Edinburgh Business Consulting for Finance, Tech and Festivals

• Financial services

  Invest in Edinburgh describes the city as a financial services hub since the 17th century. Around fund managers, banks and insurers sit independent advisers, administrators and compliance support firms, who often live on a small number of institutional relationships.

• Software and technology

  The same agency places software and technology among the city's modern strengths, built on a long record as a centre for science and technology. Small product companies in this field often have to work out how to price and sell what they have built.

• Festivals and the visitor trade

  Festivals Edinburgh is a body formed by the directors of the city's major festivals to work together. For the weeks they run, venues, caterers, accommodation providers and ticketing firms handle crowds that the rest of the year does not support.

• Food and drink, film and television

  Invest in Edinburgh names food and drink and film and television among the city's commercial sectors. Small producers sell to hospitality and retail buyers, and screen production firms hire crews project by project.

• 01Venues and caterers that earn most of their income in a few festival weeks often carry fixed costs through quiet months. A cash reserve plan matters more than a good August.
• 02Independent advisers commonly rely on a few institutions or introducers, and losing one relationship changes the year.
• 03Small software companies tied to a university or a single customer commonly find that early projects were priced to win rather than to last.
• 04Food and drink producers often sell to hotels and shops that pay on their own schedule, so stock and ingredient buying need a steady rhythm.

UTC+0 (winter), UTC+1 (summer). Through the winter Edinburgh keeps a 5 hours 30 minutes lag behind India, and through the summer the lag is 4 hours 30 minutes.

We book the first call once the scope of the problem is clear, so the conversation starts from your business and not from a calendar.

• Financial services
• Technology
• Hospitality
• Manufacturing

Trades to start from

• Insurance agents and advisers
• Software development companies
• Banquet halls and event venues
• Caterers
• Food product manufacturers
• Photography and videography studios

• Business Consulting

  A twelve-month cash view across peak and quiet months helps festival-season venues and caterers plan staffing and supplier payments.

• Business Growth

  Mapping where new business really comes from helps advisers and small software firms reduce dependence on a single introducer or client.

• Business Audit

  A margin review by product or customer shows food and drink producers which lines justify the shelf and the van.

• Business Coaching

  Regular conversations give owners a place to settle hiring and pricing questions before the busy weeks start.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.