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Trusted, challenging, and committed, Hayes Acuity brings 30 years’ experience helping organisations navigate complex railway and transport projects. Bridging the gap between technical experts and decision-makers, working closely with senior leaders, we provide strategic direction, challenge the status quo, and turn complex issues into business success.

Competitive Bidding
Maximise your chances of winning through structured, strategic support:

  • Develop winning bid strategies and assure your governance framework
  • Ensure tender compliance, score plans for quality, and mitigate risk
  • Strengthen your narrative with win-themes
  • Review workstream progress through customer, financial, and delivery lenses

Negotiation Support
Equip your team with the tools and insights to negotiate effectively:

  • Shape commercial strategies using robust assessment frameworks
  • Build persuasive, evidence-backed narratives that cover all options
  • Deliver financial analysis and recommendations to support your position

Business Case Development
Turn strategic intent into compelling, approvable business cases:

  • Define outcomes and strategic narratives aligned to client objectives
  • Collaborate with operational experts to develop functional plans
  • Map dependencies to ensure integrated delivery
  • Advise on procurement options liaising with legal teams
  • Lead financial and economic modelling
  • Engage stakeholders to build buy-in
  • Articulate benefits to support approvals
  • Deliver documentation aligned with the standards (such as UK Government’s 5-case model)

Advanced Modelling & Analysis
Deliver insight through innovative modelling:

  • Data Strategy – Deploy the predictive power of AI Machine Learning
  • Translate business issues for data scientists
  • Built on strong foundations modelling customer satisfaction, demand and revenue, and financial statements

UK Rail Sector Expertise
Deep understanding of the UK rail landscape:

  • Advise on implications of industry reforms
  • Support new market entrants
  • Lead mobilisation and demobilisation of UK rail contracts

Business Strategy & Reform
Support leadership teams in shaping and refining strategic direction:

  • Facilitate executive-level strategic reviews and planning
  • Benchmark performance through research
  • Define strategic objectives and financial plans
  • Provide non-executive challenge and executive coaching
  • Embed quality management frameworks including EFQM

Contractual Change
Navigate complex contractual environments with confidence:

  • Bridge the gap to technical experts and legal advisors
  • Analyse commercial impacts and support negotiations
  • Advise on regulatory changes and incentive regime adjustments