We are a 21st century consultancy for 21st century problems, aiming to deliver strong public services and thriving places so everyone can live a good life.
The big missions of the public sector are our purpose.
OUR SERVICE OFFER
Build your bespoke plan with us here
DEFINE AMBITION
Define and design a focused strategy for your place or organisation
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We provide leaders and their teams with insight, capacity and a framework to deliver ambitions for your place.
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We help public service organisations refocus their ambition and establish a transformation programme equipped with the capability to deliver on it.
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Through data insight and co-production, we help local authorities determine a model which best helps people live a good life and ease the demand for complex, and often costly, statutory services.
DISCOVER OPPORTUNITIES
Deliver and improve your core capacities
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Our whole system approach helps clients to deliver their objectives, whether that is delivering new homes at pace, responding to the homelessness crisis, or transforming internal operations.
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We help public service organisations shape and deliver area-based, people-centred, continuous positive cycles of renewal and growth to foster thriving communities in housing estates, local neighbourhoods, town centres and more.
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We provide a thoughtful, strategic lens to the development process by taking a broader view, integrating the needs of public sector organisations and the communities they serve.
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We enable councils to understand the root-cause drivers of demand into local social care systems, with a view to preventing, reducing or delaying demand for acute services, alongside the identification of opportunities for savings and efficiencies.
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We design and implement people-centred digitised and user-centred council services to deliver savings, improved outcomes and good lives.
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We enable councils to understand the root-cause drivers of demand into local social care systems, with a view to preventing, reducing or delaying demand for acute services, alongside the identification of opportunities for savings and efficiencies.
DELIVER CHANGE
Create lasting, positive transformation
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We help public service organisations realise their ambitions by taking a hands-on approach to delivery.
HELPING YOU TO:
SUSTAIN
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GROW
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SUCCEED
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SUSTAIN • GROW • SUCCEED •
Sustain amid modern challenges
Grow an inclusive local economy
Succeed in delivering the change you desire
CASE STUDIES
CORNWALL COUNCIL
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Cornwall Council is undertaking an ambitious suite of projects centred on regeneration and improvement, focusing on communities that needed the most attention. With the projects being as diverse as they were, from town centre strategies to flood defence, the council initially faced coordination challenges that were leading to inefficiencies, budget constraints, and stakeholder engagement issues. ​
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Needing a strategic approach to optimise resource allocation and accelerate project execution, the council sought to work collaboratively with Inner Circle Consulting experts to achieve these needs alongside the significant cost savings and increased community trust we provide.
LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
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Liverpool is one of England’s great cities and has a vibrant city-centre economy. The city has significant opportunities to improve its economic productivity, business density, and develop a knowledge intensive economy.
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We have been commissioned to deliver a three part Inclusive Economy Strategy comprises an Economic Analysis of the city, a Vision setting out the narrative for growth to 2040 and, crucially, a delivery plan mapping existing and planned interventions against the capacity to deliver inclusive economic growth.  
LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
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Following our award-winning business case developed in 2019, we were re-commissioned by the council in 2023 to undertake a refresh in a post-pandemic context.
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We have since worked closely with the council and its partners to identify the key economic opportunities for the borough over the next 5-10 years and the interventions that will be required to achieve them through the wider borough eco-system of partners, investors and anchor institutions.
meet our team
From housing experts, development managers, service designers to public sector leaders – our teams have what you need to unlock a better future for your community.
OUR LATEST UPDATES
24.11.23
By Colin Morrison, Senior Consultant at Inner Circle Consulting
WE MUST REMEMBER TO PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF CONTINUING HEALTHCARE DECISIONS – HERE’S HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS
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16.11.23
by Amy Long, Senior Consultant at Inner Circle Consulting.
MAKING PLACES TO CALL HOME: WHY HOUSING IS VITAL TO DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL ADULT SOCIAL CARE
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AWARDS
Financial Times: UK Leading Management Consultancies
2024
Planning and Placemaking Awards: Award for Accelerating Housing Delivery
2024
Institute of Economic Development: Rising Star Award
2023
MCA Awards: Team Leader of the Year
2022
New London Awards: Mayor’s Prize and Community Prize
2022
Planning and Placemaking Award: Highly Commended for Planning Consultancy of the Year
2021
MCA Awards: Finalist
2020
Planning and Placemaking Award: Planning Consultancy of the Year
2020