John Lamb

Being located in London brings a wealth of networking opportunities with professionals and a big pool of eager young staff, according to Paula Steele, managing director of John Lamb. ‘Much of our work comes from other professionals. It’s an advantage that we are on the doorstep so can go to their offices to meet their clients,’ she said.

‘However, part of their role is controlling charges to their clients, and we find it is more competitive than it would appear to be out of London.’

John Lamb has been outsourcing investment research to Independent Strategic Research for the past 18 months, which Steele believes is the best business decision she has made.