24 Hour Company UK Ltd

24 Hour Company UK specialises in providing consulting and training services to support proposal development. Since 1992, we have helped companies win billions through our graphics and conceptualisation, desktop publishing, and instructional seminars and workshops. Increase your win ratio with our team of qualified consultants or let us train your own staff using our effective, bid-winning methods.

We have worked in the following military and government sectors for large companies, small companies and all sizes in between:

• US Department of Defense (Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard) and most of the major commands (CENTCOM, EUCOM, INSCOM, PACOM, SOUTHCOM, SOCOM) and Joint Forces Command
• US Department of Homeland Security (including CBP, FEMA and ICE)
• US Intelligence/Counter Terrorism Agencies/Organisations (CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, NGA, NRO, ONI)
• Other US Defense Agencies including DFAS, DISA, DLA, DTRA,
• US Department of State and US Embassies around the world
• Other US Government Entities (including: ATF, BIA, BOP, CDC, DOC, DOE, DOI, DOJ, DOL, Education, EPA, FDA, FDIC, FRA, FWS, GAO, HHS, HUD, NASA, NIH, NOAA, NRC, OPM, SEC, SBA, SSA, Treasury, USDA, US Congress, USPS, and Veteran’s Affairs)
• UK Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Justice

We have supported projects to or in the following countries:

• US
• UK
• Australia
• Afghanistan
• Canada
• Germany
• Kyrgyzstan
• Iraq
• Netherlands
• Pakistan
• Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Republic of South Korea
• South Africa
• Taiwan
• United Arab Emirates

Our experience and skills transcend subject matter and we work directly with our clients to ensure the highest quality product.

We have cleared (US Secret) staff available.

Our Clients include (are not limited to):

AEGIS, BAE Systems, Boeing, Cohbam, CSC, Kier Marriott, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Raytheon, TATA Communications, Triple Canopy, Unisys, and the U.S. Army.

Our Services

Consulting

24 Hour Company UK provides direct consulting services for graphics conceptualisation, graphic design/production and desktop publishing. We act as the production department for SMEs while also acting as augmentation or specialised support for larger companies. We charge day or hourly rates based on our proven metrics for graphics completion.

Conceptualisation:

Studies from 3M Corporation have proven that graphics communication 60,000 times faster than text alone. Our process takes your complicated text and translates it into a more easily understood visual. All samples started as either a conversation, a white board sketch or a 24 Hour Company UK conceptualiser reading text source material.

Graphic Design:

Our designers apply their design skills to create the most audience-focused, consistent and visually attractive packaging for your information. We work in any style whether you have an established corporate brand or can recommend colours, fonts and styles based on your end customer, their specified requirements and any cultural sensitivities. Our designers work primarily in Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop for written documents and MS PowerPoint for presentations.

Desktop Publishing:

All of the most communicative and beautiful visuals will fail if they are not produced and delivered in the manner your client expects. Our desktop publishing specialists are experts in Word (all versions, all platforms), Adobe InDesign and QuarkXpress. They are experts at producing complicated documents and coordinating all aspects of production.

Training

24 Hour Company UK provides instructional seminars and workshops designed to give your team a decisive edge in winning bids. We work with your team in a group or one-on-one environment to improve graphics and conceptualisation as well as desktop publishing skill sets.

Limited public training sessions are available, please see news section on the Home page for upcoming workshops. Private workshops are conducted on a half-day, one-day or two-day basis.

Option 1: One-on-one Training

First, we will review your current needs, processes, and goals. Then we share best practices, tips, tricks, and secrets that will get you your desired results. Next, we will apply what you learned to real-world business graphic situations (such as proposal development or presentation design) so that if you have any questions, you can get the answers immediately. We will tailor the training to meet your needs. If you identify a specific step or challenge as a hurdle, we will focus on that.

Option 2: Group Training

This class uses real-world challenges to educate you and your colleagues to conceptualise clear, communicative, compelling graphics and desktop publishing layouts. First, we will review your company’s current needs, processes, and goals. We will tailor the training to share best practices, tips, tricks, and secrets that solve you and your group’s challenges and achieve the company’s goals.

Where and When?

Private training is conducted at your facility and schedules are arranged to fit your needs. Conducting training at your facility ensures that real-world, day-to-day challenges are in the same building and can be seen, reviewed, and solved.

Every trainee receives a copy of the successful business graphics guide, Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Business Graphics: 3 Fast and Easy Steps to Turn Your Text and Ideas Into Graphics That Sell. This book reinforces the training, offers over 400 real-world graphic samples to inspire, and includes a Virtual CD with templates and business graphics to get you or your team started. It is a valuable how-to guide for your business. You will keep it right next to your computer for every project.

Bespoke training combining both graphics/conceptualisation and desktop publishing available – just ask!