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Butters Innovation is a user-centred innovation consultancy based in Liverpool, UK. They specialise in business transformation, design thinking and industrial design. They have worked with SMEs, startups and university spin-outs to develop commercially successful new products.
Butters Innovation is a user-centred innovation consultancy founded in 2008 and based in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The agency operates as a small team with under 49 employees, supplemented by an extensive network of designers, engineers, specialist experts, and suppliers. This flexible structure allows the agency to assemble the right team for each project, whether for startups, SMEs, or university spin-outs.
The agency brings decades of experience in user-centred innovation, product design and development, unbiased problem research and discovery, co-design, design for manufacture, supply chain development, regulatory compliance for medical devices, and grant funding applications. Butters Innovation follows lean and agile principles, using prototyping and testing as a way to learn, iterate, and improve. All innovation is informed by end users, customers, and other stakeholders.
Butters Innovation offers services in Product Design, Wearables, and Business Consulting. Their product design expertise covers engineering design, industrial design, and product prototyping. The agency serves clients in the health care, manufacturing, and retail industries, and works with startups, small businesses, medium businesses, and enterprise/corporate clients.
The agency's leadership includes Jonathan Butters, Principal Innovation and Design Consultant and CEO, who has over thirty years of experience in user-centred product design and innovation consultancy, including ten years in international engineering. Charlotte Corke serves as User-Centred Innovation Facilitator and Startup Advisor, bringing thirty years of digital sector experience in design thinking, strategic analysis, and agile methodologies.
Butters Innovation has worked with notable clients including Cormed, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Senti Tech, Sunrise Medical Supplies, and UniPath. One Google review from February 2025 gave the agency a 5.0 rating, praising their deep understanding of user-centred innovation, creative problem-solving, and collaborative approach on a fetal movement recording device project for bitbaby.
The agency maintains a minimum project budget of $1,000 to $10,000 and an average hourly rate of $110. Their headquarters are located at Studio 1, First Floor, 63-65 Blundell Street, Liverpool, L1 0AJ, United Kingdom.
Services
- Product Design
- Wearables
- Business Consulting
Industries Served
Team Size
Pros
- Deep expertise in user-centred innovation and product design
- Collaborative approach with an extensive network of specialists
Client Review Analysis
Clients praise the agency's deep understanding of user-centred innovation, creative problem-solving, and collaborative approach. One Google review gave 5.0 stars.