About us

We're here to make a difference you can measure.

We focus on what drives lasting profit for the organisations we work with, with an unswerving determination to get to the truth of how your business really runs. In short, we deliver results you can see.

Our philosophy

Forensic about the things that matter.

We join the dots to reveal the underlying drivers of performance, and we point to evidence rather than guesswork. It's an approach built to deliver profit that lasts, not a report that gathers dust.

Everything we do is built to pay for itself.

Who we help

Chief executives, finance and operating officers.

We work with leaders across healthcare, retail and hospitality. In every case they underestimate the scale of the opportunity. However, our job is to deliver more value than they ever thought possible, without compromising service quality.

Why we're different

Four things you can count on.

01

Forensic truth-seeking

An unswerving determination to get to the core of what makes a business work, joining the dots to reveal the real drivers.

02

Agile, twice as fast

A practical scrum approach and disruptive procurement principles that deliver results at twice the speed of traditional consultancy.

03

We build your capability

We coach and develop your internal team so they continue to drive value long after our engagement ends.

04

Guaranteed ROI

We stand behind our work. Every engagement is built to deliver a return on investment, guaranteed.

Capabilities

Five ways we create value for you.

01

Understanding Performance

Analysis and insight that deliver clarity and visibility. We build a single picture of how cost moves across your operation, workforce and suppliers, so inefficiencies become obvious, and conversations become evidence-led, not guesswork.

02

Data Insight

Gathering data and running in-depth analysis to support evidence-based decisions on activity, workforce and spend. Aligned to your strategy, asking the right questions: foresight not hindsight, with proactive reporting and forecasting.

03

Decide Confidently

We create the appropriate tension to conduct strong supplier negotiations and determine the right price, holding all stakeholders, internal and external, to account.

04

Implement Consistently

Disciplined, agile delivery that drives savings all the way through to your financial position, and embeds new ways of working so the gains stick after go-live.

05

Consultancy Services

Advisory, mentoring and hands-on delivery. Learn our approach, have us coach your team, or let us deliver. Flexible options to match the outcome you need.

One eco-system, no minimum commitment.

Pick the products and services you need. Scale up or down as the work demands.

The Bottom-line Results Framework

Savings you can see in 21 days.

Evidence-backed, repeatable and forensic. It finds operational and supply-chain cost savings and drives them through to your financial position.

1

Benchmarking

Uncovering what things should cost: against comparable organisations, similar cost structures and best-in-class models.

2

Identifying

Finding alternatives and new ways to operate: the unwarranted variation and opportunities others walk straight past.

3

Implementing

Ensuring consistent implementation to drive savings through to your financial position, coaching your team as we go.

How we get to the truth

The methods behind the results.

  • Cost Flow Map (CFM). One single picture of how your money moves: workforce, systems and suppliers on a page.
  • Per-X Costings. A cost per unit, per order, per shift, lined up against output to reveal what you really pay to get things done.
  • Smart Comparisons. Benchmarked three ways: comparable organisations, similar cost structures, and best-in-class models.
  • Disruptive procurement. We use disruptive procurement principles to drive bigger, better results, faster.
Directional clarity

You don't need lab-grade accuracy. You need to know where to look.

Cost per unit−18%
Supplier spend leakage£1.2m
Value to your positionGuaranteed ROI
The principles of pricing

Priced around the value we create.

  • We aim to empower your in-house team with the tools and guidance they need to succeed.
  • Our eco-system is flexible, with no minimum commitment to any product or service.
  • One-off exercises in data identification, cleaning and analysis are costed to the scope and scale of work required.
  • Advisory and implementation can run on a risk-reward gainshare basis. You pay an agreed % of the value delivered.
Solutions
  • Opportunity analysis, including KPIs and peer-comparison benchmarks
  • Spend analysis and supplier identification
  • One-off exercises in data collection, cleaning and analysis
  • Strategy development following the Bottom-line Results Framework
  • Consultancy & implementation on a risk-reward basis
  • Bespoke coaching and training