About
Ed Howard: twenty years of making businesses run better
Founder of Ed Howard Consulting, based in North West London. I help owner led businesses, schools and community organisations run better and get found. I work throughout London and with businesses across the UK.
Or call 020 8087 4719
My story
I have spent twenty years in operations and marketing, working for business owners and community organisations. I have led rebrands, restructures and periods of fast growth across several companies, and been brought in during a crisis to steady things and get people back on side. I built teams, wrote processes and set up systems. Mostly, I was the person who made things work.
Alongside that I have done a great deal of fundraising, and I give time to governance. I have served as a governor at two schools and on the board of a community organisation, among other advisory roles.
Then it struck me that I had spent a career building other people’s businesses. So I started my own, doing the same work for owners who need it.
Today I work with growing businesses, trades, professional firms, schools, clinics and charities. What most of them have in common is that the business has grown and the way it is run has not caught up.
What I do
Run the business better
One coherent way of running several projects at once, without the owner becoming the bottleneck.
Automate workflows
Systems that take the repeat admin off your team, from monday.com to a well built spreadsheet.
Improve online visibility
Websites and search work that turn more visitors into enquiries.
Compliance and regulation
Policies, records and evidence that are ready whenever the inspector calls.
How I work
Everything I do depends on people. I get to know the team as well as the owner, and I build the kind of working relationship where I feel like one of the team rather than someone brought in from outside. Clients tell me I just get on with it, and I keep going until the problem is sorted.
I learnt early on that good results are not enough if the client cannot see them, so I agree at the start what you should expect and when. I do not call a system finished until the team has used it on live work for a few weeks and the problems that turned up have been fixed.
My values
Straight answers
You always know what I am working on and what it will cost.
Individual accountability
If I take something on, it is mine until it is done.
Solid systems
Processes and tools that keep working as you grow, long after launch day.
20
years in operations and marketing
6
sectors served
7
core services
NW
London based, working across the UK
What clients say
Owners and leaders on working with Ed
A fun fact
I am a keen home cook. I once ran a food blog and appeared on television with Gordon Ramsay. It taught me more about staying calm under pressure than any management course.
Tools and experience
I am a monday.com partner. Day to day I work across workflow platforms, CRMs, websites, Google Business Profile and Semrush. I also know the frameworks my clients are inspected against, including the EYFS, KCSIE and contractor schemes such as SafeContractor.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edchoward
Want to work together?
Send me a few lines about your business and what you would like to change. If I am not the right fit, I will say so.