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Nine categories. Nothing outside them.

Every firm we work with sells judgement rather than product, is bound by rules on what it can claim, and is bought by people who research quietly before they ever make contact. That shared shape is why we can be useful from week one.

Why the restriction

A narrow client list is a service feature

A generalist agency serving a bakery, a law firm and a hedge fund has to relearn the rules each time. We do not. We know why an audit partner cannot endorse a client, why a fund manager's marketing is constrained by who is allowed to read it, and why a tax article that is 95% right is worse than no article at all.

It also means we will occasionally tell you we are not the right firm — usually when the real problem is sales process rather than visibility.

Common ground
  • Long buying cycles with quiet, invisible research phases
  • Reputation carried by individuals, not just the firm
  • Claims that must survive a compliance review
  • High-value engagements where one enquiry pays for a year of work
  • Deep expertise that has never been written down