Client list and recommendations
With my wide set of skills, knowledge, experience and contacts, I am highly flexible and adaptable enabling me to effectively develop, manage, deliver and support varied projects for a large range of clients.
Since establishing my consultancy business in January 2006, I have successfully completed multiple projects for clients including:
- Mersey Basin Campaign
- Neighbourhoods Northwest
- University of Salford
- RENEW Northwest (Regional Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Communities, now part of NWDA)
- Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council
- Media Training North West (now incorporated within Northwest Vision and Media, film, television and digital media development agency)
- Creative Concern (issues-based communications consultancy)
- Manchester: Knowledge Capital (public private partnership progressing Manchester’s global knowledge economy)
- ENWORKS (environmental business support programme)
- Northern Edge (university network for the creative industries across the Northern Way)
- Academy for Sustainable Communities (now encorporated within the Homes and Communities Agency)
- Elevate East Lancashire (Housing Market Renewal pathfinder, now Regenerate Pennine Lancashire)
- Achieving Cumbrian Excellence (local authority capacity building programme)
- Burns Collett (creative industries research and project management consultancy)
- CIDA (Cultural Industries Development Agency)
Recommendations
“Holly brings real commitment to any project she manages. She’s thorough, professional and ultimately totally reliable and has brought a fresh sense of strategic perspective to the several projects we have worked with her on.” - endorsement from Lynne McCadden, MD, Northwest Vision and Media
“Holly provides the rare combination of a strategic thinker who has a strong sense of practical delivery and excellent project management skills. What’s more, Holly has the contacts and the knowledge of the region which is a real added bonus and can give your project a head start.” - endorsement from Chris Dessent, MD, Creative Concern
Numerous further references are available on my LinkedIn profile.




