Testimonials

We are very proud of the testimonials our clients write and include here a small selection.

To preserve confidentiality we have sometimes used pseudonyms  in the following examples.

Twice Creative, Sept 2008

"Twice Creative has been working with Consultrix since May 2008. With their advice and encouragement, we have moved our business up a gear. As we take our agency to the next stage, we feel better organised and more confident with a clear strategic direction.

We were offering many services to a diverse customer base without a central business focus. We seemed to be swimming around in circles. Allison helped get us on track, taking us through a strategic evaluation process to establish our vision and primary direction and identify the strengths and weaknesses within our team and the business as a whole. These included day to day issues, such as staffing and resources, finances and budgets.

We have valued Allison's honest and straight forward approach to our business growth. It has been a cathartic experience - sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees - and her encouragement and enthusiasm has helped us gain a better sense of the value in our business.

With our new clarity of vision and strength of purpose, we are moving to better premises, recruiting talented staff and targeting the right customers with a relevant and refined business proposition."

FLB : Guy Douglass, June 2008

""Allison helps business managers see the wood for the trees. Her breadth of experience is invaluable in the spotting of potential problems before they occur. Her interest and enthusiasm for personality profiling has helped us to build a strong, successful team and to manage them appropriately.""

Focus PR : Hilary Meacham, MD

"Focus PR was at a turning point .... the key benefit to us was to guide three directors through the uncomfortable discussion about what we each really wanted out of the business. Defining and expressing our personal goals was necessary and achieved. The personal profiling exercises were difficult for us all but the outcome has been a trio who, if anything, are bound even more closely together than before. Our former chairman now refers to us as the Three Musketeers!"

Remo Ltd : Ursula Dunn, MD

"I found the combination of commercial and financial expertise, to be a powerful tool. The consultants were committed and loyal …….I would highly recommend any company who is looking at its "next step" to retain Consultrix…...before it's too late."

Montpellier Marketing Communications Group : Guy Woodcock, CEO

“I have been thrilled with my experience of Consultrix …..I like their forthrightness and honesty of thought, which is something I value and believe in …. they not only completed some constructive coaching at director level but facilitated valuable team-level business improvement sessions …. which were thought-provoking and enabling"

Caulder Moore Design : Ian Caulder, Joint MD

“…. we have honed our vision and are now looking at new ways to generate profitable new business. Consultrix have an excellent insight into what makes a design agency tick. They use their expertise and experience to ensure that we are working on those things that build capital value and simultaneously improve our work life balance.”

Designation : Nigel Penn-Simkins, Director

 “Consultrix’s “forget the past” clean-sheet approach to building a new future is brilliant. What’s more – it’s working, and I’m confident it would work with anybody; give it a go!

JDA : Mike Ashton, MD

“Consultrix showed a real empathy to the challenges facing our business, providing some concise solutions that invigorated our management team.”

Sightline: Keith Thomas, Senior Partner

We have the skills, the commitment and the energy to further grow our business in a very exciting industry - but we were lacking a proper strategy to do this and we knew we were missing lots of opportunities. Alison and her team are helping us to get on the right track and make brave decisions about how we run and manage our business. We are very impressed with their honest and down to earth approach. The sessions we have had so far have been fun, revealing and inspiring and they have already had a positive impact. We look forward to a successful partnership.

Toast : David Foreman, Director

'Working with Alison (Consultrix)  has been a real move forward in  the development of Toast Design. We've become more focused,  organised and excited about where Toast is going. Alison will  continue to play an important role in helping us understand and  achieve our goals."

Proctor and Stevenson : Roger Proctor, MD

Proctor and Stevenson appointed Consultrix in 2007 to help the Directors focus their thoughts on the business and the issues surrounding succession management. Alison’s approach has been exemplary using a careful combination of ‘science’ and group working with the Directors, both separately and together. We are only part way through our journey but we are all enjoying it and most significantly, it is helping us to address issues that had been left unaddressed for some time due to the normal day to day pressures of project work. Alison has a knack of identifying the problem quickly. Her wide experience means that she has probably seen most of it before, although we like to think we are absolutely unique! However every organisation really is different and therefore has different dynamics. Alison discovers those differences, helps you work with them and develop where necessary. We are looking forward to our journey ahead with Consultrix.

Factor 3 : Chris Steele, Manager

Consultrix provided Factor3 with very pragmatic support and input. Their experience and understanding of the Marketing services industry enables businesses to consider issues in a quick and efficient manner.'