Our projects

 

'clear and compelling Business Plan'

'clear advice and strong advocacy'

'experience has been invaluable'

'a great partner for this important project'

'created an exciting proposal'

'wealth of experience in tourism festivals'

2025

Arts Council England – Acorn Construction Ltd – Independent Business Review

Arun District Council – Alexandra Theatre Options Appraisal

Belfast City Council – Belfast Events Action Plan

East Hampshire District Council – Cultural Infrastructure and Demand Review with Continuum

Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust – Critical Friend Review and Options Appraisal

Fáilte Ireland – Home of Halloween Destination Hub Development

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Custom House Options Appraisal

Lowestoft Marina Theatre Trust – Marina Theatre Business Plan

Lowestoft Town Council – Marina Theatre Options Appraisal

Nottingham City Council – Future Governance and Delivery Options for the Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall

Rotherham Council – Feasibility Study for the Civic Theatre

Tourism Northern Ireland – Events Strategy Refresh

Tourism Northern Ireland – Future Tourism Events Action Plan

West Devon District Council – West Devon Cultural Framework

2024

Arts Council Northern Ireland – Organisational Review

Arun District Council – A Creative Visions for Bognor Regis

Arun District Council – Arun Arts Business Support

BOA Group – The Old Rep Theatre Business Plan

Hay Festival – Feasibility Study

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Fundraising Consultant for St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub

National Poetry Centre – NLHF Project Management

Wiltshire Council – Cultural Strategy

2023

Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis – Operating Model Options Appraisal

Artrix Business Plan – 3-year business plan

Arts Council Ireland – Feasibility Study and plan to support new flagship dance company

Arts Council Ireland – Assessments of proposals for new flagship dance company

Arts Council Ireland – Provision of services relating to Peer Panels

Dumfries and Galloway Council – Business Plan for the creation of an Arts, Culture and Activity Centre, Stranraer

King’s Lynn borough Council – Custom House and Riverfront Review of Options Appraisal

London Borough of Croydon – Review of Business Plan and Operating Model for Fairfield Halls

Telford Theatre – Review theatre refurbishment design

2022

Artrix Holding Trust and Bromsgrove Council – Options Appraisal

Arts Council Ireland – Moderation Services

Arts Council England – Emergency Resource Support Evaluations

Arts Depot and Barnet Council – Art Depot Relocation Advisory

Birmingham City Council – Major Event Development

Broxbourne Borough Council – Arts, Culture and Heritage Strategy

City of London Corporation – Cultural Plan for Salisbury Square Development

East Devon Council – Cultural Strategy

Glasgow Life – Merchant City Festival Strategic Review

Gloucester Culture Trust – National Funding Application

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Custom House Options Appraisal

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Charity application/ establishment of St George’s Guildhall Trust

London Green, Topland and Hounslow Council – Watermans Arts Centre Relocation Advisory

Lowestoft Marina Theatre Trust – Economic Impact Assessment and Business Plan

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture/PWC – AlTaif Seasons 2023 Strategic Advice

Southampton City Council – Festivals and Events Strategy

Worcester City Council – New Worcester Performing Arts Centre Advisory

2021

Dunard Centre Edinburgh – Business Plan for new Concert Hall

Durham County Council – Strategic development of cultural venues

Festival 2022 – Review of Northern Ireland Proposal

Festival 2022 – Dream Machine Interim Executive Producer

Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Council – Winter Festivals Review and Development

Gloucester City Council – Cultural Development Fund bid

Hull Freedom Festival – Interim Executive Director

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Business Plan and Business Case for St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub

King’s Lynn Borough Council – Activity Plan for St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub

Leeds City Council- Feasibility Study for the Poet Laureate’s new National Poetry Centre

Leeds City Council – Business Plan for the Poet Laureate’s new National Poetry Centre

Leeds City Council – Charity application and organisational development for National Poetry Centre

Scarborough Borough Council – Feasibility Study for Scarborough Fair

Scarborough Borough Council – Business Plan and Organisational Development for Scarborough Fair

Southampton City Council – Review of Southampton Guildhall operator contract

Southampton City Council – Cultural Development Fund application

St Albans City Council – Alban Arena Market Research

University of Ulster – Review of Riverside Theatre, Coleraine

Waltham Forest Borough Council – Options Appraisal for transfer of William Morris Gallery to Trust

Worcester City Council – Feasibility Study and Business Plan for the Scala Theatre

