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

Sue Richardson

Associate Manager

Isle of Man

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Jodie Hollinshead

Junior Administrator

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ed Fenwick

M&A Manager

London

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Deborah Patrick

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Deborah Hooton

Solicitor | Senior Associate

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

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Charlotte John

Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Samantha Fishwick

Compliance Senior

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Cameron Ford

Senior Administrator

Birmingham

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Tom Booth

Administrator

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Matthew Naylor

Administrator

Manchester

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Josh Bower

Manager

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Sally Adjemian

Payroll Manager

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Aslam Mulla

Manager

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Phil Morton

Director

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Una Spencer

Cashier

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Beth Eagles

Design and Digital Marketing Executive

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David Brown

Chief Operating Officer

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Ed Brown

Business Development Manager

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Steven Eyre

Advisory Manager

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Director

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Jordan Sawicz

Administrator

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Senior Case Manager

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Rachael Johns

Manager

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Bradley Sanderson

Senior Administrator

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Manager

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Rachael McCusker

Senior Solicitor

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Office Manager

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Samuel Wood

Senior Manager

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Director

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Manager

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Office Support

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Natasha Phillimore

Administrator

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Cara McNulty

Senior Administrator

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Andrew Pitts

Director

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Robert Banbury

Business Development Manager

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Matthew Madden

IT Manager

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Ryan McGuinness

Administrator

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Kristie Bowden

Trainee Cashier

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Zak Travis

IT Support Engineer

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Laura McCubbin

Talent Acquisition Partner

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Amy Lockwood

Office Manager

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Catherine Reynolds

HR Director

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Richard Pinder

Director

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Charlotte Bradley

Marketing & Communications Executive

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Ryan Holdsworth

Director

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James Parsonage

Manager

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Abi Conah

Administrator

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Nicola Brooks

Head of Client Relations (North)

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Joe Thompson

Assistant Manager

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Julie Hogan

Senior Support

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Sophie McDonough

Senior Manager

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Chris Beevers

Head of Search

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Lucy Abbott

Senior Manager

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Henry Dickinson

Senior Administrator

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Katy McAndrew

Director

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Chloe Hobson

Senior Administrator

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Cheryl Richards

Manager

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Amelia Ladbrook

Associate Director - Head of Marketing

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Edward Sparks

Administrator

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Beth Taylor

Office Support

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Sam Hackett

Administrator

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Angie James

Cashier

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Paul Haworth

Head of Group Compliance

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Rob Venables

PR Coordinator

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Amy Mehers

Director - Head of Personal Insolvency

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Beverley Roberts

Secretary

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John Buchanan

Associate Director

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Sean Williams

Director - Head of Yorkshire and North East

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Beth Nelson

Administrator

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Aron Williams

Assistant Manager

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Victoria Cleary

Administrator

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Alex Cadwallader

Director - Head of South and Offshore

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Michael Broadbent

Site Support Engineer

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Mala Patel

Manager

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Gareth Kinneavy

Senior Manager

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Mike Critchley

Non-Executive Director

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Karolina Peets

Business Advisory Analyst

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Bradley Jordan

Trainee Insolvency Administrator

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Daniel Szczerkowski

Administrator

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John Crolla

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Mike Dillon

Director

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Gus Fiennes

Administrator

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Helen Hales

Senior Administrator

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Sarah Hewitt

Head of Commercial Real Estate

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Joshua White

Administrator

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Amber Holt

Finance Support Administrator

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Aaminah Dadabhoy

Senior Administrator

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Michael Wain

Head of Memberships

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Administrator

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Digital Marketing Executive

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Ben Ainsworth

Junior Insolvency Administrator

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Graduate Data Analyst

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Administrator

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Junior Administrator

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