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Research for Business
inc. Publishers Research Services (PResS)
 
Postal Address:
17 Coldstream Lane
Hardingstone
Northampton NN4 6DB
United Kingdom
 
Telephone / Fax:
01604 763628
 
Overseas Telephone / Fax:
+44 1604 763628
 
Email:
 

Research for Business
is part of
Bowline Consulting Ltd
 


Bowline Consulting Ltd
 
Bowline Consulting is an independent company providing first class business consultancy services to major UK financial services organisations.

Based in the heart of England for over 5 years with clients spread across the UK, we are a company which prides itself on delivering high quality business solutions and support at competitive prices. 

Our abiding operating principle is to ensure that our customers receive the best - no matter how small or large the client or assignment is.
Our customers are particularly impressed by:
  • our practical solutions & support to their complex problems
  • the value for money we offer on all of our services
  • the personal relationship we build with them
Our Services        
 
Bowline Consulting has a range of services in its portfolio - all of which can be tailored to specific client needs. It services are designed principally for clients in the Financial Services sector.
 
Project Management & Consultancy
We can provide hands-on support and consultancy for business-related projects and can provide experienced Project/Programme Manager resource to help create, implement and manage client projects.

Programme/Project Office Support
With a wide range of knowledge gained in different project environments, we can create and build basic Programme/Project Office operating models including all the required procedures to ensure full control of specific Programmes and/or Projects.
 
Business Process Improvement
Improving business processes is a fast growing yet often misunderstood discipline. With the experience obtained from working with some key financial services institutions, we can provide support and consultancy to clients in their bottom-line improvement imperatives.
 
Previous Assignments
 
Bowline Consulting has worked with a range of clients in the UK on varying projects, which have included:

Credit Card arm of UK “Big 4” Retail bank

  • Provision of programme management office capability to support the implementation of a new cards processing platform for back office servicing of new applications. Management of change requests, programme go / no go criteria.
  • Led the implementation of the same system into the Telephony sales team in a contact centre (90 agents).
  • Provision of programme office support to enable instant decisioning capability through Branch applications.    

Intranet based UK Credit Card Company 

  • Identification and design of settlement and reconciliation workflow processes to support creation of a new call centre for the IPO launch.
  • Design and implementation of third party call centre support services for an on-line motor insurance application. Management of user testing.
  • Set up and management of programme management office capability across credit collections & technology infrastructure workstreams, with a combined annual budget of £15m. Matrix management of smaller projects, management of budgets, programme plans and RAIDs.
London operating arm of a major UK Retail bank
  • Risk management assessment and identification of critical processes for Y2K testing. Management of end to end testing. Completion of associate project documentation utilising prince 2 methodology.
  • Intermediary between the wealth management division & its retail bank technology arms on system integration and data migration issues during transfer of bank records to the acquiring bank systems. Secured the provision of test environments. Supported defect resolution, stakeholder managed delivery of technology changes to legacy wealth management systems. 
Global Financial Services provider 
  • Interim project management support to plan business testing of a new front end Agent application across the group’s 6 contact centres and 5000 staff.
  • Preparation of programme wide test strategy document, business testing project plan & development of resource model to determine testing staff requirements. 
 
Contact us
 
For more information about Bowline Consulting or about any our services, please contact Rob Hudson by email or telephone 07973 919754.

Created and designed by WSI
2009