CHAMBER NEWS
Support helps drive transport planners
A package of business support helped a Nottingham-based sustainable transport consultancy continue the growth journey that landed it a major merger deal with a multinational firm. Integrated Transport Planning
(ITP), which seeks to address 21st century mobility challenges through green transport planning and research, worked with the D2N2 UpScaler project to become a more “vision-led business”. Key staff, including managing
director Jon Parker, attended events on strategic HR, scale-up performance, supplier development, customer needs, employer brand and strategic marketing – giving them confidence in their structure for growth and helping to identify where they needed to invest. Support from the programme,
which comes to an end this month, played a key role in securing investment from Dutch multinational engineering consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV, giving it a platform to further its transport planning offer across the world. Jon said: “All the events were
really well organised and the business advisers we dealt with were invaluable. They enabled us to think about things in a way that we hadn’t really thought about before to get a new perspective on where we stand as a business.” ITP was set up in 1998 and
employs 40 people, including a multi-disciplinary team of skilled professionals. The company researches, designs, implements, monitors and evaluates transport initiatives for public and private sector clients. It offers advice on how to support an increase in walking, cycling and public transport use by creating transport systems that are safe, sustainable, fair and accessible for all. It was named Nottinghamshire
Business of the Year at the Chamber’s Business Awards in 2019 after building international trade to about 35% of its turnover. To reassess their market position
and customer offering, Jon and his team used the start of the first national lockdown as an opportunity to learn more about how to continue developing and growing.
D2N2 UpScaler business coaches have helped Integrated Transport Planning get on the road to success. Inset: Jon Parker (left) and ITP founder Colin Brader
The D2N2 UpScaler business
coaches also offered one-to-one support and mentoring, while signposting ITP to further local support initiatives. And a graduate talent grant from Nottingham Trent University enabled it to recruit and support a new member of staff. Jon also praised the convenience
of the scheme, adding: “It didn’t demand a lot of time out of the office, which is good, because it didn’t focus too much of our attention away from running the business.” The D2N2 UpScaler project,
delivered in partnership with Nottingham Business School has
supported 250 SMEs – with a combined workforce of 3,550 people and £435m turnover – across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire since November 2018.
For more information, visit
d2n2lep.org/project/upscaler
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