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April 2008 - Following on from HBOS Bank of Scotland's successful roll-out of the 4-consulting spreadsheet best practice and risk management policy, HBOS Halifax Bank a spreadsheet best practice training programme for its Head Office group finance teams.

 

February 2008 - The University of St Andrews publishes its new ICT Strategy developed by 4-consulting.  The strategy is designed to support the University's growth, research and teaching activities for the next five years.

 

November 2007 - 4-consulting has been awarded the contract to carry out the evaluation of the Edinburgh Criminal Justice Project with a view to advising on the suitability of the system for expansion into the remainder of the Edinburgh jurisdiction.

 

September 2007 - Following the successful publication of an ICT Strategic Options review for The University of St Andrews, we are commissioned to develop the University's new ICT Strategic Plan for the next five years.

 

September 2007 - The Scottish Ambulance Service commissions us to facilitate a stakeholder workshop to carry out a benefits scoring of options generated from the Review of Emergency Medical Dispatch Centres.

 

August 2007 - The University of St Andrews appoints us to lead a project to identify and assess the ICT strategic options for future investments in information and communications technology.  The outcomes of the analyses will inform the university's long-term corporate planning team.

 

May 2007 - The Scottish Executive publishes our research reviewing the available literature to determine what the concept of Employee Engagement means for the Public Sector and the models that might be relevant to public sector organisations wishing to understand and improve employee engagement. The report (ISBN - 07559 66141) can be read at, or downloaded from, the Scottish Executive's website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/05/09111348/0.

 

May 2007 - Acting as specialist consultants to internal auditors, Henderson & Loggie, we are engaged to undertake a Value for Money review of St Andrews' University ICT services.

 

May 2007 - Appointed by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, and working with DTZ Research & Consulting, we have been appointed to carry out a review of the culture sector's Leadership Development programme.

 

April 2007 - The Drambuie Liqueur Company  claims that its customised Excel spreadsheet training programme has been of significant benefit.  The company's finance director says "I'm glad that we undertook this exercise - everyone that attended has benefited enormously"

 

March 2007 - New Futures Sutherland Funding Success – We assisted this organisation, which aims to improve the employability of participants across Sutherland who are not already in employment or on a training programme, to prepare its Business Plan. We are delighted to hear that, after a protracted process of applications, the NFS Management Group has been awarded funding for the next five years from the BLF Communities Fund. This, with additional continued support from HIE Caithness & Sutherland, will ensure continuance of the NFS project and provides the longest period of assured funding the organisation has ever enjoyed. We are delighted to hear this news and to receive the comment from the Sutherland Partnership’s Manager that, “your business plan, I am sure, was a major contribution to that.”

 

March 2007 - Drambuie Limited has engaged us to develop and deliver a customised programme of training in spreadsheet modelling. for its entire management team.  The programme is designed as part of an up-skilling of people's technical capabilities.

 

February 2007 - The Scottish Executive appoints 4-consulting, supported by DTZ Research & Consulting, to outline the importance and ways of measuring and improving employee engagement in public sector organisations and the Scottish Executive. The team is also tasked with identifying ways of integrating the principle of employee engagement into corporate policy and practice.

 

October 2006 - HBOS plc commissions us to develop a "best practice" manual and user training for the development of critical spreadsheets as part the bank's approach to its risk management.

 

August 2006 -  With 4-consulting as the lead organisation in partnership with Henderson & Loggie and other specialist consultants, we are appointed by Heriot Watt University and Borders College to develop a Shared Services business model.

 

July 2006 - Strathclyde Police Violence Reduction Unit – We and our partner, Business Excellence (International) Limited, are appointed to implement ValueMapping® as a business planning and performance management tool within this Police unit established in 2005 to work on long term solutions for reducing violent crime in Scotland.

 

May 2006 - We develop a risk assessment for CE Electric and Yorkshire Electricity of the security issues arising from connecting wireless peripherals to computer networks.  The assignment also involved updating the employee manual and advising the computer desktop designers on technical changes to the standard configuration of the wide area network.

 

April 2006 - Having helped this national charity to develop a new ICT strategy,  Victim Support Scotland commissions our consultants to project manage the rollout of two key IT projects and mentor the management team on other aspects of managing computer projects.

 

January 2006 - Glasgow Taxis Ltd has appointed our IT consultants to assist in the technical evaluation of tenders for the supply of new taxi despatch systems

 

December 2005 - the independent record label, Beggars Banquet, appoints our ICT consultancy team to find a replacement suite of financial information systems.  Key issues include the need to support a rapidly growing international business and the ability to capture artists royalties due on downloaded tracks from web sites

 

November 2005 - Our technology director is invited by Duraweld Ltd, one of the UK's largest manufacturer of plastic stationery and packaging products, to undertake a strategic review of its ICT facilities

 

November 2005 - working with a specialist ICT security subcontractor, our consultants win a project from Yorkshire Electricity to devise configuration standards and document the rules in the employee handbook for connecting Non-cabled peripheral devices to wide area networks

 

October 2006 - one of our directors has been appointed as a specialist computer auditor and ICT risk adviser to the internal audit function of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body

 

July 2005 - Early this month, we were appointed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to carry out an interim evaluation of its Lochaber Leadership Initiative.  The evaluation will examine the extent to which the Initiative has improved the quality and effectiveness of management within the participating businesses

 

June 2005 - Following our successful appointment to the consultants' framework contract with Highlands and Islands Enterprise, we have been commissioned to develop the Business Plan for the next tranche of funding for the Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise's New Futures funding programme

 

May 2005 - Our consultants complete a review of the Contracts Division of Inverclyde Council and are retained to implement a quality improvement programme

 

May 2005 - We recently completed a feasibility study for Highlands & Islands Enterprise into the potential for setting up a new yacht marina and boat repair yard on the west coast of Scotland

 

April 2005 - 4-consulting has successfully developed and delivered a custom-designed training package in Investment Appraisal for the West of Scotland Loan Fund with very positive learning outcomes from delegates

 

January 2005 - 4-consulting, as part of the ICAEM, 4-consulting, Allison Consulting consortium, has been appointed by Scottish Enterprise to assist a major glass products manufacturer to help it develop a new global business strategy

 

January 2005 - Building on a previous training programme developed for them by 4-consulting, the West of Scotland Loan Fund, owned and operated by a consortium of local authorities, has commissioned 4-consulting to develop and deliver a new training programme in investment appraisal for their economic development officers

 

January 2005 - Inverclyde Council has appointed 4-consulting to carry out a review of its Building Services division and to consider options for the future

 

January 2005 - Highlands & Islands Enterprise has appointed 4-consulting to carry out a feasibility study into the creation of a new marina facility in Scotland.

 

December 2004 - A trio of new wins for 4-consulting include contracts for the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and a further project for clients Victim Support Scotland.  More details in our current e-zine

 

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