Forum 21, Cambridge and Dublin, provides specialist training and consulting services to organisations engaged in business development support. Our clients include banks, other consulting companies, audit practices seeking to develop consulting capability and publicly funded business development support organisations. What they have in common is a desire to build best practice capability in understanding and servicing their marketplace.

Best Practice In The Business Of Economic Development

Forum 21 has undertaken key economic development planning and implementation projects on behalf of the EU, The World Bank and the UNDP as well as development agencies throughout the UK and Ireland. Projects have included national, regional, local and sector development strategies and policy, structure and skill development projects for Foreign Investment Promotion and Business Development Support organisations.

Creating And Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Forum 21 also works with high potential individual businesses seeking to create and exploit competitive advantage. Our proprietary change planning process is designed to help such businesses define a clear and unambiguous “bulls-eye” and a “flight path” thereto.