Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Leslie & Co respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit this website, contact us, submit an enquiry, subscribe to updates, or work with Leslie & Co.

1. Who we are

Leslie & Co is a business advisory and improvement practice.

For the purposes of data protection law, the data controller can be contacted at hello@leslieandcoadvisory.co.uk

2. The personal information we collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal information:

  • name

  • business name

  • job title or role

  • email address

  • telephone number

  • information you provide through contact forms or email

  • information about your business, enquiry or project

  • communication preferences

  • website usage data, such as pages visited, device type, browser type and approximate location

  • any other information you choose to provide to us

We do not intentionally collect special category personal data, such as health information, religious beliefs, political opinions or biometric data. Please avoid sending unnecessary sensitive personal information through this website.

3. How we collect personal information

We collect personal information when you:

  • complete a contact form

  • email or call us

  • subscribe to updates or newsletters, where available

  • engage with Leslie & Co on social media

  • visit or interact with this website

  • become a client or prospective client

Some information may also be collected automatically through cookies or similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.

4. How we use your personal information

We use personal information for the following purposes:

  • to respond to enquiries

  • to communicate with you about potential or current work

  • to provide business advisory or consultancy services

  • to manage client relationships

  • to prepare proposals, agreements, invoices and project documents

  • to improve this website and understand how people use it

  • to send updates or marketing communications where you have agreed to receive them, or where we are otherwise permitted to do so

  • to comply with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting obligations

  • to protect our business, website and legal rights

5. Lawful basis for using your personal information

We only use personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so.

The lawful bases we may rely on include:

Consent
Where you have given clear permission, such as subscribing to updates or accepting non-essential cookies.

Contract
Where processing is necessary to take steps before entering into a contract or to provide services under a contract.

Legal obligation
Where we need to comply with legal, tax, accounting or regulatory requirements.

Legitimate interests
Where we have a legitimate business reason to use your information, provided your rights and interests do not override those interests. This may include responding to enquiries, managing business relationships, improving our services, protecting our website and keeping appropriate business records.

6. Marketing communications

We will only send marketing communications where we are permitted to do so.

You can unsubscribe or ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email, where available, or by contacting us at hello@leslieandcoadvisory.co.uk.

We will not sell your personal information to third parties.

7. Cookies and analytics

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to make the website work properly, understand website performance and improve the user experience.

Non-essential cookies, such as analytics or marketing cookies, will only be used where required consent has been obtained.

For more information, please read our Cookie Policy.

8. Who we share personal information with

We may share personal information with trusted third parties where necessary, including:

  • website hosting and website platform providers, including Squarespace

  • email, cloud storage and business software providers

  • analytics providers, where used

  • professional advisers, such as accountants, lawyers or consultants

  • payment, invoicing or accounting providers

  • regulators, public authorities or law enforcement bodies where required by law

  • service providers who help us operate and improve the business

Where we use third-party service providers, we expect them to protect personal information and only use it for the purpose of providing services to us.

9. International transfers

Some of the service providers we use may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure it is protected in line with applicable data protection law. This may include relying on adequacy regulations, standard contractual clauses, an international data transfer agreement, or another recognised safeguard.

10. How long we keep personal information

We only keep personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

As a guide:

  • enquiry information may be kept for up to 24 months

  • client and project records may be kept for up to 7 years for legal, tax and accounting purposes

  • marketing contact details are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove them

  • website analytics data is retained according to the settings of the analytics provider used

We may keep information for longer if required for legal, regulatory or dispute resolution purposes.

11. How we protect personal information

We take appropriate steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

These steps may include secure systems, access controls, password protection, appropriate third-party providers and sensible data handling practices.

No website or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take privacy and data protection seriously.

12. Your rights

Under data protection law, you may have the right to:

  • access the personal information we hold about you

  • ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information

  • ask us to delete personal information in certain circumstances

  • ask us to restrict how we use your information

  • object to certain types of processing

  • ask for your information to be transferred to another provider

  • withdraw consent where we rely on consent

To exercise your rights, contact us at hello@leslieandcoadvisory.co.uk

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.

13. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

14. Third-party links

This website may contain links to third-party websites or platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of those websites.

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.