strategic services

Evaluate, transform, and manage business growth

Shipley’s Business Growth clients have achieved:

260% increase in orders
420% return on BD expenditure

Build sustainable competitive advantage, achieve measurable success and enhance sales effectiveness

Shipley Business Growth is led by our Strategic Services Director, Paul Deighton

‘Paul is a pleasure to work with, he brings sensibility, focus and a lot of fun to everything he does. I'd highly recommend working with him - and look forward to our next project.’

Rikki Douglas, VP Sales, Ultra Group

Organisational Assessment

Assess your organisation’s competitiveness using the Business Growth Capability Maturity Model.

Win more major contracts without relying on heroics and extended working hours, reducing stress and burnout.

Organisations that apply higher maturity business growth practices consistently outperform those that do not

Personality testing for business winning performance

Skills are half the story; behaviours are the other. We combine Saville Wave psychometric assessments with Shipley BD expertise to develop people, enhance performance, and accelerate their career growth

Shipley CaptureBench

Shipley CaptureBench is an objective assessment method that evaluates your Capture Plan against best practice.

Once your Capture Plan is processed, you will receive practical advice to improve your likelihood of winning.

Shipley BidBench

Shipley BidBench is an objective assessment method that evaluates your Proposal against Shipley best practice

Once your Bid/Proposal is processed, you will receive practical advice to improve your competitive advantage.

Interview with Dan East, Win Work Director at Core Highways

Dan East, Win Work Director at Core Highways, interviewed by Debbie from Shipley UK, on his experiences working with us

Interview with Christian Fry, Business Development and Tendering Director at Alstom SS&I UK&I

This 5-minute video is a testimonial from Christian Fry, Business Development and Tendering Director at  Alstom SS&I UK&I.  It comes in the form of a video interview with  Brad Douglas of Shipley.  It tells the story of how, in the UK&I,  Alstom SS&I took the time to benchmark their business winning capabilities, using BD-CMM®, decide what they needed to improve and begin that improvement path.  Make sure that you watch it through to the end as Christian shares the incredible results that Alstom SS&I UK&I has achieved, so far.

Why choose Shipley UK's business growth service?

20 years of supporting UK businesses achieve their growth aspirations
Authors of the Business Growth Capability Maturity Model
Evidence-Led Transformation
Ready to elevate your business to new heights?

What is our business growth service based on?

Shipley’s Business Growth Consulting services are based on The Business Growth Capability Maturity Model Version 3 (BG3)

BG3 outlines the seven key actions required to achieve a higher win rate and higher value contracts:

  1. Establishing a business case for growth using data
  2. Identifying capability drivers to provide clear project focus
  3. Assuring internal positioning to achieve employee buy-in
  4. Identifying stakeholders and contributors to the project
  5. Planning with a realistic schedule
  6. Providing a solid evidence base for innovation
  7. Recommended actions so that you can execute your BG goals
Sipley | Business Growth Capability Maturity Model 3