Contact Akhurst Consulting for operational and project support or longer term interim managers in :

• Commercial, Pricing, and Marketing strategies and their effective operational delivery
• Research, insights, segmentation, Product Development:  Market-led and Evidence-based approaches
• Brand and Product Marketing management
• Online marketing, sales, digital engagement and social media strategies & campaigns
• Product and Brand extension:  concept, validation, launch.
• Propositions, innovation, design and development
• Negotiations, Joint Ventures and Partnerships
• Transformation, organisational change management, evolution and re-positioning
• Go-to-market plans, launches, re-launches, competitor responses and range expansion
• Clear and effective marketing campaigns with verified ROI (Return on Investment)
• Customer experience and CRM design and improvement
• Hands on delivery and implementation - in person or in teams of any size
• Regulated industry pricing and compliance - competition and customer focus
• Sales and Customer presentations and all forms of collateral materials
• Strategy, segmentation, insights, forecasting, planning, review and reporting
• Market, competitor and portfolio opportunity analysis
• Commercial model selection and optimisation
• Gap-Closure programmes
• Funding strategies; plans, presentations and agreements with venture capital and angel investors

 We have wide experience having worked in all the following sectors:

• Education:  From Elite Business Schools to the UK's largest and most diverse University
• Technology : Serving telecoms, mobile, internet, broadband, converged services and cloud software
• Social media: Location based audio blogging, chatter tools, salesforce.com apps, mobile advertising
• Consumer goods : Handheld devices, accessories, tools and fittings, iPhone and Android Apps
• Services :  Travel, information, social media, blogging, internal communications, news and reporting
• Public sector:  Governance, Regulation, accessibility, stakeholder groups, MP's and parliamentary meetings
• Start-ups to Global PLC's, Zero to £4bn annual revenue
• General Commercial, Marketing, Pricing and Strategy advice, expertise and implementation
• Interim Management, Contract and project resource