Giraffe Consulting are experts in exporting, strategy, marketing and sales. We work with companies in the UK and internationally, helping them grow their businesses. We help companies to succeed!

GIRAFFE CONSULTING

Giraffe Consulting are experts in exporting, strategy, marketing and sales. We work with companies in Scotland, the UK and internationally, helping them grow their businesses. We help companies to succeed!

Julian Lawson Hill, Giraffe Consulting, training BSOs in e-commerce and digital marketing skills in Jordan

Giraffe Consulting's services to SMEs include:

  • Export training and coaching
  • International Strategy Workshops
  • Marketing and sales "diagnostics"
  • UK and international market research
  • Advice on international market selection
  • Sales effectiveness reviews
  • International e-commerce training
  • Digital marketing reviews
  • Sales training
  • Award-winning online training programmes
  • Online coaching and mentoring


Our clients in the UK include the Scottish Government, Scottish Development International (SDI), Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the UK Department for International Trade (DIT).


Internationally, our clients include CBI (Government of the Netherlands), the Department for International Development (DFID), Enterprise Lithuania, the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).               Visit our international website.

Giraffe Consulting won the Gold Award for 'Best Use of Blended Learning' at the Learning Technologies Awards 2021 for our work for Scottish Development International developing the Online Preparing to Export Programme.

About Us

Giraffe Consulting, based in Edinburgh, is a firm that specialises in exporting, strategy, marketing and sales.


Giraffe Consulting manages export development programmes in Scotland, the UK and internationally. We deliver international strategy workshops for experienced exporters wishing to significantly increase their export sales and "how to export" training sessions for non-exporters and early-stage exporters, looking to develop their export businesses.


Our export training courses have recognized as 'international best practice' by the European Training Foundation (ETF) and our online Preparing to Export Programme received a Gold Award for best use of blended learning at the Learning Technologies Awards.


Our comprehensive programmes explain how to export step-by-step and help companies develop their export plans, preparing non-exporters to start exporting and helping experienced exporters to expand their export sales and international business activities.


Our Clients
Giraffe Consulting's clients in Scotland and the UK include the Scottish Government, Scottish Development International (SDI), Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the UK Department for International Trade (DIT).


Internationally, our clients include CBI (Government of the Netherlands), the Department for International Development (DFID), Enterprise Lithuania, the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).    Visit Giraffe Consulting's international website.


Recent Projects
Examples of recent projects we have conducted for HIE include:

  • A plan for the Orkney renewable energy supply chain, advising Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF), HIE and OIC on the formation of a new trade group to take maximum advantage of the business and economic benefits from future opportunities in Orkney’s renewable sector including the offshore wind industry
  • An export strategy and plan for a new start-up looking to market and sell its unique water to international whisky connoisseurs
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