Worcester City Council – Cultural Strategy

2020

Arts Council England – Cultural Recovery Fund grant applications assessments

Big Difference Company – Recruitment of Chief Executive

Dubai Expo 2020 – Event delivery support

Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre – Viability Study, Heritage Statement and Economic Impact Assessment

King’s College London  – Strategic Business Review of Science Gallery London

2019

Ards and North Down Borough Council – Tourism Events Strategy

British Council Georgia – Ministry of Culture grants advice

British Council Oman – Festivals Conference

British Council Ukraine – Disability arts scoping and training

Burgess Hill Town Council – Venue Business Plan

Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership and Cumbria County Council – Creative and Cultural Strategy

Dublin City Council – Arts Strategy and Plan

East Herts Council – Venue governance options

Fáilte Ireland – Development of Dublin’s New Year Festival

FIFA World Cup Qatar™ – Cultural Experience Strategy

Gloucester City Council – Cultural Venues delivery models

Hastings Borough Council – Leisure and culture Options Appraisal with Continuum Leisure

Leicester Comedy Festival – Festival Review and Organisational Development

Limerick Council – Events and Festivals Strategy

Newry, Mourne and Down Borough Council – Review and Development of Tourism Events Strategy

Saffron Hall Trust – Licence Review

Shropshire County Council – Shropshire’s Cultural Strategy

Tourism Northern Ireland – Tourism Events Strategy to 2030

Walthamstow Garden Party – Business Consultancy and Future Options Appraisal

West of England Combined Authority – West of England Cultural Strategy

 2018

British Council Georgia – International Festivals Conference

Fáilte Ireland – Developing Halloween Festival

Fáilte Ireland – Developing International Garden Festival

Gloucester City Council – Cultural Development Fund bid

Lithuanian Council for Culture – Evaluation of Lithuanian Festivals

Preston City Council – Business Plan for Lancashire Encounter Festival

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) – Marketing strategy for proposed new theatre in London

Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture – Development of activity plans for the new KSA Ministry of Culture

Stockton Borough Council – Stockton and Darlington Railway 2025 Bi-centenary event development

The Old Market, Hove – Setting up a new charitable organisation to run existing arts centre

University of Winchester – Feasibility Study for new Tavener Festival

West Sussex Music – Options Appraisal for new concert hall for the county music service

 2017

Anglia Ruskin University – Developing a Public Engagement Strategy

Arts Council Wales – Review of Welsh festival sector funding

Belfast City Council – Events and Festival Strategy 2018-2023

Burgess Hill Town Council – Options Appraisal for new community hall

Chelmsford City Council – Arts, Culture and Events Strategy

Croydon Borough Council – Advice on Fairfield Halls commercial operator tender and soft market testing

Gloucester Cultural Trust and City Council – Review and Strategy for Gloucester’s Festivals and Major Events

Hull UK City of Culture 2017 – Legacy Organisation Options Appraisal

Hull UK City of Culture 2017 – Humber Street Gallery Business Plan

Nottingham Strategic Cultural Partnership – Executive Bid for 2023 European Capital of Culture

2016

British Council Georgia – Capacity building and training for Ajara Festivals 2016-2019

British Council and Arts Council England – Review of the Edinburgh Showcase

Creative Scotland – Major review of Edinburgh International Festival

Fife Council – Options Appraisal for Dunfermline Theatres Working Group

Gloucester City Council – 10-Year Cultural Strategy

Gloucester City Council – Great Place application

Leeds City Council – Development of Event Strategy

Middlesbrough Borough Council – Business Review and Options Appraisal for Town Hall, Theatre and Museums

Middlesbrough Borough Council – Commercial Review of Middlesbrough Town Hall

 2015

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council – Business Plan and set up of Museum Fundraising and Development Trust

Bath Festivals Trust – Music Festival Programming 2015-18

Cambridge Live – Set up and project management of new Trust operating Cambridge Corn Exchange, Guildhall and Folk Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival – Feasibility Study for new outdoor site and production development

Festivals Edinburgh – 10-year Strategic Plan for Edinburgh Festivals Forum

Leeds City Council – Options Appraisal for future governance of Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties and Hyde Park Picture House

London Science Festival – Scoping Study for a major new event with BOP

 2014

Belfast Festival at Queens – Strategic Review for stakeholders

Cambridge City Council – Transfer of cultural services to a Cultural Trust

Land Improvements Holdings Ltd – Feasibility Study for potential outdoor festival site in Poole

