options appraisal
• industry cluster and sector strategies
• policy, programme and project design and development
• business growth and enterprise
• skills, employability and worklessness
• regeneration and inclusion
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
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- Government
Government is working to deliver real benefits from policy and investment, generate savings and meet rising stakeholder expectations.
We help support this work in:
• policy reviews
• research
• strategy development and scenario planning
• transformation and change management
• organisation design and restructuring
• project and programme management
• stakeholder engagement and consultation
• workforce and organisational development
• options appraisal and economic assessment
• performance measurement and balanced scorecards
• programme impact evaluation and learning reviews
• regulatory impact assessment
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
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- Health Care
The NHS is facing the challenge of meeting rising demand with the current resources whilst improving quality, the QIPP challenge. Traditional ways of working will not achieve this; radical service redesign is the only option. We are helping clients to meet this challenge by:
• policy - helping clusters and the clinical commissioning groups to review their policies to get the most from their resources
• implementation - supporting Trusts in developing strategies and business cases to achieve FT status
• people - developing high performance leadership teams and workforces to meet the QIPP challenge
• evaluation - evaluating policies, performance and processes to get more for your money
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
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- Local Government
Citizen expectations, public service reform agendas and financial constraints are huge challenges for local government delivery. We support success in
this work in:
• partnership development and performance assessment
• service reviews and performance improvement
• project and programme evaluation
• options development and appraisal
• economic development
• social return on investment
• education and skills agenda
• area regeneration
• social inclusion
• road safety strategy and evaluation
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
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- Education
Further and higher education are drivers of learning and innovation upon which future success for people, business and the economy depends. We support this work in:
• organisation strategy development
• scenario planning and futures research
• merger development and implementation support
• organisation and performance reviews
• learning services market research
• new business opportunity development
• project and programme evaluation
• commercialisation support
• business planning and estates strategy
• leadership development
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
Project Summaries:
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- Learning and Teaching Scotland - National Consultation on Glow Futures
- Enterprise Ireland - Evaluation of the Campus Incubation Programme
- University of Highlands & Islands - Feasibilty Study & Business Plan
- Forth Valley College - Merger Implementation Support
- Scottish Funding Council - Evaluation of FE College Knowledge Transfer and Employer Engagement Programme
- Regulatory Affairs
Regulators need to be cost-effective, and achieve the desired regulatory outcomes in a way that minimises the burdens imposed on businesses and individuals. To achieve effective regulation, regulators should be:
• risk-based
• proportionate in their decision-making
• transparent
• accountable for their actions
• recognising their role in encouraging economic progress and growth
We help support both regulators and regulated organisations with:
• policy reviews
• research
• strategy development and scenario planning
• stakeholder engagement and consultation
• options appraisal and economic assessment
• organisational risk profiling
• impact evaluation
• cost-benefit analyses
• risk profiling
• risk reviews
• risk management tools
• regulatory impact assessments
We use practical tools and advice based on our successful track record. We will help you meet your objectives, transfer our knowledge and build your capacities.
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