Collinson Grant

93% - includes implementation
85% - is to do with organisation, costs and people
65% - focuses on major corporate restructuring and cost reduction
39% - takes place outside the United Kingdom
18% - is the United States and Canada
19% – is in mainland Europe, including Scandinavia and the emerging economies of the former eastern bloc
22% - arises from relationships with non-executive directors or external investors
187,000 – is the number of people employed by companies that we provide direct support to on managing human resources
7 - the number of unions we negotiated directly with last year
8 - the countries outside the UK where we have done major restructuring programmes – Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United States.

28% - of our work measured by volume of fees was for companies with turnovers in excess of £5 billion
16 - of our top thirty clients had sales of more than £1 billion
16 - had been clients for more than twenty years
£76 million - was the largest cost saving achieved with a single client
10 : 1 - is the minimum return we expect clients to show from investing in our services
£48 million – the savings found in a single government department
18% of our work arose from relationships with non-executive directors or external investors
8 - major American and Canadian firms use our support in their European operations.

100% - have held senior managerial jobs, often in multinational companies
45% - have been top managers outside the UK, with responsibility for operations in mainland Europe, the United States and/or globally
54% - have higher degrees and/or other professional qualifications
47 - is their average age
12 years - is the average consultant’s experience before leading major assignments
83% - come from a non-consultancy background. Their performance has been measured by the attainment of managerial targets.