About Us

 
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Our Story

Birch Blossom Project Consultants was founded by Company Director, Tara  Murray in 2022.

Tara's big passions in life are climate change, project management and helping small businesses and groups with big ideas thrive, and make their sustainability and climate change ideas a reality.

During her time working with people trying to set up sustainability projects and businesses, Tara found one of the things they struggled with most was the paperwork. They had great ideas and enthusiasm but were often tripped up by the planning and delivery, resulting in many great ideas failing before they even get started.

Using her experience, skills and knowledge, Tara wanted to offer professional and tailored support to help make these people's ideas a reality. This is why she started Birch Blossom Project Consultants.

What makes Birch Blossom Project Consultants unique is Tara has been where her customers are and knows the challenges they face. 

"My customers don’t work for huge corporations and they aren’t making millions but they’re passionate about the environment and what they do, just like me"

Tara Murray, Company Director

Our Mission

Providing professional and tailored project support to build a sustainable future.

Tara's aim is to provide her customers with professional and tailored sustainability and climate change project management support, training and advice, to save them time, money, and stress.

No business or project is too big or small and discounts are available to community groups, charities and non-profit organisations.

See our Services page for details.

Mission

Why Choose Us

Tara is a an APM registered Project Professional and an IEMA Practitioner (PIEMA) with over 15 years business and project management experience. She has extensive experience in sustainability and climate change, educated to master’s level in Management and Environmental Management and qualified in PRINCE2 and Lean Six Sigma.

Tara is genuinely passionate about project management, climate change and helping people and small businesses grow and thrive. She cares about her customers and takes the time to get know them to tailor her services to meet their needs.

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Our Core Values

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We are committed to our customers and treat them as individuals

Tara takes the time to get to know her customers so she can provide a unique, high-quality, trusted service, which meets their needs.
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We are continually learning and developing

Tara values the importance of continuous improvement and learning, and the benefits this brings to her and her customers.


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We are agile and adaptable

Tara knows her customers' needs can change so she remains flexible and responsive to this, while ensuring her company is resilient to anything the world throws at it.


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We care about our planet and our animal friends

Tara does everything she can to reduce her and her company's environmental impact and does not take part in or work with partners or customers whose activities involve cruelty, captivity or the destruction of animals or damage to the environment or biodiversity.
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We value equality, fairness and inclusion

Tara treats everyone fairly and equally and does not work with partners or customers who promote or support negative attitudes, inequality, discrimination, prejudice or victimisation of people or groups.

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We want to make a difference

Tara supports charities, not-for profit organisations and community groups by offering them a discount for her services. Please see the Discount Criteria for details and eligibility.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes you different from other Project Management Consultants?
In a word - you! Tara takes the time to get to know her customers and their projects or business to ensure she provides them with the best service possible. Her competitors are great but aimed at large high income companies and their costs reflect this. 
What experience do you have?

Tara has over 15 years project management experience and has spent over 6 years focussing on sustainability, climate change and biodiversity projects, including creating and managing Climate Ready Aberdeenshire, Climate Ready Strathdon, NESCAN Hub and projects through her role as Sustainability & Climate Change Officer at Aberdeenshire Council.

She's educated to Masters level in Management and Environmental Management, trained in PRINCE2 and Lean Six Sigma and a IEMA Practitioner and a registered APM professional.

Tara is so passionate about climate change that she's a volunteer member of Climate Week North East, NESCAN and the North East Scotland Biological Records Centre.

Do you have any partners?

Yes of course! During her working life, Tara has been lucky enough to meet and work with like-minded colleagues from various backgrounds, including local and national government, institutes of higher education, climate change groups, SMEs, charities and non-profits from across Scotland and Europe.  Thanks to her continued collaboration with these individuals, Tara has a large network of partners and associates to draw on for support when needed.

Can't I just do all this myself?
There are loads of free project and business plan templates and tools out there but they're all pretty generic, time consuming to learn, and not easy to tailor to specific ideas. Project Management training is costly and has the same issues as above, and wouldn't you rather spend your valuable time on the more exciting bits of your business?
How much do your services cost?

Tara's services are tailored to each customer and costed by how long they will take to deliver. All costs are agreed before any work starts. She also offers a discounted rate to groups or organisations who meet the Discount Criteria.

How long do you take?

Again this will be agreed before any work starts. Tara responds to all requests within 2 working days to discuss your requirements, costs and timescales, all of which will be sent to you afterwards in a signed contract. All requests can be sent using our online form on our home page or via email to tara@birchblossomconsultants.co.uk