The ARK team, over the last two years, have provided leadership, expertise and support to stabilise our approach to start the delivery of our Asset Management Strategy and improved services. Neil’s leadership and experience has helped to stabilise and enhance our culture whilst demonstrating value for money.

Wayne Davies
Director of Asset Management, Birmingham City Council

The Independent Living Strategic Review undertaken by ARK made a number of recommendations, some of which have been incorporated into our Independent Living for Older People Strategy.  The service we received from ARK was professional, timely and ensured stakeholders’ views were taken into account.

Denise Pegler
Older Peoples Services Manager, Epping Forest District Council

ARK were a great partner to work with, together we articulated the vision for our Development Strategy. They worked exceptionally well with our tenant group who also fed into the process for delivering a strong and relevant strategic document.

Mark Haines
Assistant Director – Technical, Red Kite Community Housing

As a consortium of local government and housing partners, we appointed ARK based on their excellent track record of working with such complexity. We have not been disappointed.

Mark Leeman
Strategy Specialist, Somerset West and Taunton Council

When Jon was working for the council, I knew I had a strong professional at the helm turning the department around in difficult times.

Councillor Emily Davey
The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames

ARK embraced the challenge we presented and worked with V2C to develop an inclusive approach and helped us scope the potential of our future programme.

Darrin Davies
Development and Asset Investment Director, Valleys to Coast

ARK stepped in at an important time for Watmos with Paul coming in as Interim Assets Director and providing leadership and stability to our service delivery arrangements.

Kul Bains
Chief Executive, Watmos Community Homes

We are very pleased with the sessions that ARK created specifically for us. They took the time to meet with us and really understand the challenges our colleagues are facing and designed a solution to meet their needs. The feedback has been excellent.

Victoria Roden
HR Manager, whg

Using ASAP, a sophisticated, cloud-based assessment tool […] has helped us to identify where we need more strategic intervention or investment. It is really helping us accelerate our strategy and investment plans. Working with colleagues at ARK was great.

Kevin Williamson
Strategic Asset Management Director, Sovereign

Following their reputation for delivering excellence, we appointed ARK to lead on the recruitment for Housing Innovation Manager. We are delighted with the high-quality service we received – their approach was bespoke to our needs and the team ensured they understood and delivered the council’s requirements.

Ruth Saunders
Head of Communities, Gloucester City Council

Through a long-term interim appointment ARK helped CCG to transform our in-house contracting team. We have improved the service dramatically, going from lower to upper quartile performance across the board.

Ian Atkinson
Director of Assets and Infrastructure, Cartefi Cymunedol Gwynedd

We recently had 2 colleagues placed with us through ARK to support while we were in recruitment phases. Both were experienced, extremely knowledgeable and fitted straight into the team – a brilliant help.

Amanda Swann
Development Director, Bromford