Workplace consultancy services

Every project begins with getting to know your organisation. Your dedicated workplace consultant will spend time with key stakeholders to understand your business goals, growth plans and the challenges you face within your existing workplace. They’ll explore how teams collaborate, how hybrid working is affecting office use, and what employees need from their working environment. This discovery phase creates the foundation for the entire project, ensuring every recommendation aligns with your business strategy rather than simply changing the layout of your office.

Once your objectives are understood, we begin gathering evidence about how your workplace is actually being used. Through occupancy surveys, utilisation studies, asset audits and employee engagement, we build a detailed picture of how people interact with your space. It’s common for organisations to be surprised by the results. Meeting rooms may sit empty while collaboration areas are overcrowded, or valuable floor space may be occupied by furniture that is rarely used. By replacing assumptions with measurable data, we can identify opportunities that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Our consultants then compare the data we’ve gathered against your business objectives. Rather than simply identifying what’s wrong, we explore why it’s happening and how it affects productivity, collaboration and employee experience. This stage allows us to highlight areas where space could be better utilised, costs could be reduced or the workplace could better support the way your people work today.

Using the insights gathered throughout the project, we develop a workplace strategy tailored specifically to your organisation. Every recommendation is designed around the behaviours we’ve observed, ensuring the workplace supports both focused work and collaboration while remaining flexible enough to adapt as your business grows. Whether that involves reconfiguring existing space, introducing new workplace technology or creating more collaborative environments, every decision is supported by evidence rather than opinion.

A workplace strategy only delivers value when it’s successfully implemented. Our consultants work alongside project managers, facilities teams and business leaders to put recommendations into practice with minimal disruption. This may include office relocations, furniture reconfiguration, asset reuse, workplace technology implementation and change management to help employees adapt to their new environment.

The workplace continues to evolve long after implementation. That’s why we believe optimisation should be an ongoing process rather than a one-off project. By continuing to monitor workplace performance, employee feedback and occupancy trends, we can identify further opportunities to improve efficiency, support changing ways of working and ensure your workplace continues delivering value well into the future.

Yes. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach. We work closely with your internal stakeholders, whether that’s facilities, IT, procurement, or sustainability teams, to ensure alignment and clarity at every stage. We’re also experienced in coordinating with external partners such as design consultants, OEMs, and building managers, providing seamless integration into your wider project or transformation plan.

Yes, consultancy can lead to cost savings by reducing wasted space. It also helps prevent expensive redesigns, as planning for this would have taken place beforehand.

Absolutely. We don’t just provide strategic advice, we deliver on it. Once the consultancy phase is complete, we can fully support the implementation of agreed solutions. From asset tagging and technology integration to logistics, refurbishment, clearance, or sustainable reuse, we have the expertise, resources, and nationwide network to put your plans into action, ensuring a smooth transition from strategy to results.