WHO WE ARE :

OUR PHILOSOPHY

As a privately owned limited company we do not suffer from the financial
pressures that would come from a parent company or external
shareholders.  This financial independence allows our working practices
to be led by consideration of quality, ethics and sustainability.

Or to put that less formally - if we were in business just for the
money, we'd be in the legal or financial sectors.  Not being driven by
artificial financial targets means that we can do our job properly.  We
find it's a lot less stressful and a lot more fun that way.  It means
that we can take time to think and talk about each project, however
small or seemingly routine.  The result is that no job leaves the office
without having been discussed in depth, not just at the report-checking
stage (our QA system requires that too) but before the report is even
started. 

One thing that surprises visitors is that the company provides lunch for
all staff in our conference room (the administrative staff job
description includes knowing how to dress a salad).  This means that
there is one time in the day when we all get together and talk.  We
could achieve the same thing through weekly brainstorming meetings and
team-building exercises on Dartmoor, but we find that lunch works
better.

It would be nice to claim that this stems from some deep philosophical
or management theory.  In fact when he started recruiting staff, Adrian
James simply listed all of the things that he didn't like about his six
previous employers, and set out to avoid making the same mistakes.  It
seems to work as we've never yet had a consultant leave.