-
Greggs: From North East Bakery to Britain’s Food-to-Go Powerhouse
Greggs is one of the most remarkable British retail stories of the last century. It began as a small North East bakery business, delivering eggs and yeast by pushbike to families in Newcastle. Today it is…
-
SOAR Analysis
A SOAR analysis is a strategic planning tool used to help an organisation focus on what it does well, identify future opportunities, define what it wants to become, and agree the results that will show progress.…
-
Scenario Planning
Scenario planning is a strategic planning tool used to explore different possible futures and test how an organisation, project, policy or business model might perform under changing conditions. It is not about predicting the future. It…
-
Risk Register
A risk register is a practical management tool used to record, assess, manage and monitor risks that could affect an organisation, project, service, programme or decision. At its simplest, a risk register answers five important questions:…
-
Balanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and performance management tool used to translate an organisation’s strategy into clear objectives, measures, targets and actions. It was developed to solve a common management problem: organisations often measure…
-
Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas is a strategic planning tool used to describe, test and improve the way an organisation creates, delivers and captures value. It is most often presented as a single-page visual framework made up…
-
TOWS Analysis
A TOWS analysis is a strategic planning tool used to convert SWOT analysis into practical strategic options. Where SWOT identifies Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, TOWS goes a step further. It asks how those factors interact…
-
Porter’s Five Forces
Porter’s Five Forces is one of the most important strategy tools in modern business thinking. It helps organisations understand the competitive pressures within an industry and how those pressures affect profitability, pricing power, risk and strategic…
-
PESTLE analysis
A PESTLE analysis is a strategic planning tool used to examine the external factors that may affect an organisation, project, market, service or decision. It looks beyond the organisation itself and considers the wider environment in…
-
SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis is a practical planning method used to assess the internal and external factors that may affect an organisation, project or decision. It considers four key areas: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. In simple…
