Strategy sprints: Building a strategic innovation culture
Standing still is arguably the greatest threat to sustaining competitive advantage. In a landscape in which new technologies are disrupting…
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How to address uncertainty within your business strategy
There is one word that is closely associated with the overall Brexit discussion, and that is uncertainty. In terms of…
Reflections from the NatWest FinTech Accelerator Demo Day – September 2019
In February 2018 Whitecap Consulting and NatWest announced the a national series of events called the UK FinTech Forum. The…
Need help with your retail distribution strategy and scaling your FMCG product?
In this blog, Whitecap Associate and retail specialist Nick Parkes outlines the challenges faced by many product owners trying to…
West Midlands to conduct regional FinTech Ecosystem research
The research commences at a time when the UK’s FinTech sector is now said to be generating £6.6 billion in…
A Q&A with Lal Tawney
1. Why being a member is important? For me, it’s about opportunity. I want to be part of the…
Five Essential Tests of Good Business Strategy
A successful business strategy can be measured in several ways; however, fundamentally it is about creating value for the organisation…
Whitecap to lead regional FinTech research projects in Bristol, Leeds and North East
The research projects commence at a time when the UK’s FinTech sector is now said to be generating £6.6 billion…
Commercial Due Diligence – Five key observations
Over the past couple of years, the Whitecap team has found itself increasingly being asked to support investment transactions, usually…
Could internal collaboration cause the demise of structure charts?
As a strategy consultancy, we work on assignments across sectors helping define the vision and strategic aims, evaluating options, and…
“10 Commandments” of Business Strategy
“In the light of today’s fast-changing markets, we can synthesize the last forty years of strategy-making into ten fundamental rules…
Technology has taken over the world – literally: Things to learn from big tech
Over the last 3 years Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have not only become the four most valuable companies in…
Corporate Governance, Strategy Development and Implementation: A new regime to support logic and good business sense
Given Whitecap’s focus on strategy development and strategy implementation, this blog reviews these requirements, which only relate to a small…
20 essential stats about UK FinTech
Whitecap contributed to the report, co-authoring the Northern Powerhouse section with Chris Sier, the HM Treasury FinTech Envoy and Chairman…
Manufacturers need 20:20 Vision
While reviewing the Q1 release of manufacturing competitiveness and output surveys from MakeUK (formerly EEF) and KPMG, the gap between…