For People and Places

What For People and Places does

For People and Places is a London-based business growth and transformation consultancy founded in 2020 by Andrew Shapland. The firm operates as a privately held, founder-owned boutique with no disclosed external investors, serving public and private sector organisations that deliver support services — spanning healthcare, facilities management, housing, utilities, infrastructure, central government, and the built environment. A named enterprise client is Haleon (engagement scope: service optimisation across teams and sites following a major contract handover and TUPE transfer). The company's stated focus is service optimisation, work winning, digitalisation, and operational improvement, positioning itself as a specialist embedded-consultancy partner rather than a software or platform vendor.

The service portfolio is structured around 'FPP Core Services' (collaborative consulting across work winning, solution design, project management, and contract mobilisation) supplemented by a sub-brand called 'Powerbank' that provides additional capacity on demand. Additional service modules cover marketing, human resources, technology consulting, risk management, digitalisation of operations, and service optimisation. There is no proprietary software product, no API, no SDK, and no AI/ML component to the offering — the entire delivery model is human-led bespoke consulting. Pricing is quote-based with multi-year contracts, and the firm distributes through direct enterprise sales, website contact forms, WhatsApp, and email.

The firm employs approximately 15 people, almost all senior practitioners with 20–30 years of industry experience. Distribution is single-country (UK), there are no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents or trademarks, and no strategic partnerships disclosed. The team was built largely through individual senior hires rather than acquisition, and the founder remains the sole director after the 2025 departure of co-founder Sinéad Sibley.

Name

For People and Places

Legal name

For People and Places

Website

https://forppl.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

For People and Places is a UK-based boutique consultancy founded in 2020 that provides service optimisation, transformation, and bid-winning support to public and private sector support-services organisations. The 15-person senior team delivers bespoke embedded consulting engagements on a project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Business transformation consulting
• Service optimisation advisory
• Work winning support
• Bid management consulting
• Digital transformation advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

United Kingdom

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements providing business growth, service optimisation, transformation, and operational improvement services. Engagements include bid preparation, solution design, project management, contract mobilisation, digitalisation, and process optimisation. Revenue derived from client engagements on a project/consultation basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

For People and Places is a UK-based business growth and service optimisation consultancy that helps public and private sector organisations providing support services to cut through complexity, win new work, and embed lasting operational improvements. Engagements span work winning and bid preparation, solution design, project management, contract mobilisation, digitalisation, and process optimisation, delivered through embedded, co-creation partnerships with client teams. Revenue is earned through bespoke consulting fees rather than product or software sales.

Product overview

For People and Places is a business growth and transformation consultancy offering a unified service portfolio. The core offering is FPP Core Services, which provides collaborative consulting across work winning, solution design, project management, and contract mobilisation. This is supplemented by Powerbank for additional capacity needs. The portfolio also includes specialised consulting modules covering Marketing, Human Resources, Technology, Risk Management, Digitalisation of Operations, and Service Optimisation. The company serves public and private sector organisations providing support services, positioning itself as service optimisation specialists rather than a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Powerbank: An extra boost service offering under the For People and Places brand, providing additional support services to clients.

Products and services

• FPP Core Services Core consulting service offering that provides business growth and service optimisation through collaborative engagement, work winning strategies, solution design, project management, and contract mobilisation for public and private sector organisations.
• Powerbank Additional service offering providing extra capacity and resources to complement FPP Core Services, delivering exceptional results with experienced team support.
• Marketing Consulting Brand development and marketing strategy services to help clients reach target audiences through engaging content and social media growth.
• Human Resources Consulting Work environment optimisation, talent recruitment and retention, and performance management system development.
• Technology Consulting Business process streamlining through technology implementation, efficiency improvement, and tool/system identification for client needs.
• Risk Management Consulting Risk identification and mitigation services including contingency planning and business preparedness support.
• Digitalisation of Operations Digital confidence training and adoption support to streamline workflows, improve communication, and boost sustainability in complex operational environments.
• Service Optimisation Consulting Service alignment and team collaboration support to create shared understanding across teams and sites, optimising operations for clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Work demonstrably 4x faster following digitalisation project in highly regulated environment

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PA Consulting: Major UK-headquartered consulting firm covering strategy, operations, technology and transformation. Overlaps with FPP's service optimisation and transformation work but operates at vastly larger scale with a much broader portfolio.
• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with deep practices in operations and performance improvement. Comparable transformation value proposition but operates at global scale with substantially larger delivery teams.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader offering strategy, operations and organisational transformation. Competes with FPP for enterprise transformation mandates but at significantly larger scale and with a broader functional remit.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy where a current FPP team member previously led the highways bid team. Competes for advisory and transformation work in infrastructure and built-environment sectors that FPP also targets.

Direct peers

• Elixirr International: UK-listed challenger consultancy offering business transformation and growth advisory services to enterprise clients. Comparable in its boutique senior-consultant positioning and emphasis on measurable client outcomes.
• Proudfoot Consulting: Global operational improvement consultancy focused on transformation, productivity and change execution across support-services-adjacent industries. Closely comparable in its operational optimisation value proposition and senior-practitioner delivery model.
• Newton: UK-based operational and transformation consultancy serving similar enterprise and public-sector clients on operational improvement, change and service delivery. Closely comparable boutique-to-mid-sized consulting model focused on measurable operational outcomes.
• Cordence Worldwide: Global partnership of boutique management consultancies providing senior-led advisory services across strategy, operations and transformation. Directly comparable in its boutique, partnership-style operating model serving mid-to-large enterprise clients.

Others

• Houlihan Lokey: Global advisory firm with operational consulting practices serving corporate clients on transformation. Adjacent rather than directly overlapping given its finance-heavy focus, but competes for senior enterprise advisory relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/for-people-and-places

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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