/ Areas we cover

A Derby studio, working across the Midlands and Cheshire

We are based in Derby and work with businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. For the towns nearest the studio we travel to you for the kickoff workshop and for in-person reviews, at no travel charge. Further afield, the kickoff is in person where that is practical and everything else runs remotely, which is how most of our work happens anyway.

Advanced engineering and rail

Derby anchors this: Rolls-Royce civil aerospace at Sinfin, Alstom at Litchurch Lane, Toyota at Burnaston, and roughly 11,000 rail jobs in the city. Work here tends to be judged by a procurement lead running due diligence, not by a contact form.

Furniture, brewing and single-trade clusters

Long Eaton is the UK's designated centre of quality upholstery manufacture, with a trade calendar that dictates when work has to land. Burton upon Trent carries alcohol marketing compliance that adds a real stage to any build.

Logistics and air freight

Castle Donington sits around East Midlands Airport, the UK's busiest dedicated air-freight hub.

University, science park and city markets

Loughborough's science park hosts governing bodies of British sport alongside university spinouts. Nottingham is a head-office city where sign-off runs through legal and compliance.

Regeneration and former-coalfield towns

Chesterfield's Markham Vale has its own purpose-built M1 junction. Mansfield, Hucknall, Ripley and Swadlincote are largely business-park and industrial-estate economies rather than high-street ones.

Market towns and the visitor economy

Matlock and Ashbourne trade on a season. Belper splits between mill-floor operations and trade counters.

The Potteries

Stoke-on-Trent is the head office of the UK hospitality tableware trade, with export catalogues running to thousands of SKUs. Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove sit either side of it.

Derby's villages

Within a few miles of the studio. Trade here is mostly local, and a first meeting is a short drive.

The Peak District and the Dales

Visitor economies first, with manufacturing and trades behind them in the mill towns. Most customers plan from a phone before they arrive.

North-east Derbyshire

Former coalfield towns whose economies now run on the business parks along the M1.

The Moorlands and the Trent valley

Market towns and canal villages between the Potteries and Stafford. Leek trades on its markets and independents; Stone and Eccleshall are driven to on purpose.

Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire

Stafford is the county town. Cannock, Hednesford and Rugeley have moved from mining to distribution; the villages to the south commute to Wolverhampton.

Lichfield, Tamworth and the villages between

A cathedral city, a logistics town on the M42, a racecourse town, and the villages along the A38 between Burton and Lichfield. All within a short drive of Derby.

Chester and west Cheshire

A cathedral city with a visitor and professional economy, an industrial town on the Mersey, and the villages of the Cheshire countryside. Projects here run remotely, with a site visit where it earns its keep.

Warrington and the Mersey towns

Logistics, chemicals and technical services where three motorways meet, and the villages on Warrington's south side. Remote projects, with site visits where they help.

Mid Cheshire

The salt towns, still with salt and chemicals at their heart, and the commuter villages around them. Remote projects, with site visits where they help.

Crewe, Nantwich and south Cheshire

A railway and automotive engineering town, a food and drink market town, and the villages towards Shropshire. Remote projects, with site visits where they help.

East Cheshire

Macclesfield's technical supply chain and market, and the towns and villages south of Manchester where independents and practices are held to a high standard. Remote projects, with site visits where they help.