Welcome

Based in Edinburgh and highly experienced in providing what's needed to develop capacity and improve organisational performance, we offer training programmes, tailored and bespoke programmes and consultancy services. When even the very best organisations are under pressure to show continuous improvement, our hallmark is that we provide not only what is needed, but exactly what is needed now.

Organisations will be judged on results, the overarching one for which is that they reflect real and meaningful improvements in public services and quality of life for people in Scotland. The 15 National Outcomes have been articulated as to what the Scottish Government wants to achieve. One of these relates specifically to the need for public services to be high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to local people's needs.

Our Connections

With Permanent Secretaries from the Scottish Government and Whitehall being members of our board these connections across government allow us to address issues of capacity and capability that no other organisation can and our clients enjoy the benefits that this informed view from the centre brings to the work we do for them.

Our Clients

We have breadth and depth of experience across the public sector and in Scotland our clients include:

• The Scottish Government
• Local authorities
• NHS Boards
• Central government departments and agencies

Our Approach

What defines our approach is a deep-rooted understanding of the public sector.

A hallmark of our work is that it will always:

• be highly practical and geared to the specific challenges faced by the Scotland public sector
• be pragmatic, honest, ethical and rooted in best practice
• uphold the strictest standards of ethics and integrity