Comparison
Procurement Growth Group vs Glaxtons: an honest comparison
Including the cases where Procurement Growth Group is the better choice, because a comparison page that finds nothing good to say about the alternative is an advert, and you would be right to discount it.
Who Procurement Growth Group are
- Founded
- Formed 29 July 2026
- Based
- Bolton and Newcastle
- Announced 29 July 2026, bringing Thornton & Lowe and Executive Compass under one group.
- Dave Thornton (Thornton & Lowe founder) is Group CEO; Neil Capstick (Executive Compass founder) is Group Strategy Director; Christian Rowe is Group Commercial Director.
- Tom Sander-Daniel continues as Managing Director of Thornton & Lowe; Matthew Walker continues as Managing Director of Executive Compass.
- Both underlying firms were founded in 2009 and had operated as direct competitors until the merger.
What they publish: The group describes itself as the UK's largest specialist bid writing group, with a 76-strong team, bringing together bid writing, tendering, procurement and bid software.
Why people compare Procurement Growth Group and Glaxtons
Two of the three most visible names in UK bid writing became one company in July 2026. Clients of either firm are asking what changes: who writes their next bid, whether pricing moves, and whether the firm now also acts for the competitor sitting across the table on the same framework lot.
The question worth asking
The conflict question is the one worth asking, and it is not a criticism of anyone's integrity. On a framework like RM6320 CWAS3 or RM6397, a single lot may attract dozens of bidders. If two of them are advised by companies inside the same group, the client is entitled to ask how information barriers work, who sees the pricing strategy, and whether the same evaluator-facing arguments are being written for both. A well-run group will have an answer. Ask for it in writing before you sign, and ask it of us too.
Where each of us is stronger
Choose Procurement Growth Group if
- Scale. A 76-strong team can absorb a high volume of concurrent low-to-mid value tenders in a way a smaller firm cannot.
- Thornton & Lowe's Tender Pipeline software is a genuinely useful free tool for opportunity monitoring and contract award research, and we regularly tell people to use it.
- Executive Compass runs structured in-house bid training and mentoring programmes. If your goal is to build an internal bid function rather than outsource, that is a real offer and we do not compete with it.
Choose Glaxtons if
- Independence. Glaxtons is a single independent firm, so there is no sister company potentially advising your competitor on the same lot.
- Directors deliver. Jean-Pascal Olivier and Richmond Gordon front every flagship engagement personally rather than assigning it to a writer from a pool.
- Named-framework depth over breadth. We are built around specific agreements, currently RM6320 CWAS3, RM6397 NHS Workforce Alliance, Pagabo, G-Cloud and the NHS routes, with verified and source-dated deadline tracking.
Published win rates across this industry are self-reported and unaudited, ours included, and the denominators differ between firms. Treat every percentage on every bid consultancy website, including this one, as directional rather than comparable.
Common questions
Is Glaxtons a good alternative to Procurement Growth Group?
It depends on the problem you have. Independence. Glaxtons is a single independent firm, so there is no sister company potentially advising your competitor on the same lot. Directors deliver. Jean-Pascal Olivier and Richmond Gordon front every flagship engagement personally rather than assigning it to a writer from a pool. Named-framework depth over breadth. We are built around specific agreements, currently RM6320 CWAS3, RM6397 NHS Workforce Alliance, Pagabo, G-Cloud and the NHS routes, with verified and source-dated deadline tracking. That said, Procurement Growth Group is the stronger choice in several cases: Scale. A 76-strong team can absorb a high volume of concurrent low-to-mid value tenders in a way a smaller firm cannot. Thornton & Lowe's Tender Pipeline software is a genuinely useful free tool for opportunity monitoring and contract award research, and we regularly tell people to use it. Executive Compass runs structured in-house bid training and mentoring programmes. If your goal is to build an internal bid function rather than outsource, that is a real offer and we do not compete with it.
What should I ask before choosing between Procurement Growth Group and Glaxtons?
The conflict question is the one worth asking, and it is not a criticism of anyone's integrity. On a framework like RM6320 CWAS3 or RM6397, a single lot may attract dozens of bidders. If two of them are advised by companies inside the same group, the client is entitled to ask how information barriers work, who sees the pricing strategy, and whether the same evaluator-facing arguments are being written for both. A well-run group will have an answer. Ask for it in writing before you sign, and ask it of us too.
What does Procurement Growth Group claim about its success rate?
The group describes itself as the UK's largest specialist bid writing group, with a 76-strong team, bringing together bid writing, tendering, procurement and bid software. Glaxtons publishes a 93 percent success rate measured across more than 500 submissions between 2022 and 2025. No UK bid consultancy publishes an independently audited win rate, including us, and the denominators differ between firms, so treat all published rates as directional rather than comparable.
Reviewed 22 August 2026. Facts about Procurement Growth Group are drawn from their own published material and from trade press coverage. Their performance figures are presented as their claims rather than as verified fact. If anything here is out of date or wrong, tell us at info@glaxtons.co.uk and we will correct it.
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