| Type | Ltd |
|---|---|
| Industry | Management consultancy |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Consulting Employment Law Six Sigma Lean |
| Employees | 30 (August 2010) |
| Website | www.collinsongrant.com |
Collinson Grant is a management consultancy firm based in Manchester. It operates in the UK, Europe and Worldwide. Collinson Grant have been employed by a wide range of large companies and organisations, most notably in the Healthcare and Public Sectors. The company currently employs around 30 consultants.
The company also has a branch devoted to healthcare, Collinson Grant Healthcare Ltd. www.collinsongranthealthcare.com
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Collinson Grant was formed in 1970. Its first year turnover in 1971 was £40,000, by 1980 turnover had risen to £2.5 million and by 1990 this figure was at £5.2 million.[1] The company now operates throughout western Europe and in the United States.
In 1970 the mission statement of the company was stated as:
"to deliver management and training consultancy which is profitable and meets the needs of clients in ways which bring a continuing relationship and satisfy the aspirations of employees. The group will exercise the fullest possible care in all aspects of its services" [2]
Today the company's website describes its role as the following:
"We work with managers to restructure, merge acquisitions, cut costs, restore profitability, introduce lean operations, streamline supply chains and manage people better" [3]
The company has always had its administrative offices based in the North West of England, but it also operates out of London, Paris and Manchester (New Hampshire).
Collinson Grant has contributed to number of important reviews of efficiency and costs in the British civil service. Its report on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is lodged in the library of the House of Commons and was widely reported on in the Financial Times [4] on BBC News online [5] and in the Daily Telegraph.[6] It was considered by the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs in February 2006. The report identified a number of areas of for improvement within the FCO, such as overmanagement, a "lack of delegation" and its lack of incentives to reduce costs.<.[7] The Foreign Office said of the project: “A lot of what is in the report we have taken on board. It is paying dividends.”.[8]
The company also contributed to Lord Carter of Coles’ Review of HM Prison Service, which gives options for improving the balance between the supply of prison places and demand for them and recommendations on how this could be achieved.
During the decade 2000 to 2010 there were many activities to improve productivity in the civil service. Collinson Grant contributed to an important project at the Ministry of Justice to improve inter-agency working. A Inter-Agency Good Practice Guide was produced for the Office of Criminal Justice Reform, working in partnership with the Value for Money and Productivity Unit of the Home Office.
In 2007 Collinson Grant was engaged by Lord Carter of Coles to research and create a cost model for pathology services in the NHS. Twelve NHS services were investigated and piloted as a representative of the whole country. The cost per test of 41 generic pathology assays were identified, and variations and similarities were determined. In the July 2007 newsletter published by the board reviewing pathology services, the work of Collinson Grant is mentioned as being used "to identify trends and similarities"[9] in the different types of pathology practiced in the NHS. The data Collinson Grant provided formed a key part of the Report of the Second Phase of the Review of NHS Pathology Services in England,[10] published in December 2008. The report states that "never before has such a comprehensive study been undertaken of the operation of NHS pathology services".[11] The identification of the costs of different assays has led the review to arguing a case for consolidating pathology, to improve quality, patients' safety and efficiency. According to Lord Carter's report this could bring savings of between £250 and £500 million a year.[12]
The company has developed and maintained links with academic institutions in order to ensure that it is at the forefront of management science and strategic thinking. These include collaboration with Manchester University, Keele University and Warwick Business School.
Restructuring and the integration of acquisitions in Europe and worldwide has been one of Collinson Grant's main activities with projects at companies such as Balfour Beatty, Hanson, Imperial Tobacco Group and McKesson Corporation. The company has collaborated with Duncan Angwin, Professor of Strategy Oxford Brookes University and formerly Associate Professor, Warwick Business School on a number of research studies, sponsoring a PhD investigation into cross-border restructuring and contributing to a book published by FT Pitman, entitled 'Implementing Successful Post-Acquisition Management’.
Key clients include: