Night Time Economy Solutions

What Night Time Economy Solutions does

Night Time Economy Solutions Ltd (NTES) is a UK-based consultancy founded in 2016 and headquartered in Beeston, England. The company specialises in night-time economy strategy, safety, training, fundraising, and cultural development, serving local authorities, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners (OPCCs), nightlife venues, and arts and music organisations. NTES is led by founder Jo Cox-Brown, who is described in the company's own materials as one of the world's leading experts in night-time economy management, licensing, and placemaking with over 16 years shaping national and local policy.

The core product offering is built around a proprietary eight-pillar methodology for night-time economy assessment, which NTES has digitised into four standalone digital toolkits — the Night-Time Data Toolkit, Night-Time Engagement Toolkit, Night-Time Audit Toolkit, and the combined Night-Time Economy Review Programme — alongside professional services in training, strategy consultancy, and grant-writing/fundraising support. List prices for the toolkits range from £1,795 to £7,495 annually, currently offered at a 50% Founding Client discount in exchange for first-delivery feedback. The platform is delivered via the company's website (nighttimeeconomy.com) on a product-led growth basis, supported by a blog, email newsletter, and four social media profiles.

NTES is a privately held, founder-led limited company with no disclosed institutional investors, no subsidiaries, no parent entity, and only one external funding event recorded (a £62,224 Innovate UK grant on 2023-06-07). Headcount is reported in the 1-10 range and the source data names only two customers (Dalston Superstore and Newark and Sherwood District Council). The company claims a geographic footprint spanning the UK, Ireland, North America, and Europe, but most operational evidence is UK-centric. There are no disclosed AI, API, or integration capabilities, and the proprietary value sits in codified domain methodology rather than software infrastructure.

Name

Night Time Economy Solutions

Legal name

Night Time Economy Solutions Ltd

Website

https://nighttimeeconomy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Night Time Economy Solutions is a UK-based consultancy founded in 2016 that helps councils, BIDs, OPCCs, and arts organisations develop night-time economy strategy, safety, training, and fundraising — offering four digital toolkits alongside training and consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting — Night-Time Economy Strategy and Public Safety Advisory

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)

Keywords

• Night-time economy consulting
• Public safety training
• Strategy advisory services
• Fundraising support
• Digital assessment toolkits

Headquarters

HQ city

Beeston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Digital Toolkits: Sale of structured digital toolkits for night-time economy assessment - Night-Time Data Toolkit, Engagement Toolkit, Audit Toolkit, and Review Programme at discounted founding client rates
2. Training Courses: Flexible training courses for teams covering safer spaces, strategy development, and fundraising for night-time economies
3. Strategy Consultancy: Full consultancy support for councils, BIDs and organizations requiring personalized strategy development
4. Fundraising Support: Digital-first approach to grant writing and fundraising support for artists, venues, and organisations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Night Time Economy Solutions (NTES) sells structured digital toolkits and consultancy services that help councils, Business Improvement Districts, Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners, nightlife venues, and arts/culture organisations assess and improve their night-time economies. Its core product set — the Night-Time Data Toolkit, Night-Time Engagement Toolkit, Night-Time Audit Toolkit, and Night-Time Economy Review Programme — digitises a proprietary eight-pillar night-time economy methodology into self-directed programmes, complemented by training courses, strategy consulting, and fundraising/grants support.

Product overview

Night Time Economy Solutions (NTES) offers a suite of digital-first consultancy services and structured digital toolkits for night-time economy strategy, safety, training, and fundraising. The core product portfolio consists of four standalone digital toolkits (Night-Time Data Toolkit, Night-Time Engagement Toolkit, Night-Time Audit Toolkit, and Night-Time Economy Review Programme) that can be used independently or together as a complete review programme. These are complemented by professional services in Training, Strategy, and Fundraising support. The digital toolkits are designed to democratize access to consultancy-grade methodology, allowing councils, BIDs, and OPCCs to conduct assessments independently with expert frameworks built in.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Night-Time Data Toolkit A consultancy-grade digital toolkit for night-time data collection and analysis, designed for councils, BIDs, and OPCCs to conduct data-driven assessments of the night-time economy independently using NTES's expert frameworks and interactive tools.
• Night-Time Engagement Toolkit A structured digital programme that guides councils, BIDs, OPCCs, and community organisations through a comprehensive night-time engagement assessment with stakeholders, using interactive tools and expert frameworks.
• Night-Time Audit Toolkit A self-directed digital toolkit that enables teams to conduct comprehensive night-time economy audits at their own pace using NTES's consultancy methodology and structured audit framework.
• Night-Time Economy Review Programme A comprehensive digital programme covering all eight pillars of NTES's night-time economy methodology, combining the standalone Data, Engagement, and Audit toolkits into a complete strategy and review programme for councils, BIDs, and OPCCs.
• Training Courses Flexible training courses for teams covering safer spaces, night-time economy strategy development, and related topics, delivered as part of NTES's digitalised training offering.
• Strategy Consultancy Full consultancy support for councils, BIDs, OPCCs, and organisations requiring personalised night-time economy strategy development, from grassroots projects through to national frameworks.
• Fundraising and Grants Support A digital-first grant writing and fundraising support service that helps artists, venues, and organisations unlock resources with expert guidance at every step of the fundraising process.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sound Diplomacy: UK-headquartered consultancy advising cities and organisations on music, culture and night-time economy strategy; directly comparable to NTES in target buyers (councils, BIDs, venues) and service mix (policy, strategy, placemaking).
• BOP Consulting: Boutique consultancy serving arts, culture and night-time economy clients on strategy, evaluation and policy; comparable to NTES in delivery model (advisory work for cultural/public sector clients) and target market (cultural organisations, local authorities).
• AEA Consulting: Arts management and strategy consultancy working with cultural institutions, foundations and city agencies on planning and impact; overlapping mission and methodology with NTES for cultural/night-time strategy work.

Emerging players

• The Audience Agency: Data and insight-led consultancy for the cultural and night-time sectors in the UK, including audience research and benchmarking; comparable to NTES's data and audit toolkit offerings.
• Granicus: GovTech platform vendor to local and central government; adjacent comparable to NTES in go-to-market (digital product sold to councils and public bodies) and customer channel, even though the underlying use case is communications rather than NTE strategy.

Others

• Night Time Industries Association: UK trade body representing night-time economy operators and lobbying policymakers; not a direct competitor but an adjacent ecosystem player that overlaps with NTES's policy and stakeholder engagement work.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering and placemaking consultancy with city development and night-time economy practices serving major councils; comparable because it competes for the same large council strategy mandates as NTES.
• Mott MacDonald: International consultancy with public sector strategy and placemaking teams serving local authorities; broad incumbent competing for the same councils and BID-level NTE strategy spend.
• KPMG Public Sector Advisory: Big Four public sector practice delivering strategy, transformation and policy advice to UK central and local government; competes for the same council advisory budgets as NTES though at much larger ticket sizes.
• PwC UK Public Sector: Big Four practice advising UK councils and police bodies on strategy, transformation and policy, including culture and place; a large incumbent against which NTES bids for council work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NTEconomy
• Facebookfacebook.com/NTEconomy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/nighttimeeconomysolutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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