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Retail High Street Revival The UK retail sector is experiencing a resurgence in physical store high street revivals, with shops expanding and reestablishing their in-store presence. Forrester forecasts that physical retail will make up almost 80% of global retail sales in 2025. This trend...
Let’s set the scene. You’ve made the decision to initiate a project/change in your retail organisation to stay competitive, but you’re unclear on the investment required, the time it may take or what needs to be included in scope to reach the benefits you’re...
Change For Good In 2022 Nine Feet Tall launched a new four-year strategy, with a renewed focus on purpose and sustainable change. We want to be a responsible business that delivers “change for good.” This means ensuring we operate as a responsible, inclusive and...
The retail sector is busier than ever with continuous M&A activity and consolidations. Retail Sector reported M&A activity is up by 30% vs pre pandemic levels. The retail headlines this year have been mostly dominated by news of mergers and acquisitions: Asda and petrol...
Why should you use a PMO? It’s as simple as this… An excellent PMO adds huge value, whereas a poorly devised one can slow an organisation down. That begs the question: are PMOs worth the hassle? In this blog we outline why, yes, PMOs...
What is an ERP system and what are the benefits? Enterprise Resource Planning, known as ERP, is used to streamline core business processes into one integrated system. By implementing ERP software, data from across business functions is pulled into a central database, acting...
What do we mean by business as usual? It’s been said many times before, but go live is not the finish line, achieving the benefits that the project was tasked to deliver is. However, in many organisations, once a project is “across the line”...
Mastering project portfolio management, or project prioritisation, in any organisation can be difficult. This is particularly apparent within charities, where resources are often stretched and it is difficult to dedicate teams to project delivery as day to day operations can’t stop. Why should charities...
Most organisations are subject to risk, but perhaps the stakes are highest for charity organisations, whose service users depend on their vital services. Charities operate in an environment where the consequences of unmitigated risk can be catastrophic. Mismanagement of funds can result in negative...
Company culture Vs hybrid working The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic brought about a lasting change to many walks of life, not least the significant shift in our working habits and therefore inevitable changes to company culture . We are now 3 years into...
“Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.” – Tom Peters Let’s face...