Thornbury Leisure Centre – Advice on programming and venue marketing

 2013

Birmingham City Council – Feasibility Study for developing a Festivals Unit for Birmingham

Bridgeport Regional Business Council, USA – Strategic Plan and redevelopment of the Barnum Festival

Cambridge City Council – Review of Cambridge Folk Festival and Options for development

Derry City Council – Festivals and Events Strategy

Family Arts Festival – Delivery of operational, marketing and communications support

Kent County Council, Thanet District Council – Options Appraisal for Margate Winter Gardens and Dreamland Cinema

Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts – Scoping Report for National Schools Culture Week

Royal Borough of Greenwich – Cultural Venues Review and development

Surrey County Council – Development of programme at Runnymede for Magna Carta 800th anniversary

2012

London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – Project Management support for London 2012 Festival

Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – Organisational Review, fundraising and catering

 2011

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council – Strategic Review of Barnsley Civic Theatre

Beamish Museum – Market Research and Stakeholder Consultation

Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal – Feasibility Study and Business Case for capital development

Commonwealth Foundation – Festival Feasibility Study for Commonwealth Festival

Cotswold District Council – Review of management options for the Corinium Museum with FMG

Dunoon Film Festival – Feasibility Study

Durham County Council – Research and development of a new cultural partnership

Hackney Borough Council – Stoke Newington Town Hall Review and Business Plan with Continuum Leisure

Pembrokeshire Council – Future funding options for Pembrokeshire Fish Week

Plymouth Council – Review of major events with Blue Sail

Three Choirs Festival – Festival Review and development

 2010

Arts Council England – Review of producing theatre in Derby

Arts Council England – Organisational development and assessment for the Sustain Programme

Basingstoke and Dean Council – Strategic Plan for new Basingstoke Festival

Belfast City Council – Research for new events strategy with Blue Sail

British Council Vietnam – Capacity building and training for Vietnam Festivals

Canterbury Festival – Strategic Plan 2010-2014

Fáilte Ireland – Festival training workshops

Northern Ballet Theatre – Marketing Strategy and Plan

Northern Ireland Tourist Board – Developing the Business Case for NI 2012 programme

Royal Borough of Greenwich – Feasibility Study and development of The Greenwich Festivals

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – Festivals Review and Strategy

Stoke Borough Council – Operational and Commercial Review of Mitchell Memorial Theatre

Swale Borough Council – Feasibility study for Sittingbourne cultural infrastructure regeneration

Tower Hamlets Borough Council – Business planning advice for Olympic Live Site

 2009

Arts Council England – Feasibility Study for outdoor dance in the West Midlands

Blair International Horse Trials – Commercial Review of Scottish national sporting event

British Equestrian Federation – Feasibility study for Hoof – London Festival of the Horse

Broadstairs Folk Week – Festival health check and review

Catstrand Arts Centre, Dumfries – Management and Governance Review

Derby City Council – Derby Festé advocacy and development report

JakArt, Indonesia – Organisational development

Lamp of Lothian Trust – Business Plan for a new regional Scottish festival

One North East – Operation of regional festivals and events service

Perth Concert Hall – Concert season programming

Royal Borough of Greenwich – Options Appraisal and operation of the Greenwich Festivals

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – Personnel Review

Singapore Festival – Festival benchmarking for PWC

South East England Regional Development Agency – Assessment of temporary structures for outdoor cultural events

Step Development Trust, Sheffield – Options Appraisal, Business Plan, interim management for the Venue

Swale Borough Council – Swale’s Festivals and Events Strategy

Waltham Forest Borough Council – Development of cultural activity in the Borough

Winchester Hat Fair – Organisational development and Business Plan for outdoor festival

 2008

Birmingham City Council – Business Plan and Economic Impact Study for new Birmingham Autumn Festival

Birmingham City Council, Arts Council England, Advantage West Midlands – Birmingham Festival Strategy 2008-2012

Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running – Market Review and Economic Impact Study

Newcastle City Council – Scotswood Expo cultural programme Business Plan

Remind Communications, Hungary – Advice on developing international contacts and markets

Shanghai International Arts Festival – Advice on developing international contacts and markets

St Edmundsbury Council – Recruitment of venue director for the Apex Arts Centre

Visit Reykjavik, Iceland – Feasibility Study for new children’s festival