WHO WE ARE
Out of the Woods Consultancy’s Dynamic Team
Our expertise spans across the highways, rail, utilities, construction, housing, and engineering industries, as clients, contractors, and consultants.
Throughout the years, we have had the privilege of collaborating with industry giants as well as smaller, highly skilled companies. Our comprehensive range of services includes public relations, communications, marketing, business development, project management, and health and safety.
We pride ourselves on offering practical solutions derived from real–world experience, gained through various roles ranging from frontline operations to department heads and executive directors.
At Out of the Woods Consultancy, we take business risk seriously and strive to provide robust and tried–and–tested advice that ensures your peace of mind. Just as you wouldn’t entrust your company’s financial matters to a receptionist just because they have a calculator, we believe that your company’s reputation and future deserve the expertise of specialists.
That’s why we specialize in crisis management and prevention, working closely with you to safeguard your workforce and protect your company. With the right messages and response, you can increase your chances of successfully overcoming any challenges.
Remember, planning for the future is crucial–don’t wait until it’s too late.
Too often, businesses fail to reach their full potential due to a lack of time. Owners and founders, while technically skilled, often become overwhelmed by multiple responsibilities, hindering the company’s growth.
Being the best at what you do means more than just delivering exceptional work–it involves marketing, social media, ensuring team performance, development, health and safety, and accreditations.
However, with limited hours in a day, it’s impossible to handle everything alone. That’s where we come in. We function as a flexible project–based resource, not an additional overhead. You can rely on us as a trusted partner, dialing up or down our services based on your workload demands.
With our deep understanding of the industry, we tailor our services to meet your specific needs. Unlike generic marketing firms or health and safety providers, we’ve earned our stripes by being part of the industry ourselves.
Our qualified engineers with civil, mechanical, and electrical backgrounds comprehend the challenges and requirements of the job. Allow us to help you step aside from being a bottleneck and unlock your business’s true potential.
If you’ve grown your business from a start-up, chances are you’ve mainly focused on vertical growth, hiring more technical personnel and performing similar types of work. However, to expand your business and secure more lucrative contracts, you need to showcase more than just your technical capabilities.
Our wide range of services empowers you to transition from a technically oriented company to a corporate business capable of competing with larger companies, without the need to increase your headcount.
From public relations, communications, and marketing to business development, accreditations, bids and tendering, project management, and health and safety, our expertise is rooted in decades of practical experience in these areas.
Unfortunately, many small businesses struggle to reach their full potential due to budget limitations. It becomes a catch-22 situation – a lack of budget prevents the employment of specialized personnel for corporate roles, yet winning contracts becomes challenging without covering these roles.
Owners often find themselves taking on these specialist responsibilities, which, despite their technical proficiency consumes excessive time and hampers other aspects of the business, impeding growth.
Just as you wouldn’t assign an untrained employee to a technically demanding job for safety and reputation reasons, it’s counterproductive to entrust your marketing to a receptionist solely because they have PowerPoint on their computer. It doesn’t save money; instead, it leads to sub-par results and lower returns.
Out of the Woods Consultancy offers a cost-effective solution by fulfilling these specialized roles on a dial-up, dial-down basis. Rather than burdening your finances with permanent staff, our project-based approach allows you to refocus on what you excel at – running your business.
We intimately understand what clients want and constraints faced by contractors, particularly small ones.
We’re your specialists, excelling in delivering accurate and efficient results. Our services provide exceptional value for money, ensuring satisfaction every time you engage us. Remember, we’re here when you need us; we’re not a constant drain on your resources when you don’t.
The ship’s engineer parable.
An engine failed on the flagship vessel of a global shipping company. No one could fix it. For weeks they tried, but without success. Not even their brightest young things could figure out what was wrong. Every day the ship was out of action cost the company hundreds of thousands of pounds in revenue. So, they called for help.
They brought in a chap with thirty years’ experience. He inspected the engine very carefully. Looking, feeling and listening to every inch, top to bottom. After completing his inspection, he reached into his bag of tools and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped the engine on a spot where he had put a chalk mark. Almost instantly, the engine lurched into life.
The engine was fixed!
A week later, the shipping company owners received an invoice for £100,000. “What?!” they gasped. “He hardly did anything! Tell him to send us an itemised invoice!” The itemised invoice simply said: “Tapping with a hammer, £10. Knowing where to tap? £99,990”. The invoice was paid immediately.
Effort is important but experience and knowing where to direct that effort makes all the difference.
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