5.6M
The market is mid-sized, not enterprise
Almost every business in the country is a small or medium one. Enterprise AI programmes are built for a different scale of organisation entirely.
Source: GOV.UK Business Population Estimates, 2025.
Built for UK businesses with 10 to 300 people
AI that earns its place
in your business.
We help mid-sized UK businesses find the one or two AI projects that will actually pay back, then build them, train the team, and keep everything safe. No enterprise contract, no jargon, no twelve-week deck before anything gets built.
Built for teams of 10 to 300 people
UK wide, based in Manchester
Independent: we recommend what fits, never what pays us commission
Who we build with
Trusted partners and tools we use
We stay independent of any single vendor, so this is not a paid partnership list. These are simply the tools we build with, and the Manchester networks we are part of.
Manchester DigitalWe are not paid by any of these companies. We choose the tool that fits the job, not the tool that pays us.
Report preparation
2 days→ 3 hours
A mid-sized professional services firm, cutting the time spent pulling numbers into client reports each month.
Customer replies
24 hrs→ minutes
A retail team, first response time on routine order queries during busy periods.
Account chasing
Manual→ drafted
A wholesale distributor, credit control letters drafted automatically from existing systems.
Tender responses
3 days→ 1 day
A construction contractor, first drafts of tender responses built from past bids and project records.
Is this you
Built for one kind of business, not every business.
We turn down work that is not a fit, on purpose. Here is who we are built for.
- You have no clear AI policy, or staff are not following the one you have
- Somewhere around 10 to 300 people on the payroll, not a two-person outfit and not a listed enterprise
- Someone on the leadership team is curious about AI, but nobody currently owns getting it done
- You want a clear, sized-down return before committing real budget
- Data, compliance, or client trust means you cannot just let staff loose on any AI tool
- You want a working tool and a trained team, not a slide deck and an invoice
- You are already paying for AI licences but cannot measure the ROI
Not a big-consultancy budget
Enterprise AI consultancies price for enterprise clients. We are built and priced for a business with 10 to 300 people, not a FTSE 250 one. If three or more of these sound like you, the next step is a short call, not a proposal.
Book your free discovery callPricing and engagement
Three questions, and what each one costs
Most consultancies ask you to commit before you know whether the work is worth doing. We would rather you started small, saw the quality, and decided from there. Every engagement has a fixed scope, a fixed price, and something you keep at the end of it. Select any one to see exactly what you receive.
Free, self serve
Know where you stand
Know where you stand
before you invest
Where AI earns its place in your business, and just as usefully, where it does not.
- 32questions
- 2frameworks
- 11dimensions
- 20minutes of your time
- 1action for this week
- Your score out of 120, with the breakdown behind it
- Where the business is strongest, and where it is weakest
- Where to act first, scored across the five Strategy Wheel dimensions
- Your three lowest scoring areas, named specifically
- A verdict on whether you are ready to invest yet
- One immediate action worth taking this week
No payment details. No call booked. The report is yours whether or not we ever speak.
2
A first working step
Six ways in. Most clients take one and stop there if it is not working.
£995 to £2,950
3
Acceleration
Proof at scale, built and measured.
£3,500 to £4,500
4
The core programme
Evidence based, not self reported. Priced and bought separately.
£4,500 and £5,500
5
Beyond the roadmap
Where the roadmap gets built, and stays working.
Scoped per engagement
Not sure which question you are asking yet?
That is the usual position, and it is a reasonable one. A short diagnostic conversation is the sensible next step.
Talk to a human →Where teams like yours get stuck
You already know AI could help. The hard part is knowing what to do first.
Most leadership teams are not short of AI ideas. They are short of time to work out which idea is worth doing first, and how to do it without creating a mess to clean up later.
Too many tools
Every AI tool claims it will change your business. Most will not fit how your team actually works. You do not need more options, you need the right one, chosen quickly.
No clear owner
Your leadership team is interested in AI, but everyone already has a full-time job running the business. Without someone driving it, good ideas quietly go nowhere.
Risk you cannot see
You want the time savings, not a data leak, an angry client, or a mistake nobody caught before it went out. The right basics let you move quickly and stay safe.
Unproven return
You need something that saves real time or real money, and soon, not a strategy document. We start with the project most likely to pay for itself first.
Why now
Plenty of mid-sized businesses are trying AI.
Not many are using it properly.
There are over 5.6 million small and medium businesses in the UK. Most are experimenting with the odd AI tool here and there. Only a small minority are using it in a planned, safe way with a measurable return, and that gap is where we work.
76%
Leaders are past the question of whether
Chief executives expect AI to have the greatest impact on their industries within the next three years. The open question is where it applies and what it returns.
Source: Gartner, 2026.
34%
Scaling AI is difficult, starting is harder
Just over half of businesses already using AI feel ready to scale it up, against a third of those still planning to adopt. The gap between the two is skills and expertise, and it is why most AI plans stall before they produce anything.
Source: DSIT AI Adoption Research, 2026.
Who we are
One team. Not three different suppliers.
You get one team from start to finish. We build the strategy with you, not for you, then design the solution around how your business actually works, build the tools and get your people using them properly. No handover to a delivery partner, and no gap between what was promised and what turns up.
