Many B2B firms reach a point where the grit and hustle that built the business starts to work against it. To reach the next phase of growth, you need to professionalise. Too many businesses are advised to scale through ‘big-business’ approaches that kill agility, alienate their best people, and bury everyone in admin. You end up with a firm that looks professional on paper but has lost its essence along the way.
Bridging the gap between strategy and the shop floor
Professionalising doesn’t have to mean endless layering of process. We bridge the gap between high-level growth strategy and the actual machinery of the firm. Our work ensures your marketing and sales teams are pointed in the the right direction, actually speak the same language, and that your systems are built to support your people, not just track them.
We’re pragmatists: if a system doesn’t make it easier to sell or deliver for customers, it doesn’t belong in your business.
Meet Dave Heywood – Managing Director and Growth Partner
Dave has spent nearly 20 years in the trenches of B2B growth. Holding senior marketing positions in global professional services firms, he’s built digital growth engines from scratch, delivered multimillion-pound pipeline growth and brought deep market insight into the heart of the business.
He’s helped firms move from manual, disconnected efforts to predictable, automated systems. Having built credible brands, clear messaging and CRM ecosystems delivering step-changes in commercial performance, Dave founded OX7 Partners to provide a direct, commercial alternative for leaders who value straight talk and pragmatic approaches.
The Promise
We build systems that you actually own. Whether we fix the foundation and hand over the keys or stay on as an ongoing partner to help you scale, we don’t believe in holding you hostage. You can always expect
No 50-page decks
We get straight to the point. You get the logic and the tools needed to drive growth, not a report that sits in a folder.
Market-led evidence
We don’t guess. Every recommendation is based on what’s actually happening with your clients and how they buy.
Built for execution
We deliver systems, not just ideas. You get clear, working infrastructure and the training to ensure your team always owns the keys to your own engine.