Era Ltd has an extensive
service, consultancy and product profile, supported by considerable in-house
and associate experience in all aspects of regeneration and economic and social
development. These are characterised by a method of working that builds new
working relationships with public, private and community sectors. There are
seven distinct aspects to this work, but increasingly these are being taken
up in combinations by clients seeking a more holistic approach to their particular
issues.
Analysis, Prospectus Building and Action Planning
This is a consultancy package
that can link up innovative thinking, research and analysis with the development
of a Prospectus detailing the programme requirements that arise from the work
and an Action Plan for their implementation. Era Ltd provides the research and
implementation teams and works closely with the client to build up and understand
the analysis and the way forward.
Era Ltd has developed this
high level and strategic consultancy service through the production of a number
of key reports that have influenced public policy in a variety of contexts.
Era Ltd has demonstrated the capacity to provide rigorous and leading edge thinking
and the capability to turn that into clear and innovative policy recommendations.
Era Ltd has the expertise,
project management skills and creative thinking to bring to bear in transforming
an idea into a vision and a vision into a reality on the ground. Such initiatives
require a range of knowledge, skills and attitudes from imagination to funding
and finance and to land and property development, programme planning and delivery.
Our partnerships provide the full range of land and property
development skills that are needed and an unparalleled imaginative and inclusive
vision for regeneration.
Era Ltd has an in-house
capacity and capability in shaping, building and managing publicly funded programmes,
supported by effective management and financial control systems.
This capability is available
on a fee or time-costed basis and has a significant reputation across the London
Region and beyond, reflected in a current portfolio worth £6 million.
This is an integral part
of the Era portfolio and is increasingly seen as the crucial adjunct of regeneration
and growth strategies. Era has developed a unique set of facilitated learning
events and resources, which enable individuals to address both themselves and
their organisations in an experiential and sharing way.
The package consists of:
Client diagnostics, needs analysis and customisation
Facilitated Gateway Events that engage with the primary issues of the self,
creativity, leadership and vision
Facilitated operational events that deal with the issues of self employment
and business requirements
Facilitated e-conferencing to sustain networking and access to practical e-learning
materials dealing with issues such as business planning, budgeting, cash flow
and marketing.
Era Ltd has developed the
most authoritative data bank on the creative economy in the UK. This is added
to as work is done for specific regions such as Slough and we are currently
building a more intelligent database that will enable more effective categorisation
and intelligent search. To view our portfolio
Era Ltd develops both virtual
and actual networks with a common developmental interest at national and international
level. We facilitate and maintain these networks through shared research, knowledge
management and events. Era Ltd is working closely with specialist broadcast
and e-learning companies to construct Web enabled environments that support
these networks through learning, training and performance improvement. Both
the National Network of Networks for Creative Industries and the
Grid for Creative London are examples of this aspect of work.