STRATEGY • DELIVERY • COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM
I work where strategy has to survive contact with the real world.
I help businesses, places and public-facing organisations turn good intentions into clear priorities, coordinated action and commercial momentum.
600+ businesses advised
Former managing director and board director
Council and Business Support Experience
Sport, hospitality, venues and regeneration
FROM GOOD INTENTIONS TO REAL PROGRESS
Having a plan is not the same as making it happen.
Most businesses and organisations don’t lack ideas, ambition or good people.
The difficulty is turning them into something coordinated, commercially effective and sustainable. Priorities compete. Decisions don’t always become action. The urgent crowds out the important. Plenty appears to be happening, but not enough is genuinely moving forward.
That’s where I work best. I help people understand what is really happening, decide what matters most and turn it into practical action bringing experience, commercial judgement, new ideas and honest challenge to the conversation.
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Competing priorities
When everything feels important, the urgent wins and the work that could create real progress keeps slipping.
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Decisions not becoming action
Good conversations and sensible plans stall because ownership, focus or follow-through is missing.
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Activity without enough momentum
People are busy, but the effort is not producing the commercial progress or organisational change it should.
WHO I HELP
Businesses, places and public-facing organisations.
I work with leaders and organisations facing growth, change or delivery challenges, particularly where commercial thinking, stakeholder expectations and day-to-day reality all need to align.
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Businesses and leadership teams
Clearer priorities, stronger decisions and practical support to turn plans into progress.
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Places and public-facing organisations
Councils, destinations and business-support programmes working to create sustainable economic and community impact.
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Sport, venues, hospitality and culture
Organisations where commercial performance, operations, customer experience and reputation all meet.
WAYS TO WORK WITH ME
Different challenges need different kinds of support.
I work flexibly, from focused advice and independent challenge through to consultancy projects, board-level support and workshops.
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Consultancy and delivery
Focused support for strategies, projects and organisational challenges where clear direction and practical implementation both matter.
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Strategic and board advisory
Independent perspective, commercial judgement and constructive challenge for leaders, boards and organisations navigating change.
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Speaking and workshops
Practical, engaging sessions on strategy, delivery, business support and the realities of running organisations that face the public.
SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Experienced help when you need to think something through properly.
Not every business challenge requires a large consultancy project. Sometimes you need a focused conversation about a decision or problem. Sometimes you need ongoing structure, challenge and accountability.
Structured 90 Day Support
£625 / month
A three-month advisory and accountability relationship for business owners who need more than a one-off conversation.
- An initial 90-minute working session
- Five further 60-minute meetings over three months
- Online through Microsoft Teams or in person around Burnley
- A clear and evolving 90-day plan
- Priorities and actions agreed after each meeting
- Challenge, ideas and accountability
- Reasonable questions between meetings
- A further 90-day plan to carry forward at the end
One particular decision?
Focused business advice session
£95
You provide some background in advance so we can use the time well. We work through what is happening, explore the available options and agree practical next steps.
About Simon
Experience earned where decisions have consequences.
I’ve run organisations, not only advised them.
I’m Simon Brooke, an experienced adviser, consultant, former managing director and board director based in Lancashire.
I have worked with hundreds of business owners and inside organisations ranging from football clubs and venues to councils, business-support programmes and community projects.
My style is straightforward and collaborative. I listen properly, challenge honestly, offer ideas and help turn the conversation into something useful.
Free business support check
What does your business need next?
Answer ten short questions to find out whether you need a practical tool, a focused advice session or ongoing business support.
- Takes around 1–2 minutes
- Gives you a clear, practical recommendation
- No contact details required to see your result
Please do not include confidential, financial-account or sensitive personal information.
Question 1 of 10
Working out what would help most…
EARLY-STAGE BUSINESS SUPPORT
Just starting your business?
Small Business Next Steps is a separate home for practical, self-guided support for people in the earliest stages of building a business.
SMALL BUSINESS NEXT STEPS
First-Year Business Check-Up
A practical resource to help you review the foundations of your business, spot the gaps and decide what to tackle next.
Let’s talk
Ready to turn good intentions into progress?
Whether you need a fresh perspective, focused advice or a more structured piece of work, start with a short conversation.