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Strategic
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partners

SageBush are public sector finance specialists

Our point of difference is our expertise, depth of public sector experience across a range of agencies and disciplines, and our ability to link strategy, finance and management.  Read more

SageBush is on the All-of-Government Consultancy Panel.

Consultancy services

We offer advisory services and support Read More

  • Strategic support
  • Analysis and advice
  • Reviews and risk management
  • Strengthening financial management
  • Resolving common issues.

Planning for sudden changes in demand

A number of government agencies rely on charging fees for services to fund their operations. But what happens if demand for those services tanks? We were asked by a large government agency to develop a response plan which would mitigate this risk. The plan modelled a range of different scenarios where demand could plummet. Read More

Managing in a downturn

The impact of COVID-19 will create significant financial sustainability and effectiveness issues for many public sector agencies over the next 2-3 years at least. How can we respond? Read More

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"Experts at what they do and can easily apply their knowledge/frameworks/way of thinking to a variety of business challenges successfully"

"Responsive and agile – a pleasure to deal with"

"SageBush has been responsive and flexible to the needs we have had and delivered on time and with good advice"

"Great firm to work with"

"Very professional and highly competent and skilled staff"

"Work produced is of the highest quality, and adds value beyond what was commissioned"

"SageBush is highly client-focused and delivered to us on time and within budget. They provided us with excellent advice that was easily adopted by our organisation"

"The value-add was the deep knowledge and experience about the public service and its conventions manifested in the quality of advice they provided. I also found them easy to work with and highly responsive to our needs"

"Always provides a quality product"

"Communicates well at all levels and is trusted by our branch"

"SageBush has provided timely and high-quality advice"

"Flexible and fast"

"Very responsive to a particular situation we had found ourselves in. Picked up threads quickly and showed initiative"

"Added value by bringing relevant experience to the table"

"Demonstrated good client relationship skills by working well with a number of managers and staff across the Ministry"

"Produced a good quality document in a very short amount of time and came in under budget"

"SageBush took time to really understand the client needs and delivered accordingly"

"In terms of dealing with SageBush, they were helpful and touched base with us an appropriate amount"

"We are very happy with the work SageBush has done for both funding rounds. We were impressed with their proactivity in improving the assessment methodology."

"Very responsive, worked at pace"

"Delivered quality production time and on budget"

"Would thoroughly recommend."

In compliance with the Privacy Act, client names have been withheld.