We are a 21st century consultancy for 21st century challenges, aiming to deliver strong public services and thriving places so everyone can live a good life. The big missions of local government and its partners are our purpose. Working alongside the public sector for more than a decade, we know the impact of austerity, Covid and the cost of living crisis and we know that radical transformation and rebuilding civic trust in institutions are the only way to foresee and prevent future crises. Our success lies in the success of future leaders to maintain their organisations’ relevance and viability in a world marked by inequalities, and inadequacies in the public response.
Sustain
Councils are at the sharp end of acute modern challenges: fiscal constraint, rising demand, and falling trust in public institutions. They are also vital to shaping our future: delivering net zero, overcoming inequality and intergenerational poverty, growing the economy, building homes.
SUSTAIN is a framework and programme of support to help Councils achieve financial resilience, overcome these challenges and deliver their purpose.
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Our Strategic Place Offer brings together our breadth of experience in service design and project delivery across every aspect of place functions for local government.
We believe that Place hasn’t had the attention it deserves because austerity and soaring demand for services has shifted the focus away from local government building genuinely prosperous places. The next government is going to be focused on driving economic growth and will be looking for partners who have a plan and have prepared the ground for place transformation. We have the rigour, expertise and experience to be the trusted advisor to local government to take control of their own destiny.
SUCCEED
our service offers:
Strategic place offer
Start with strategy.
Our Strategic Place Offer provides Chief Executives and senior leaders with a framework and the capacity to focus on place. We do this through a structured process bringing together rigorous data, strong place partnerships and a clear vision, and creating an investible portfolio for government and the private sector to crowd-in funding for true place transformation.
housing
A full system housing offer.
Our housing offer seeks to ensure that everybody has a high quality, safe, sustainable and well-designed home knowing that this not only an end in itself but also supports households to live a prosperous life.
regeneration
A holistic approach to regeneration.
Our approach is focused on deeply and holistically understanding places from a variety of perspectives – economic, social, governance, physical , governance – to identify the interventions to reverse cycles of physical decline and deprivation. Our comprehensive place regeneration offer builds on each place’s unique strengths and character to achieve system-wide Regeneration that delivers long-term positive outcomes and thriving, resilient communities.
strategic organisation vision
Charting a path for change.
Our approach is focused on deeply and holistically understanding places from a variety of perspectives – economic, social, governance, physical , governance – to identify the interventions to reverse cycles of physical decline and deprivation. Our comprehensive place regeneration offer builds on each place’s unique strengths and character to achieve system-wide Regeneration that delivers long-term positive outcomes and thriving, resilient communities.
investment & assets
Start with strategy.
Our Strategic Place Offer provides Chief Executives and senior leaders with a framework and the capacity to focus on place. We do this through a structured process bringing together rigorous data, strong place partnerships and a clear vision, and creating an investible portfolio for government and the private sector to crowd-in funding for true place transformation.
development and delivery
A full system housing offer.
Our housing offer seeks to ensure that everybody has a high quality, safe, sustainable and well-designed home knowing that this not only an end in itself but also supports households to live a prosperous life.
adult’s and children’s services
A holistic approach to regeneration.
Our approach is focused on deeply and holistically understanding places from a variety of perspectives – economic, social, governance, physical , governance – to identify the interventions to reverse cycles of physical decline and deprivation. Our comprehensive place regeneration offer builds on each place’s unique strengths and character to achieve system-wide Regeneration that delivers long-term positive outcomes and thriving, resilient communities.
public service reform
Start with strategy.
Our Strategic Place Offer provides Chief Executives and senior leaders with a framework and the capacity to focus on place. We do this through a structured process bringing together rigorous data, strong place partnerships and a clear vision, and creating an investible portfolio for government and the private sector to crowd-in funding for true place transformation.
customer & digital
A full system housing offer.
Our housing offer seeks to ensure that everybody has a high quality, safe, sustainable and well-designed home knowing that this not only an end in itself but also supports households to live a prosperous life.
OUR LATEST:
Chris Naylor
Managing Director
Chris leads our public service transformation teams. Previously he was Chief Executive of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Evie John
Managing Director
Evie leads our place teams, including Place Strategy, Assets and Investment, Housing, and Regeneration. Previously she was Director of X at PwC.
Jamie Ounan
Founding Director
Jamie has more than two decades of experience in the public sector. He founded Inner Circle in 2009 with Chris Twigg.
Chris Twigg
Founding Director
Chris has more than two decades of experience in the public sector. He founded Inner Circle in 2009 with Jamie Ounan.
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