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Market Analysis Service

Our Market Analysis service provides independent, evidence-led insight that cuts risk, sharpens strategy, and gives your organisation the edge.

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Your Market Challenge

You’re planning growth — a product launch, new market entry, or a repositioning. But do you really know the competitive and customer landscape you’re walking into?

Too many strategies lean on internal opinions, stale decks, or selective competitor snapshots. Meanwhile, the market shifts, rivals move, and buyers change their decision patterns.

Red flags you’re exposed:

  • Launches planned without fresh customer insight or a clear positioning edge
  • Strategy built on old competitor data or missing players entirely
  • No view of macro forces, regulation, or disruption on the horizon

In high-stakes markets, instinct isn’t enough. Evidence is the advantage.

cost of inaction

The Risk of Not Conducting a Market Analysis

Without a robust market analysis, you might see:

  1. Launches miss because propositions don’t land
  2. Competitors take share while you build in isolation
  3. Internal belief in the strategy erodes
  4. Boards and investors challenge plans without external validation
  5. Time, capital, and opportunity are lost to avoidable missteps

In fast-moving markets, the most expensive risk is not knowing.

our solution

Independent Market Analysis for Scaling Businesses

Our Market Analysis Service delivers objective, board-ready insight that informs action — not just another research report gathering dust.

We uncover:

Who you’re really competing with – and how they win

Where the risks and opportunities lie – today and in 12-24 months

How your customers think, choose, and buy – grounded in evidence

Every engagement is scoped to your decision horizon and delivered in a format your leadership team can act on immediately.

When to Commission a Market Analysis

Most clients bring us in when:

• Entering a new market or launching a product/service
• Needing to defend or justify strategy to boards, investors or acquirers
• Strategy is stalled or failing to convert to growth
• Leadership teams misaligned on market priorities
• Post-acquisition integration or repositioning

In short: when clarity, confidence, and external proof are critical.

What You’ll Receive

You’ll walk away with:
✅ A strategic report with prioritised recommendations
✅ Competitive positioning maps and visual analysis
✅ Customer and segment insights
✅ Optional leadership workshop to align decisions
✅ Investor and board-ready outputs for funding or GTM plans

This is market analysis built for action — not for boardroom filing.

Modular Market Analysis Options

Choose a single area of focus for a targeted scan, or combine modules for a full-market view:

  1. Competitor Intelligence - Positioning, GTM strategies, pricing, messaging, and channel tactics
  2. Customer Insight - Pain points, value drivers, and buying journeys via primary and secondary research
  3. Market Sizing & Segmentation - TAM/SAM/SOM, growth hotspots, and segment prioritisation
  4. Trend & Disruption Mapping - Tech shifts, regulation, macro forces, and evolving buyer behaviours
  5. Strategic Frameworks - Porter’s Five Forces, SWOT, positioning grids and opportunity maps

We don’t just present the data. We interpret it through a commercial lens so you can move with clarity.

cost-certainty

Pricing - Fixed Fee, No Surprises

Each market analysis is scoped to the complexity of your business, market, and goals.

Audit Dimensions Included Audit Fee
(+VAT)
Ideal For
1 £5,000 Tactical validation or focused scan
2 £10,000 Light market pulse to steer a move
3 £15,000 Balanced insight across competitors, customers, and market forces
4 £20,000 Depth for GTM planning, repositioning, or risk mitigation
5 £25,000 Full market map — ideal pre-investment, expansion, or transformation

Important notes:

Scope Confirmation: Final scope is agreed following a discovery call to ensure objectives and deliverables are clearly defined.

Inclusive Fees: All fees cover discovery, diagnosis, delivery, and actionable recommendations.

Fixed Scope: A clear Statement of Work is confirmed before any project begins, giving you certainty on cost and outcomes.

Additional Research: Where qualitative customer research or third-party market intelligence is required, external costs may apply. These will always be confirmed upfront during scoping.

Learn more about our pricing

still deciding?

When an External Marketing Perspective Makes the Difference

Our Market Analysis Service is right for you if:

  • You value objective insight from a Chartered Marketer with board-level experience
  • Your internal resources are stretched or lack specialist capability
  • You’re under investor, market, or competitive pressure to move quickly and decisively

We partner with business leaders who want clarity, confidence, and a commercial edge. Many who begin with Market Analysis continue with us as Fractional CMOs — embedding leadership for long-term impact.

