Our strategic, practical and resilience-led public estate management services are designed to help local authorities optimise their property portfolio.

As declared by Dr Dominique Hes in 2017, there is quite simply “no sustainability without community engagement”. The topic of how organisations bring their staff and customers ’with them’ on cultural and transformative journeys is never far away.

As I have written previously on planning reform, who can disagree with the desire of government to simplify and speed up the planning process.

Maintaining strong place leadership in the face of significant planning reform

The motor finance and leasing market is moving towards a ‘finance first’ approach, determining affordability ahead of purchase.

To get a better understanding of building energy consumption, we engaged SMS plc to apply metering and data expertise for valuable energy management insights.

We supported the transformation of North Yorkshire Council, ensuring the smooth operation and growth of their shared services for planning and placemaking.

We recently participated in a panel at the National Planning Summit to discuss how we can support and improve the planning processes for local authorities.

Local government departments continue to make yearly cuts, while also facing increasing pressure on minimum standards, particularly in areas like planning – often cited as a barrier to growth.

The business writer Jack Stack once said that a successful business depends on people having visibility of what’s going on and feeling involved.