Interim Project Management

The demand for interim manager services is growing as businesses recognise the benefits and expertise that Interim's can bring to the table.
Increasingly the world's leading Fortune 500, FTSE 100 corporations and SMEs are seeking Interim's across all age groups to deliver key business expertise.

Benefits to organisations of employing Interim's

Aston & Co have operated in the emerging interim market since foundation in 1997 and now have a demonstrable track record of achievement across a diverse range of projects. We specialise in the provision of project management, project assurance and planning consultancy services.

Project Management

As a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Building Surveying Division), qualified PRINCE2 Practitioner and with an inspirational, innovative and practical approach to problem solving you can be assured that whatever your project Aston & Co UK can help deliver a solution.

See our example projects for an indication of some of the challenges that we have tackled.

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Planning Consultancy

Aston & Co have tackled some challenging assignments on behalf of clients and achieved consent against client expectation.
Having worked as Agent in the submission of applications and on contract to Local Planning Authorities in the determination of applications we understand the system challenges well and can offer sound practical advice.

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Project Assurance

An increasing number of Project Boards are finding it useful to undertake Project Assurance to ensure that key projects are being well run and managed, to identify and risk exposure and assist in ensuring successful project delivery.

In PRINCE2 Project Assurance is a valuable and practical concept.
It provides the Project Board with a review of how the project is performing in delivering the business objective independent of the Project Manager.

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Strategic Property Advice

Aston & Co UK have provided strategic property advice to the Board of NTL, Pinnacle Towers UK and MoD.
In many cases Aston & Co has then be retained to implement the plan. This is always a true test of paper exercises that recommend strategy and potential benefits.
If the strategy is right then the results can and will be delivered. Aston & Co has not only recommended but implemented to the delight of customers.

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Acquisition

The identification, negotiation and acquisition of commercial sites.
An international satellite teleport site was successfully identified and acquired for NTL after an extensive UK search.

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Office Relocation and Space Optimisation

Aston & Co have organised the temporary relocation of staff to premises prior to final move into a new HQ, the permanent relocation of staff to new premises and the transition from cellular offices to open plan working.

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Business Integration

Aston & Co UK have provided project co-ordination services to the Mergers and Acquisitions team of a large blue chip company in order to ensure successful integration of the acquired businesses into the parent.

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Other

Aston & Co UK have provided business strategy and support to the CEO of a UK start up including successful fund raising of £40m private equity and £200m debt finance from the UK and US markets.

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PRINCE2 - The Benefits

PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments), is a widely used project management method, which navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful project.
Since its introduction in 1989 as a government standard for IT project management, PRINCE2 has been taken on by both the public and private sectors and is now recognised as a de facto standard for project management.

PRINCE2 is a flexible method and although originally designed for the management of IT projects it is now aimed at all other types of project.

PRINCE2 takes all the simple and obvious lessons learned by thousands of professionals in the past 20-odd years and presents them in a checklist for present clients, managers and their teams. OGC (Office of Government Commerce) own the methodology.

The APM Group (APMG) is the Certification Body and is responsible for the running of examinations and accreditation of training organisations (ATOs), trainers, consulting organisations (ACOs) and consultants.

Effective use of PRINCE2 ensures that when an organisation embarks upon a project it is only commenced and continued so long as a valid business case remains.

Jeremy Aston of Aston & Co UK is a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner:

www.p2registeredpractitioner.com
www.prince2.org.uk
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