Is your organisation ready?


Take our 3-minute diagnostic to assess whether our Market Analysis Service is the right next step for you.

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Related Services

Alongside our market analysis support, we offer targeted services — from marketing audits and advisory to mentoring and fully embedded Fractional CMOs — providing focused interventions that build capability, insight, and investor confidence.

Marketing Audit

You’re unsure what’s underperforming or misaligned in your current marketing setup.

Marketing Advisory

You’re making a high-stakes decision and need independent, senior-level input right now.

Marketing Mentoring

You, or someone else, needs mentoring to build confidence, clarity, and capability.

Fractional CMO

You need ongoing senior marketing leadership to drive strategy, execution, and team alignment.

Our project was to create a top-level marketing strategy which, once built, we could drive forward ourselves. And I can honestly say the work has been transformational for Yellowtail. After each workshop with VCMO, both Dennis Hall and I would be amazed at how much we'd achieved. We worked hard! But the results are worth it.

Sarah Steele
Operations Director, Yellowtail Financial Planning
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Shout out to Paul Mills who bravely took on running a positioning workshop with us yesterday. Is there anything harder than doing the thing your client does for others for them?! Great work. Really thought provoking, and so important to have facilitated by someone with an external perspective!

Bryony Thomas
CEO, watertight business thinking

Paul is a professional strategic marketeer who is able to apply his expertise with marketing budgets large and small. The commercial impact of Shaw & Co's rebrand, which was initiated, designed and implemented by Paul, has been to differentiate us positively in a sector where few have succeeded. He delivers what he promises, on time and on/under budget, to a high quality. Paul made a positive impact on our business that will last.

Rod Leefe
chair, shaw & co

VCMO's audit brought clarity to a complex set of challenges. They cut through the noise and delivered a clear, prioritised roadmap that we could act on immediately. Their ability to engage across teams and translate insight into action was exactly what we needed.

Dr. Ross Burn
Co-founder, Catsci limited  
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Lydia possesses a deep understanding of marketing strategies and has consistently delivered exceptional results. Her ability to analyse market trends, create engaging campaigns, and drive customer acquisition is truly impressive. Her dedication, attention to detail, and strong communication skills make her an invaluable asset to any organisation. I cannot recommend Lydia enough for her expertise, professionalism, and exceptional work ethic.

Alan Leckey
Business Consultant, CCO - the Collaboration Company  

Paul Mills wasn't just an outsourced marketing leader — he was a mentor. His support helped me enhance my technical marketing skills and shape a more strategic mindset, as well as build my  confidence with senior leadership and deliver higher-impact work. He is dependable and skillful, and his guidance has made me feel more capable and prepared for future challenges.

Caitlin Daniels
marketing manager, catsci limited
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VCMO brings knowledge, insight and practical experience to the table, but also something else, which is quite rare, the unwavering commitment to finishing the job without compromising on the quality of the output. Their work for Yellowtail has been exemplary and we're seeing the results already.

Dennis Hall
founder, yellowtail financial planning

Ruth brought great experience and insight to my firm over many years. Her considered and thoughtful approach to problem solving are a real strength and her experience of marketing and business development in the legal sector was invaluable.

Gavin Tyler
Managing Partner, Cripps

VCMO helped us think beyond our capabilities and reframe how we communicate the true value of what we do. Paul's workshop unlocked fresh ideas resulting in a more strategic approach to our content plan and go-to-market materials. The quality of the output and power of the messaging is really impressive.

Peter Ridgway
Business Development Director, Reach Separations
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VCMO has been instrumental in reshaping how we approach marketing at Lucent. Their strategic clarity, attention to detail, and ability to deliver at pace have been exceptional. Paul's embedded himself seamlessly into the team and quickly earned trust — not just from me, but from our wider staff and partners. The website and content strategy he led have already started delivering results, and I now feel far more confident in how we grow the business over the coming years.

Steven Rowe
Founder - Lucent Financial Planning
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VCMO helped me find the words and structure to communicate what I do — and who I do it for — in a way that finally connects. I’ve had more inbound enquiries since the website relaunch than in the previous two years.

Lee Spencer
aka The rowing marine
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