Opportunity knocks for building societies and FinTechs
Kicking off with the first article, published during UK FinTech Week, Julian Wells, director at Whitecap Consulting, looks at the…
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New report highlights strong sources of differentiation for the building society sector
The research for the report involved a quantitative data analysis of all 43 building societies, interviews with 33 building society…
The Kalifa Review: 10 data points about UK FinTech
As part of our work analysing the UK’s regional FinTech ecosystems the team at Whitecap has spent a lot of…
MKBLP Panel 06/04/21 – All Things Strategy Related
On Tuesday 6th April, Whitecap Consulting’s Lal Tawney will be joining fellow MKBLP member, Professor Cliff Bowman of Cranfield University,…
The Kalifa Review – Regional FinTech Reflections
There was much to digest in the highly-anticipated Kalifa Review published on Friday 26th February. Whitecap’s deep involvement in the…
The Covid pandemic has accelerated numerous aspects of business in various market sectors; is Social Purpose one of them?
In this blog, Richard Coates, Whitecap’s Managing Director, explores some of the key themes associated with Social Purpose: why it’s…
Achieving Peak Performance – Part 1
There are many areas of overlap between the world of business and elite sport, with a desire to improve performance…
Innovation: A key driver for business recovery and growth
As a regional consultancy helping clients analyse, develop and implement growth strategies, Whitecap Consulting is acutely aware of the impact…
Closing the Regional Productivity Gap: 4 reasons why devolution in England is key
As a regional strategy consultancy with six offices across England, we have increasingly become involved with projects with English devolution…
Higher Education and AI: Student Retention Roundtable
In our first event focussing on Higher Education and Artificial Intelligence, Lal Tawney, Whitecap’s Practice Lead for Education, hosted a…
Time to review and reset your strategic plans
While 2020 was a year of uncertainty, with the need to react and adapt to the ever-changing COVID restrictions, 2021…
The Difficult Transition to Portfolio Company
Whitecap has worked on numerous transactions over recent years helping PE firms making investments of £1-10m in tech-driven firms in…
Whitecap to host roundtable on Student Retention in Higher Education and AI on 4th February 2021
In this first event of the series, Whitecap is running a roundtable in order to discuss the impact AI might…
Building Society Sector Research – ONLINE SURVEY
TAKE THE SURVEY The research addresses how the building society sector can differentiate itself in a competitive market, taking into…
Key tech adoption trends for 2021
Introduction Technology today is evolving at such a rapid pace, enabling much needed change, causing an ever-faster acceleration of the…