Data Strategy

Improving Sustainability Reporting for Vistry Group

Vistry Group is the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. As a responsible developer, they work in partnership to deliver sustainable homes, communities, and social value, leaving a lasting legacy of places people love.

Operating across 26 regions, they build homes all over the UK through their respected brands; Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, and Countryside Homes leading their retail sales and Countryside Partnerships driving growth through their strategic partnership model.

Setting the Standards for Responsible Data Use with the ICO’s Data Strategy

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is an independent regulator in charge of upholding the public’s information and data privacy rights. Data is core to their organisation, and they had an ambitious business strategy (ICO25) that needed underpinning with a tailored data strategy.

The ICO regulates and enforces the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, so they had a unique opportunity to set the tone for responsible and innovative data use in the public sector.

Designing a Data Strategy and Roadmap for RAW Charging

RAW Charging provides electric vehicle charging solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of various locations and sectors across the UK.
RAW stands out for its unique approach, recognising that each location requires a distinct EV solution rather than a ‘one size fits all’ method. Many leading UK companies choose their services for this reason.

The Oakland Group were selected to help the RAW leadership team create a complete vision, strategy and roadmap for how data will transform their business in the coming years.

Network Rail CDO

Network Rail own, operate and develop Britain’s railway infrastructure. That’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts, and the thousands of signals, level crossings, and stations. They also run 20 of the UK’s largest stations.

As a business they identified information as one of their most significant corporate risks and had recently appointed a Chief Data Officer (CDO) to meet this challenge. Whilst the CDO was senior in status, she required a supporting team and infrastructure to assist the new role.

UK Power Networks Improving Data Governance and Data Management

UK Power Networks (UKPN) had the ambition to become a truly data-centric utility where data was treated as an essential business asset. While many in the business acknowledged the importance of data, there was no consistent view of how to create a true data culture.

Improving data governance and data management would provide a way for the organisation to understand and manage business risk, unlocking the value in data assets and enabling innovation.

Executing a Data Strategy for Yorkshire Water

Yorkshire Water faces similar pressures and demands as many other utilities, and has long realised that data is a core asset in helping them to deliver smarter network and customer operations.

This need to utilise their data assets to help exploit and capitalise their physical assets led them to undertake a complex, multiyear data transformation. This case study explains the vital delivery role provided by The Oakland Group in executing a data strategy across a broad set of areas within the data transformation initiative.

Evolving next generation analytics capabilities with Parcel2Go

The starting point – ‘where are we?’ By modern standards, Parcel2Go had already achieved a great deal but was still keen to build on its foundation of past success and look to the future. Parcel2Go invited Oakland to help chart their next phase of data-driven growth, starting with a comprehensive ‘Data Capability Assessment’ and data…