Customer Testimonials

Sirka Moore
Managing Director
Tim has lots of knowledge and was a brilliant mentor, helping me to focus and stay on track. He particularly helped with my new banner and brochure for exhibitions and conferences.
Sirka Moore - Managing Director BDC Moore Ltd
Tom Coley
Design and Support Manager, Bandicoot IT Ltd
Tim is a great mentor and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone in need of management coaching. Working with Tim over the past couple of months has enabled me to clearly identify the areas in my role in which I need to focus on and has enabled me to implement some changes which have greatly improved the structure of the business. The overall experience with Tim has been very positive and I hope to continue with his support in the future.
- Tom Coley, Bandicoot IT Ltd
"Tim was very knowledgable on the subject and made the course interesting for us...if we were to require a gap analysis carrying out I would have no hesitation in requesting Tim to carry this out for me"
- Lorna Brown, Purchasing Manager Brooksbank Valves Ltd
"Excellent training from a very knowledgeable trainer"
- Alex Ludlam, Brooksbank Valves Ltd
"Very interactive, lots of checking of understanding"
- Simon Hill, Brooksbank Valves Ltd

Mubarak Chati
Managing Director, 1 Events Media
Thank you – Your knowledge is impeccable
As an organiser of regional events, we naturally have a long list of processes and flows we need to follow to ensure they are delivered with the highest degree of excellent and quality.
You spent quality time with us to understand our values and used several techniques to enhance them.
Your knowledge and support in training us to better understand our work flows, creating efficiencies and finally devising systems to help with implementation and review was invaluable. Your observation, listening and questioning skills were remarkable. and we thoroughly enjoyed working with someone who had a genuine desire and passion to wanting us to perform better.
‘We worked with Tim in 2018 over a 6 months period, his knowledge and expertise in process improvement is impeccable and his ability to adapt these principles to SME's was excellent. Tim helped us understand work flows better and created efficiencies to help our business perform better. He comes highly recommended.’
We look forward to inviting you again in the future, and to help us to continuously improve and perform better.
Kind Regards
Mubarak Chati - Managing Director
Testimonial - Tamarind Tree Consultancy
"Very good course, very enjoyable"
"Very deep knowledge of trainer, he was able to give many examples from real production. Very valuable and enjoyable training"
"Tim was able to answer any questions with real life examples. He was patient, if we were stuck or confused, he simplified it."
"Liked the fact that there were thought provoking questions"
"Course is really well presented and very easy to follow"
Anonymous course feedback
Lean Six Sigma Delegates
"Course tailored to meet needs well, really enjoyed it. Thanks"
"I liked how the final exercise brought all the stats pieces together"
"Training has been very useful and within a good working atmosphere"
"Trainer delivered the course well, went over each subject well and in depth"
"The trainer was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic"
"Motivated and well educated"
"Excellent delivery of some complex concepts. I feel much better prepared to embark on my project having received the training"
"Very useful course, explained very well with great engagement. Very eye opening to many new techniques"
"Session was excellently presented and clearly communicated. Has left me wanting to learn more"
"Really informative and understandable training"
"Very good delivery and thorough explanations, Thank you"
"It was very helpful to use health setting examples in order to rationalise how we could use the tools"
"Very good, explained with real life problems"
"Very good, lots of experience and relevant stories"
"Passionate and wealth of examples. Easily able to create examples that relate to different businesses."
"Trainer started early and stayed late to support me as an individual; much appreciated and needed."
Stephen Clarke
Managing Director, Baldwin and Francis Ltd
"We contracted Tamarind Tree Consulting to assist us in revising and upgrading our Quality systems in order that we fully comply with existing and new standards. We also wanted to improve the effectiveness of supporting procedures. Tim exceeded our aims. He has an ability to assess complex issues quickly, and supply a practical set of solutions. He worked well with the team and supplied comprehensive, well-written procedures and processes. This allowed the employees to fulfil their objectives. Overall, a technically excellent consultancy service with a practical approach to delivering results"
"This has been a very successful project. Tamarind Tree Consulting led my team throughout the task in a practical, knowledgeable way. Tim Akerman quickly engaged with all employees, fully understood our needs and delivered the actions required to meet the audit deadline as well as re-aligning our plans for the transition to the new standards. All on time and to the agreed costs. I am sure that we will be using their services again"
- Stephen Clarke, Managing Director Baldwin and Francis Ltd
Matt Watts
Managing Director, The Lancashire Cheesecake Company Ltd
I have now had 2 meetings with my mentor, Tim Akerman. Tim has been extremely helpful in stimulating ongoing analysis of my business and breaking it down into it’s simple constituents. As a result of our discussions, we have amended 2 parts of our process.
1. Several of our flavours were piped and flattened off, a very time-consuming process. We now pipe this in a swirl saving several hours of labour a week without detriment to the appearance of the cheesecake and in fact drawing a positive response from our outlets and customers.
2. The plastic rings on our cheesecakes were taken off and placed in a storage bin whereupon later they would be taken from the bin and placed on a tray. We now remove the rings directly on to aforementioned tray for use later thus removing an entire stage of the process and once again saving labour resource.
At Tim’s urging, I am now in the process of training my driver to tray up his own deliveries before departure, this will shortly mean that I can avoid having to get up at 3.45am on a Wednesday and Saturday to perform this straightforward task for him!
I am also now developing product specs for use by all members of staff which aid
1. Identification of products for my driver when traying up deliveries
2. Consistency in production methods and quality both in terms of flavour and consistency of product and appearance for production staff.
We are in the process of redesigning the layout of the production area to identify efficiencies – we are now on Plan B as the original suggested layout was impractical due to health and safety issues.
Tim’s input has been invaluable both in terms of the efficiency and profitability of my business but also on a personal level in helping me to identify my own goals and their effect upon my personal life.
- Matt Watts, Owner and Managing Director













