UK · Small and mid-sized businesses

A report nobody reads
is not advice.

Consultancy has a reputation problem, and it is deserved. Forty slides describing what a business already knows, delivered to a room, and nothing is different six months later.

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  • 2023trading since
  • UKregistered company
  • Freefirst call
  • Fixedscope and fee
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What we do

Four services, each with a deliverable

Operational consultancy only. Financial, legal and regulated questions are referred to qualified professionals.

Operations review

Working out where time, effort and margin are really being consumed, by watching the work.

  • Observation
  • Time
  • Margin
  • Bottlenecks
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Process & systems

Redesigning processes to cut the steps that add nothing, before any software is considered.

  • Process design
  • Handoffs
  • Systems
  • Documentation
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Cost & supplier review

Reviewing recurring costs, supplier contracts and renewals that have rolled over unexamined.

  • Recurring costs
  • Suppliers
  • Renewals
  • Contracts
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Implementation support

Staying through the change: helping do the work rather than handing over a plan.

  • Hands-on
  • Change
  • Training
  • Follow-through
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How it works

How we work

One problem at a time, a fixed scope and fee, a short written deliverable, and help doing the work.

Free first call

What is actually wrong, and whether we can help.

One problem, defined

Scoped narrowly enough to finish.

Fixed scope and fee

Agreed in writing. No open-ended retainers.

Implementation

We stay for the part that changes things.

Working together

Ways to work with us

Fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed in writing. We do not sell open-ended retainers.

Operations review

A short, honest assessment of where the constraint is.

  • Time spent where work happens
  • Two or three real constraints
  • Ranked, not listed
  • Short written report
  • Fixed fee agreed first
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Most requested

Review & implement

Find the problem and stay to fix it.

  • Operations review included
  • Process redesigned with your team
  • Systems only where needed
  • Support through the change
  • Documented handover
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Cost & supplier review

Recurring costs and contracts examined.

  • Every recurring cost listed
  • Usage compared to spend
  • Notice dates flagged early
  • Renegotiation support
  • Honest when there is nothing to save
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Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.

A typical week Mon Scope Tue Observe Wed Analyse Thu Recommend Fri Implement
How we work

A UK consultancy, operational only

Noir Blanc Holdings Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 15356322, incorporated in December 2023 and previously registered as Black Noir Holdings Ltd. Its registered office is at Unit 1 Acorn Business Park, Moss Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN32 0LW.

We do operational and management consultancy. We are not FCA authorised and provide no financial management consultancy, investment advice or corporate finance. We are not solicitors or accountants — contracts, employment matters, tax and regulatory questions go to qualified professionals. And decisions remain yours: we will not promise a saving or a margin improvement, because those depend on what actually gets implemented.

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Frequently asked

The questions we get most

How is this different from a big consultancy?

Mostly that we stay for implementation and we scope narrowly. One problem, a fixed fee, and a short deliverable rather than a programme that grows.

Will you guarantee savings?

No. Anyone who does is guessing or building the guarantee into the fee. We will tell you what we found and what it is worth if implemented.

Can you advise on funding or investment?

No. That is financial and regulated work, we are not FCA authorised, and we will refer you.

Do you work on retainer?

We prefer not to. Open-ended retainers reward staying rather than finishing. Fixed scope and fee keeps the incentives honest.

Should we buy new software?

Often the honest answer is not yet. Automating a bad process makes it faster, not better. We fix the process first and then ask the question again.

How long before anything changes?

Process changes can show in weeks. Anything involving behaviour takes a quarter at least, and we will say so rather than promising a quick win.

Something not working?

A free first call on what is actually wrong, and whether we are the right help.

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