Performance Advisory: providing practical, impactful solutions

The Leonard Curtis Performance Advisory team, led by Director Phil Lyons, delivers specialised services to businesses to help them achieve their potential in terms of financial performance – a service that sits perfectly alongside Leonard Curtis’ wider restructuring expertise.

What is Performance Advisory?

Performance Advisory is the latest service line offering from Leonard Curtis – our expert team guides organisations through both rapid change and complex transformation.

How do I know whether my client needs Performance Advisory support?

Symptoms of client underperformance can include:

  • Fall in turnover.
  • Reduced/negative EBITDA.
  • Net cash outflow.
  • Post-deal performance issues.
  • Upcoming sale of business.

Upcoming organisational change can also be a key driver in the need for transformation planning.

What are your solutions?

Every initial business review is bespoke, and a core strength of the Leonard Curtis team is the personalised, hands-on approach. We will work closely with your clients to identify and implement solutions together, building strong, reliable relationships that you can count on.

Once we have an understanding of the business need, we are able to provide solutions including:

  • Cost reduction.
  • Process/controls improvement.
  • Business plan review.
  • Product profitability review.
  • Post-deal synergy/efficiency identification.
  • Transformation planning.
  • Transformation implementation.
  • Course correcting Project Management Office (PMO).

Given the challenges facing the UK economy, especially the increase in costs for business with the upcoming enforcement of the latest Budget measures, the need for targeted action to protect profit is clear.

If you have any questions, contact your local team on 01489 550440 or 01202 712810.

Meet the team

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Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Rachel Crossley

Administrator

Sheffield, Rotherham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Helen Hales

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Millie Egan

Membership Manager

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Dan Booth

CEO

Manchester

Exec Team

Shannon Jones

Senior Administrator

Sheffield, Rotherham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Mike Dinnell

Structured Debt Manager

Liverpool

Funding

Structured debt solutions

Nick Myers

Director

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Neil Wright

Memberships Manager | Consultant

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Ethan Sanders

Junior Administrator

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Aaminah Dadabhoy

Senior Administrator

Preston

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Ben Powell

Business Advisory Analyst

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Una Spencer

Cashier

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Rik Heap

Director

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Rob Venables

PR Coordinator

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Marketing

Lauren Fitton

Director

Bury

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Tracy Gardner

Associate Director of Advisory Services – Property and Construction

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Business Services

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Jeremy Edward

Senior Administrator

London

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Timothy Kendrick

Administrator

Gateshead

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Alex Cadwallader

Director - Head of South and Offshore

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Robert Dunleavy

Manager

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Rachael Johns

Manager

Bury

Compliance

Mark Robinson

Business Development Manager

Manchester

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Commercial finance brokerage

Alison McLauchlan

Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Danielle Shore

Director

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Oliver Kennedy

Assistant Manager

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Adam Hembrough

Head of Development

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Luqmaan Said

Administrator

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Ellie Woodhouse

Head of Operations

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Klaudia Turonek

Office Administrator

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Khalid Suli

Senior Administrator

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Helen Hutchinson

Administrator

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Marc Palmer

Manager

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Karen Assiak

Senior Consultant

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Beth Eagles

Design and Digital Marketing Executive

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Sean Ward

Associate Director

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Leonard Gerber

Director

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Sean Williams

Director - Head of Yorkshire and North East

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Zahidur Miah

Senior Administrator

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Maciej Gomola

Junior Administrator Apprentice

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Adam Dilworth

Trainee Data Analyst

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Michael Wain

Head of Memberships

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Richard Bruton

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Nicola Brooks

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Eleanor Doyle

Legal Executive

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Ryan Holdsworth

Director

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Marcus Cradden

Trainee Cashier

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Dan Bell

Head of Broker Relations

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Emma Edgar

Manager

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Monty Nash

Junior Administrator

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Louise Nadine

Case Manager

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Brian Walters

Director

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Katharine Downs

Finance Manager

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Harish Bhojwani

Manager

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Sarah MacInnes

Optimise Client Manager

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Mala Patel

Manager

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Awaes Ali

Business Advisory Analyst

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Rebecca Lawton

Office Administrator

Bury

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Kay Gee

Senior Consultant

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Megan Birks

Junior Administrator

Bury

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Helen Murray

Senior Relationship Manager

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Mark Craven

Director

Harrogate - Newsource Commercial Finance

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Newsource Commercial Finance

Joanne Stubbs

Account Manager

Bury

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Virtualnonexecs

Nara Fullbrook

HR Business Partner

Bury

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Sophie McDonough

Senior Manager

Bury

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Steve Markey

Director

Bury

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Catherine Ormerod

Supervisor

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Thomas Burton

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nicola Carlton

Senior Administrator

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Laurence Ollerton

Assistant Manager

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Daniel Whitaker

Junior Administrator

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Jon Miles

Administrator

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Matthew Madden

IT Manager

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Sam Kaye

Junior Administrator

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Edward Sparks

Administrator

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Amber Walker

Manager

London

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Laura McCubbin

Talent Acquisition Partner

Bury

HR

Andrew Poxon

Director – Head of North and Scotland

Bury, Manchester

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Alison Britner

Group Operations Manager

Bury

Support

James Parsonage

Manager

Bury

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Nella Lawrence

Legal Secretary

Manchester

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James Nixon

Business Development Executive

Leeds, Beverley, Huddersfield, York

Chloe Hobson

Senior Administrator

Hampshire

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Natalie Rigby

Administrator

Bury

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Kathryn Ferns

Manager

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Amelia Blythe

Assistant Manager

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Katie Carroll

Assistant Manager - Cashier

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Andrew Bayley

Director

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Sam Hackett

Administrator

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Matthew Wright

Director

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Lorraine Webley

Office Support

Birmingham

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Martin Maloney

Director

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Site Support Engineer

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Anbrin Sadaf

Office Support

Bury

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Funding Accounts Executive

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Toby Rolls

Head of M&A Advisory - Director

London

Jade Roberts

Marketing and Events Executive

Manchester

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