One of the fastest growing specialist estates consultancies in the country is celebrating its 10th year in business. Shared Agenda has grown its team of expert consultants over the last decade leading strategic business case work, estates advice, project management and developments for a range of clients.
From its roots in East Yorkshire, the business now works with high-profile public sector clients in health and education across the country.
Shared Agenda now has 70% of its team qualified to the Better Business Cases™ Practitioner* standard to allow them to help public sector organisations prepare sound and effective business cases for key strategic projects.
Through its sister company, Parallel Data Intelligence, the team have even more insight at their fingertips, allowing them to support decision making across estates and service challenges that their clients face, with future proofing, efficiency planning and decarbonisation becoming more and more important.
Tim Wigglesworth, CEO of Shared Agenda, said:
“The key to our success over the last 10 years has been the team of talented professionals we have within the business. Starting out with a team of five, we’ve now grown to 30. Part of our core business strategy has been to develop our own talent, and we’ve had huge success with our graduate programme, many of whom have grown with the business and now take more senior roles.
“I’d like to thank our clients and partners who’ve been on this journey with us over the years and played a huge part in our success – we’ve always been focussed on making a difference and feel privileged to have been able to work on so many transformational projects that have had an impact on improving people’s lives across the country.”
One of the first graduates recruited at Shared Agenda has now been recognised as one of the top talents in the region through the Top 30 Under 30 Awards. Issy Whitelock, who joined as a graduate in 2017 has progressed rapidly and now acts as a Consultant, leading on numerous complex projects across the health and education sector.
Issy said;
“I’m honoured to be recognised in this year’s Top 30 Under 30 and it’s testament to the focus Shared Agenda put on helping people to develop. We work in a fast-paced environment and we’re continually developing our skills to make sure we can meet the ever-changing needs of our clients.
“We have a great team of professionals, and I for one enjoy being able to nurture the next generation of talent coming through the business through our graduate scheme. The fact that we’re celebrating 10 years in business is really exciting – here’s to the next 10!”
Off the back of winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity as part of the wider Sewell Group, Shared Agenda pledged to continue its investment in graduates, apprentices, trainees, and work experience placements every year.
Latest recruit, Tom Lowe, started his career with Sewell Construction fresh from secondary school as a Management Trainee, before leaving the business to work with a Tier 1 contractor to expand his horizons. Seven years later, he has re-joined the Group as a Project Manager for Shared Agenda. Tom said;
“As I progressed quickly in a national organisation, my values and behaviours remained the same as those which were first introduced to me at Sewell.
“Further into my career, I became much more exposed to client, contract, and project management duties, particularly when leading teams on several NHS projects. It was during this time I realised where I saw my career heading as I loved the client-side role and was able to call upon my former Sewell network to seek an opportunity to come back.
“I soon realised the culture in the group had remained, which was something I really missed! I’m delighted to be back, this time with Shared Agenda who have grown exponentially since I’ve been away. Exciting times ahead!”
