The essential business
partner enhancing your performance

Our financial and business management skills can maximise the potential of architects, designers, engineers, planners and other creative professionals.

We believe everybody should focus on excelling at what they do best.

By helping you to run your practice efficiently, and enabling you to plan effectively, we free up your time to focus on what you do best — building your business and creating great work.

Freeing you up to focus on what you do best

We understand all the fundamentals that need to be in place to run an efficient and highly productive practice.

strategy

Refocussing your way of working means you’ll spend less time micro-managing, while the key decision making will always remain firmly in your hands

financial control

We can help your firm cohesively manage and improve its bottom line; freeing you up to take the lead with the knowledge that finances are under expert control

business systems

Now, more than ever, it’s important to ensure that your business systems are right for your business, work effectively and are embraced by all your team

assessment

We uncover the fundamentals of your business, identify areas for improvement and enable sound, evidence-based decisions, to move your business forward

leadership

We provide innovative solutions that are designed specifically to meet design business needs. Our mission is for your leaders to be the best they can be

communications

In business, the ability to communicate the value of your services is just as important as delivering successful projects

Your partner in business

The way we see it is that our people are your people. Led by our leadership team, they are expert and experienced in their specialised roles.

Robert Peake

Principal

Robert is a strategic thinker with a proven ability to deliver specialist expertise in strategic direction, financial and business management, systems, operations, and business performance. His work with Architects, Engineers and Designers has enabled them to more effectively control and manage their businesses and to build sustained financial performance, business sustainability, growth and improvement. His focus is on:

Strategic Direction and Execution

Business Management and Operations

Financial Management and Performance

Benchmarking

Leadership Development and capability

Business Management Systems.

He is actively involved with the leadership team to facilitate decision making, counsel clients and to bring a broader perspective to the discussion based on 30 years’ experience in the industry.
Your goals will be our goals. It's in our interests to help you achieve them, so we can succeed and grow together.

Gordana Blazevska

Founding Director

Gordana devotes her valued skills as a FCPA to enhancing the business efficiency and performance of our clients. Her expertise is built on broad experience in accounting and financial management in a range of industries, including design, hospitality, retail, security and investigation, and fashion. Gordana has been instrumental in enabling businesses to attain financial stability and sustainable growth.
This could be the change you need to really unleash the professional expertise and creative spirit in your business.

Callum Bruce

Business Systems Director

Callum has worked in business systems consulting for 11 years and has an exceptional range of experience working within the AEC space. In this time Callum has worked with firms of 5–400 employees to implement new business systems, drive change and increase staff knowledge of fundamental project management practices.
Ensuring our Business Systems are at the leading edge of the industry.

Carla Dexheimer

Finance Director

Carla has worked in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong for 12 years in the Multimedia, Advertising and Software industries. She is an ACMA qualified commercially driven business partner. Carla strives to provide businesses with the finance rigour, information, skills and commercial acumen to deliver increased profits and efficiencies. Cultural awareness is one of her key strengths gained through working internationally and managing teams spread globally. Carla is responsible for:

Co-ordinating and managing all aspects of accounting, financial reporting and tax reconciliation

Developing and maintaining trusted relationships with clients

Developing and mentoring the finance team

Continuously enhancing the financial processes to deliver exceptional services to our clients

Carla strives to provide businesses with the finance rigour, information, skills and commercial acumen to deliver increased profits and efficiencies.

Sim Thirunesan

Finance and Business Director

Sim heads up our operation in the UK and is a skilled finance and business professional with over 15 year's experience, helping design agencies to succeed.

Our team can take care of your business management functions, from finance and accounting to technology and business systems.

The interaction between our team and your people can be as much or as little as it needs to be—and we don’t take up any space in your office. We meet with you on a regular basis to report on how things are tracking, and refine the way we work together so it’s a seamless process.

Relationships to build business success

Relationships built on trust are key to enjoying success in business. We have experience working with several high profile businesses across the design industry.

SJB

Client Partner

John Wardle Architecture

Client Partner

Lyons

Client Partner

Guymer Bailey Architects

Client Partner

Systems Client

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Finance and Accounting Client

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Systems Client

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Accounts Receivable

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Insightful content and resources

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