Menzies connects capacity and expertise across service lines in growth phase with Dayshape. Leading accountancy firm Menzies has completed the implementation of AI-powered resource management platform Dayshape, marking a key step in the accountancy firm's move towards a more connected, service-line-led way of working across its 11 UK offices. The transformation marks a significant change in how Menzies manages its thousand-strong workforce. As the firm has moved away from an office-driven structure towards focused business units, it has needed to understand and manage its people, skills and capacity increasingly at firm level rather than through individual locations. This is particularly important within audit, Menzies' largest business unit. Dayshape is giving teams greater visibility of available capacity and expertise across the firm, making it simpler to effectively allocate work beyond traditional office boundaries and connect clients and opportunities with the right skills,strengthening Menzies' ability to respond to new business opportunities and client demand. In practice, this means Menzies can make better use of capacity across its workforce, bring specialist expertise into client teams more easily and make more informed decisions about where additional resource may be needed. It also gives the firm a clearer view of its workforce as it plans for future demand and development, building on recent strategic growth and high-profile mergers. Daniel Denton, CIO at Menzies, said "As we become more service-line led, we need to be able to operate increasingly as one connected firm. That means having a much clearer view of capacity and skills across the business, and being able to find the right people for an opportunity or client regardless of where they sit. "Dayshape understands accountancy firms, the language we use and the challenges we face, and can bring lessons from other firms that have already made similar changes. We're confident they're the right partner for this transformation and in our ability to get where we want to go more quickly, rather than spending the next couple of years trying to build that knowledge and capability ourselves." Menzies selected Dayshape following a review that placed particular emphasis on transformation experience as well as technology. References from comparable accountancy firms gave the firm confidence that Dayshape understood both its operating environment and the practical challenges involved in changing how work and people are managed across a large accountancy business. Since going live, Menzies has established a more connected view of capacity, skills and resources across its service lines. This is helping the firm reduce operational silos, make better use of expertise across different locations and build stronger workforce planning into its wider growth strategy. Matt Cockett, CEO of Dayshape, said "Moving from thinking about people office by office to thinking about the workforce as one firm sounds simple, but it changes a lot. Suddenly you can see where you have capacity, where expertise sits and where demand is building, and make much better decisions about how you respond. "That matters commercially too. If you can get the right skills onto the right work more easily, you can use the people you already have more effectively, respond to opportunities faster and give clients access to expertise from across the firm. Menzies has a clear vision for how it wants to operate, and Dayshape is helping turn that into the day-to-day reality." Business mondays. The voice of UK business. Discover more Business news subscription Business coaching services Business consulting

Laurel and Dayshape partner to help professional services firms tackle hidden revenue leakage and operational blind spots. Jun 2, 2026 New partnership connects AI-powered resource planning with automated time capture as firms struggle with visibility into capacity, profitability and delivery risk Laurel, the work intelligence platform for professional services, and Dayshape, the AI-powered resource management platform trusted by Big Four and top-tier professional services firms globally, have announced a partnership to help firms identify and eliminate revenue leakage. The partnership brings together Dayshape's AI-powered resource planning platform with Laurel's automated work intelligence technology, giving businesses a clearer view of how work is planned, delivered and billed across the organization. Laurel automatically captures work activity across meetings, emails, documents and digital workflows, reducing reliance on manual time entry and improving the accuracy of operational and financial data. That data feeds directly into Dayshape's real-time resource planning and project financial features, enabling firms to make smarter decisions around staffing, profitability, pricing and delivery risk - before issues impact the bottom line. Dayshape customers typically see a 5% increase in utilization, while Laurel users capture an average of 28 additional minutes per day. Both report profit increases 11% - together, the potential is even greater. Where most scheduling tools assign the best available person to each role one at a time, Dayshape's AI evaluates the entire organization simultaneously, identifying the optimal allocation across all engagements. Laurel captures what actually happens - automatically recording professional time and generating accurate work intelligence that firms can use to bill precisely and manage engagements more profitably. Together, the platforms deliver an end-to-end view of resourcing economics, helping firms identify margin leakage earlier, improve forecasting accuracy and maximize billable utilization across teams. By connecting how work is planned with how it is actually performed, firms can make decisions based on real project performance - not incomplete timesheet data. The partnership comes at a critical time for the industry. Professional services firms are under increasing pressure to improve productivity and profitability. Dayshape's research* shows 42% of firms missed revenue targets last year, while only 25% of leaders say they feel confident in their organisation's ability to plan long term. Two thirds (38% of firms lack clear visibility into team capacity and availability and a similar number (37%) lack real-time profitability insight by team or project. Through this partnership Dayshape and Laurel will address visibility and time keeping friction points, reducing potential impact on the bottom line. The partnership also strengthens the capabilities of each platform. Dayshape's scheduling data gives Laurel richer context for matching captured time to the right matters and engagements. Laurel's verified time actuals make Dayshape's plan-versus-actual reporting more accurate, improving every utilization report and engagement financial the platform surfaces. Both companies serve the world's leading professional services firms and are part of the Microsoft and Workday partner networks, simplifying joint deployment for customers. Matt Cockett, CEO of Dayshape says: "What Dayshape does so well is provide a forward-looking view of a business enabling companies to plan optimally and course correct as they go. Laurel ensures every minute of work is captured accurately, without adding any extra effort for teams. We know that time data in professional services has historically been difficult to manage. Laurel's technology means that it doesn't need to be - which is exactly why this partnership makes sense." Ryan Alshak, CEO and Co-Founder of Laurel, says: "Most firms know they have a data problem. They just don't know how bad it is until they fix it. Laurel gives firms an accurate picture of how time is actually being spent and what it's producing. Connecting it with Dayshape's scheduling and revenue engine means customers finally have the planning layer and the execution layer talking to each other." Together, the platforms attack margin from both directions. Dayshape prevents leakage at the point of resourcing decisions. Laurel recovers it at the execution layer. Firms running both gain control over the full margin picture. *https://dayshape.com/guides/inside-the-leadership-growth-agenda