About Our Consultancy Services

‘AWICS’ provides a wide range of management consultancy services including General Management, Financial Management and Housing Management.

Our broad experience enables us to provide management consultancy and support on a wide range of management issues. For example, we have assisted a number of clients with Business Plans and Best Value Reviews. This has included gathering and analysing data, preparing financial projections and financial models, and drafting and presenting reports. We have advised local authorities on many aspects of financial management including accounting, budgeting, financial information systems and borrowing strategies. We have advised on Value for Money strategies, procurement strategies and how to achieve economy, efficiency, effectiveness and value for money in practice. We have assisted local authorities in the procurement of services including Repairs and Maintenance and Environmental Services.

We have developed a specialism in housing and housing finance including Housing Revenue Account Business Planning, Housing Stock Options Appraisals, Finance of Housing Associations, Housing Inspection and Independent Tenants’ Advice.

We have developed bespoke financial models for a number of clients including: Business Planning, Setting Rents and Service Charges and Development of New Social and Shared-Ownership housing.

Our aim is to provide high quality advice that is relevant to the needs of our clients. We always seek and welcome feedback and consistently receive positive feedback from clients. Our Mission Statement is ‘Independence, Integrity, Value’ and this is reflected in our advice being based on objective information, good quality analysis and good value for money.

Our management consultants are selected, not only for their professional qualifications, knowledge and experience, but also for their ability to analyse complex and technical issues and explain them to a wide range of people. Their fields of expertise include Finance, Housing Management, Regeneration and Information Technology.

Recent clients have included: Basildon District Council, Birmingham City Council, Canterbury District Council, Carlisle City Council, Enfield Borough Council, Fenland District Council, Government Office East, Government Office East Midlands, Government Office London, Government Office Southwest, Halton Borough Council, Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council, Harlow District Council, Scottish Housing Regulator, Southwark Borough Council, South Derbyshire District Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council and Warrington Borough Council.

We are constantly expanding the range of management consultancy services that we offer and the range of clients that we serve.