Independent
Not paid by any software company, so we recommend what fits your business, not what earns a commission.
Hands on
You end up with a working tool your team actually uses, not a report left in a folder.
Safe by default
The basic safety checks are built in from day one, not added after something has gone wrong.
Built for your size
We work best with businesses of roughly 10 to 300 people. Not repackaged enterprise consulting, not a solo freelancer.
How we think about it
Five straightforward questions to make sure every AI decision drives clear business value rather than guesswork.
We call this the AI Business Strategy Wheel internally. You just get the five questions, worked through together.
1. Where could it help?
Which team workflows and daily operations can AI make faster, lighter, or more efficient?
2. Where is the real value?
Which of those areas will actually save leadership time, cut operating risks, or improve client delivery?
3. Does it pay off?
What will it realistically save or earn back, and does the return justify the investment?
4. Are you ready?
Do your current systems, data, and team workflows support AI adoption, or do foundational gaps need fixing first?
5. Is it safe and scalable?
How do we keep AI solutions secure, controlled, and continuously improving as your company grows?
What we do
Four things we help with, each proven on a business your size
You are not buying an AI consultancy engagement. You are buying a plan you can act on, a team that knows how to use it, a tool that works, and the confidence that it is being done safely.
Finding the right first project
AI strategy and roadmap
We look across the business and find the three to five places AI is most likely to help, then turn the strongest one into a simple plan the team can start on straight away.
ProblemSenior partners lost 15+ hours monthly compiling manual client performance reports.
SolutionIdentified 3 priority AI use cases and built an implementation plan around automated data extraction.
ResultReclaimed 80% of report prep time and launched the first AI tool.
Getting the team using it properly
Team training and adoption
We show the team how to use AI safely and well in their actual day-to-day work, not in the abstract. Sessions are built around your business, whether that is leaders, managers, or frontline staff.
ProblemA retail head office bought AI licences, but staff lacked confidence and posted inconsistent results.
SolutionRan workshops built around real product descriptions and customer support tickets.
ResultAchieved 85%+ weekly active usage and cut draft response times in half within 14 days.
Building what off-the-shelf will not do
Workflow automation and custom tools
Where an off-the-shelf tool does not quite fit, we build something custom-built that plugs into the systems the team already uses, so nobody has to change how they work to get the benefit.
ProblemCredit control staff spent dozens of manual hours every week tracking overdue accounts and drafting chase notices.
SolutionDeveloped a targeted integration that automatically drafts follow-ups directly inside their accounting software.
ResultCut overdue collection admin by 70% and freed up 20+ staff hours weekly for high-value client management.
Keeping it above board
Governance and compliance
We put simple, practical safeguards in place: a plain-English usage policy, a risk register, and clear ownership, so the team can use AI with confidence and the business can show it has been done properly.
ProblemFrontline team lacked clear rules on handling confidential patient enquiries, raising data privacy and compliance risks.
SolutionImplemented a concise, practical one-page AI usage policy alongside an accessible risk register for daily operations.
ResultAchieved full oversight and enabled safe, compliant, confident AI use across the team.
Staying safe
The time savings, without the worry
AI should not come with a quiet build-up of data risk, compliance risk, or a mistake in front of a client. The safeguards are part of the work itself, not bolted on afterwards.
Data rules set first
What data can be used, and where, is agreed before anything is built.
No lock-in
Not tied to any single software company, so options stay open.
A person stays in the loop
Anything customer-facing or higher risk always has a person checking it.
Everything written down
A simple policy, a risk register, and a clear record of how AI is used.
UK data rules in mind
Built to keep the business on the right side of UK data protection.
Clear ownership
It is always clear who signed off on an AI decision, and why.
Questions people ask
A few common questions
No. There is no lengthy sales process, no room full of junior analysts, and no report that sits unread. It is the two co-owners, a short diagnostic, a working tool, and a trained team. Most first projects are live within six to eight weeks.
We help UK businesses with 10 to 300 people use AI in a practical way: finding where it can help, training the team to use it, building tools where nothing off the shelf fits, and putting basic safety measures in place.
No, the opposite. We work specifically with businesses of roughly 10 to 300 people. Most AI consultancies are built for much larger companies, and freelancers usually cannot cover strategy, training, and building all at once. We sit in between, priced and scoped for a business your size.
Usually something small, repetitive, and done often: handling documents, answering routine customer questions, or preparing reports. A short session finds the one with the clearest payback and proves it works before anything bigger is committed.
Every engagement has a fixed scope and a fixed price, and they are all published. There is a short, low-cost way to test the idea first, then larger options once it is clear the idea is worth doing. See pricing and engagement. The first call is always free, with no obligation.
Through a bit of planning, not guesswork. We agree what data can be used and where, choose tools that fit the business risk profile, keep a person checking anything sensitive, and write it all down so the business can show how AI is used.
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conversation.
Whether you have a defined challenge or are simply exploring how AI might help your business, we would love to hear from you. First calls are always free and without obligation.
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Bartle House, Oxford Court,
Manchester M2 3WQ
UK wide, remote first delivery
Manchester M2 3WQ
UK wide, remote first delivery
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