Our team consists of staff who are professionally trained and accredited in a range of disciplines. They come from a variety of backgrounds including: industry, ”Big 4” advisory as well as property and construction service providers.

We cover the full lifecycle of transformation from strategy to implementation and assurance. Our team is equally able to lead or support a programme or project. We adopt a collaborative and flexible approach, which is tailored to meet the specific needs of a client’s requirements.

Our success is due to our rigorous, open and pragmatic approach, which is combined with our aim to always deliver high quality work.

• Standards detailed through our (a) ISO9001:2008 Quality Accreditation (b) Clients Quality Management Systems
• Skills development provided through (a) Use of recognised practice and methodologies (b) the RLB Academy.
• Culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Professional accreditations from leading organisations

We provide advice to help you manage and improve your operational processes, support services, and achieve business resilience.

Businesses are increasingly focused on the need improve the effectiveness of their governance, controls, support systems, processes, resources and resilience to respond to new market challenges.

Regulatory changes and market dynamics are challenging conventional ways of thinking, which means that ‘standing still’ is no longer a viable or sustainable option.

New delivery models are evolving that focus on integration, collaboration, shared services, new supply chain and sourcing arrangements and effective business continuity planning.

How can you get our team involved?

Review – undertake a low cost, high value performance appraisal of the core component that affects your business efficiency and effectiveness.

Design - plan, re-engineer and design new delivery models, systems and processes. We outline the implications to technology, people and assets to enable change.

Implement – manage the transition process from the old to new ways of doing things.

Adding value to your business:

• Our team comprises supply chain, procurement, systems, business and property professionals;
• We tailor assistance to plan and implement the right options to suit your investment needs and benefit/ risk profile.
• We are passionate about introducing and embedding change into business.
• We will transfer our capability to your business to improve long term success and sustainability

We manage the planning and delivery of interrelated projects and their alignment with your corporate strategy.

Our PPM team adopts proven and industry accredited methodologies to deliver complex programmes and projects.

Through effective Stakeholder Management, we help our clients achieve their objectives, outcomes and benefits - aiming to get it right first time. We address not only the technical, administrative and business change issues, but also the realisation of benefits and value.

How you can get our team involved?

Leading – driving the structure, process and planning to ensure clarity, foresight and delivery success.

Supporting - brining business support specialists in PMO and project control functions.

Recovery - bringing expertise to turn the situation around and drive the programme to increase the likelihood of success.

Business Change Management - creating buy-in, accelerating transformation, the transfer knowledge and chances of success.

Adding value to your business:

• Accelerated identification and realisation of benefits through our Consulting approach;
• A dedicated team of specialist business and programme advisors;
• Accredited programme and project management methodologies;
• Improved utilisation of your delivery team; and
• Certainty of timescales and cost for programme implementation.

We provide advice and assurance on Governance, Controls and Regulatory compliance. We mitigate ‘downside’ exposure with ‘on-track’ advice to align objectives, outcomes and benefits.

We provide an independent view of change programmes and review: the drivers, objectives, requirements, governance, controls, risks and issues, and anticipated outcomes.

We assess the blockages and identify the enablers to improve the chances of success, opportunities for improvement and options to deliver turnaround.

We have an integrated framework to facilitate effective risk management, which includes: Understanding underlying issues, statutory compliance, risk identification and evaluation, employing effective control, and benefits.

How you can get our team involved?

Review – an overarching or specific ‘health check’ review, carried out at any stage of a programme or project.

Gateway - a structured peer review to review the progress, likelihood of successful delivery and identify areas of improvement - undertaken at key stages.

Assurance - an independent plan of monitoring and advice, in parallel to programme or project implementation, to improve the confidence amongst key stakeholders.

Adding value to your business

• Focusing management on nature and impact of the key risks;
• Guiding behaviour to change decision making and reporting to help improve the performance of programmes and projects;
• Providing foresight to avoid surprises of adverse issues and overcoming the impact when things go wrong; and
• Quickly integrate changes to governance, controls and practice to ensure compliance with new and existing regulations.

Property assets and support services are often regarded as inflexible, disparate, expensive and capital intensive. It doesn’t have to be this way; managing property efficiently and effectively can deliver significant value to your business.

Proactive management will drive corporate initiatives, such as reduce cost, create modern working environments, manage risk and secure business resilience.

We have 5 main services, which have enabled this approach across a range of markets, including central and local government, corporate and not for profit sectors.

We provide procurement advice and support to clients who are in the process of negotiating to reduce cost, increase value or improve performance.

Transaction support is designed to facilitate the effective realignment of property and support services to corporate strategy.

Implementing the right commercial structure can mean the difference between success and failure when looking to deliver change. Whether it’s selling a property, structuring a joint venture, or just negotiating a new contract, there are a number of significant decisions that need to be made.

We help our clients through the transaction process, from the definition of requirements and structure, through to the packaging, marketing and transaction stage, to the evaluation and negotiation of the final deal.

How you can get our team involved?

Planning - procurement options to suit the context and needs of your business. This will identify the cost, time and expertise requirements.

Implementation - manage the transaction process from definition of requirements, market testing, costing & modelling, tendering, evaluation, negotiation and contractual close.

Adding value to your business:

• Identifying and allocating the optimum transfer of risk to a third party;
• Providing cost reduction and budget certainty to the business;
• Stimulating competitive tension and bidder ‘buy-in’ is maximised throughout the process
• Managing the realisation of measurable outcomes to substantiate the investment agenda.

We help to align your property to your corporate strategy. We help deliver smarter working environments, optimise value and reduce cost. Transforming workplace environments, styles and practices can often lead to a significant e.g. 5-35% reduction in the property cost base and significantly improve the working culture within an organisation.

Property Management is increasingly being seen as a catalyst for change. It is a tool that can strengthen balance sheets, introduce more project based and collaborative ways of working and motivate staff. The key to improving business sustainability is to:

• Integrate business and property planning;
• Challenge existing practice and convention
• Proactively manage costs.

How you can get our team involved?

Review - undertake a low cost, high value assessment of the performance of your estate and its alignment with your business strategy.

Plan - design new working environment solutions, comprising: acquisition/ disposal, new workplace configurations, systems and equipment solutions, and developing new working practices.

Implement – manage the process of change and realisation of the benefits to the business.

Adding value to your business

• We can help tailor the transformation or modernisation of your workplace to suit the benefit/ risk profile, investment appetite of your business.
• A dedicated team of consultants to help evaluate the costs and benefits to your business
• Proven experience to ensure that investment and delivery risk is managed effectively.