ARCADIAN
PROGRAMME REVIEWS/AUDIT
Ensuring value for money on marketing programmes and initiatives by analysis costs, processes and returns. All work follows best practice government guidelines including GCS Evaluation frameworks. Efficiency reviews. Financial management review
quality assurance, systems/processes.
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Operational reviews and performance improvement programmes including training, mentoring, digital marketing development and customer/enquiry mapping, financial analysis, sector analysis. Valuing support, benefit in kind. Developing and maintaning performance dashboards, development of metrics, longnitindal analysis.
Governance structures
Risk appraisal & mitigation
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Evaluation of local, regional, national and international programmes and initiatives
INWARD INVESTMENT
Ensuring our clients understand their competitive position through research and benchmarking, and utlising our direct experience of advising 100s of international firms on their location strategies. Inward investment services including research (sectoral, geographic and corporate), competitive positioning/benchmarking, company targeting, proposition marketing, case making and retention/aftercare strategies. Training
MARKETING & BRANDING STRATEGIES
brochures, leaflets etc
TRADE
Trade support services including international research, market analysis, development of marketing materials and company targeting . Training
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH & EVALUATION
Ensuring value for money on marketing programmes and initiatives by analysis costs, processes and returns. All work follows best practice government guidelines including GCS Evaluation frameworks.recruitment and assessment of suppliers.
Ensuring on-going monitoring of perforamcne through appraisals, meetings etc - documenting performance
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STRATEGIC & BUSINESS PLANNING
Preparation of funding bids and business cases , case making. Green book.
Attracting project investment
Policy, strategy and programme development
Sector research Research, intelligence and knowledge management. Project and programme evaluation -
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic development initiatives including strategic planning, socio-economic analysis, sector/business analysis, case making, funding applications and evaluation
PEOPLE & TRAINING
induction, mentoring, training, skills development, people resource management