Treehouse Consultancy

Economic models. Analytics. Consultancy.

Products

The Opportunity Escalator

The Opportunity Escalator offers a bottom-up, place-based approach to thinking through the interaction between jobs, skills, transport and housing.

For local government, it can be used as a complement to a top-down growth strategy. For any given industry that a strategic authority might like to attract to a particular location, it asks who can get to that site; what skills do they have; and how good a fit would those jobs be for them?

For corporates or developers, it can be used to evaluate the appropriateness of a site for a particular industry or housing development.

Explore the Opportunity Escalator...

Who Goes There

Who Goes There uses mobile phone GPS data to understand who visits particular locations. Want to understand the spending power of people visiting different parts of your high street? Want to understand the extent to which different communities mix in your community assets? Or just want to see how much footfall you get at different times of the day in a cost effective way?

Get in touch to find out more.

Services

databaseAnalytical support

We provide ongoing analytical support to a range of organisations that want to take data science seriously, but who don't necessarily have data science skills in their senior management team. For some, this is simply access to our database of curated socio-economic and geospatial data. For others, it includes support and mentoring for junior data science staff and advice to senior management on projects.

Interested? Get in touch.

Bespoke analysis / research

Need a specific piece of research undertaken? Want something that sounds a bit like our products but is a bit more bespoke?

Get in touch to discuss if Treehouse could be a good fit.

Story

"I started Treehouse after taking six months parental leave for the birth of our second child. I'd had a successful career as an economist at the Bank of England, climbing through the ranks as I honed my analytical skills in a demanding environment. I'd pivoted to become the Chief Data Officer, where I'd had a lot of fun leading our transition to more innovative approaches to analytics.

But I'd reached a seniority where I spent all my time on management and strategy and I'd lost touch with the more technical side of the job. Babies sleep a lot, which gave me some time to get back into coding and to feel first hand how much the world had moved on since I started out as a graduate. Cloud computing and large, open datasets put a power at my fingertips that I wouldn't have dreamt of 20 years ago. And while you give up a lot of amazing colleagues and support when you leave an organisation like the Bank of England, you gain untold freedom. The die was cast."

- Oliver Burrows

Testimonials

Royal Society for the Arts

Senior oversight of a series of research products; building a quantitative research team; delivering analytical tools, processes and culture.

"Ollie has been essential to our journey to ground our research and decision-making in rigourous evidence. I'd highly recommend working with him."
- Andy Haldane, CEO RSA, former Chief Economist, Bank of England

Virgin Money

A bespoke stress test comparison tool.

New Automotive

Bespoke project to identify UK driveways with mapping and satellite data.

"Oliver quickly grasped our research agenda and proposed datasets and data science techniques to extend it in an ambitious new direction. He delivered an exciting new product, whilst also training up a junior data scientist to take it over when he left. Thoroughly recommend!"
- Ben Nelmes, CEO

Aldermore Bank

A series of internal analytical tools.

Postlock

Bespoke modelling of first-time buyer behaviour in the UK housing market, to support the launch of a new savings product.

"I absolutely would recommend Ollie. His ability to grasp economic complexity is phenomenal. But what was really impressive is his ability to explain it in digestible language. He also has great interpersonal skills, bouncing seamlessly from technical discussions to effortless banter, making him ideal for client engagement."
- Steve Zilloli, CEO

ParaDewa

Wine tasting analytics and tool.

"Treehouse created a wine database for me with a simple front end for my customers. It made for really fun and interactive wine tastings, and has helped me figure out the tasting preferences of my customers. Highly recommend working with them.
- Divya Eapen, Founder