What do we actually get?

A written assessment: where AI would help, what it would cost to build and run, what your data needs first, and a prioritised plan. Yours to use with anyone.

How long does it take?

Most reviews take two to three weeks depending on how many processes we look at and how available your team is.

Will you tell us not to do it?

Yes, when that's the answer. We'd rather lose a build than take money for something that won't pay back.

What about data protection?

We cover it directly: what can be sent to which providers, what must stay in-house, retention, and what to put in an internal policy.

Do you build it afterwards?

We can, but there's no obligation and the review isn't a sales exercise. The plan is written to be handed to anyone.

£720 a day, usually two to four days, ending in a written recommendation you keep. Plenty of clients stop there, and if the recommendation is to do nothing we'll say so in writing. That's what you're paying for.

Why not just ask our developers?

Ask them first. If they have shipped something with a model in it, their answer will be better than a consultant's. This is for businesses without that experience in house, where the alternative is deciding on the strength of a vendor demo.

What if the answer isn't to use AI?

It regularly is, and we charge for the days either way. Most clients arrive with a longer list than they leave with, and that shorter list is usually the useful outcome.

Are we too small to bother with this?

The question is whether you're about to spend real money on it. If you are, a few days of scrutiny first is cheap insurance regardless of company size.

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Under pressure to do something with AI?

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It's a poor reason to start a project, and a very common one. We'll help you work out what's worth doing before you spend anything.

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Free 30 minutes. No pitch, no obligation.

The businesses getting value from AI have picked one unglamorous job and done it properly. Sorting enquiries. Reading invoices so nobody retypes them. Answering the same twenty questions. Less exciting than a launch, and likelier to pay for itself.

We work out which one that's for you, whether your data can support it, and what it costs to run. Sometimes the answer is that nothing here is worth doing yet. That's worth knowing before you spend.

We're based in Leicester and Huddersfield, and we work with businesses across the Midlands, Yorkshire and a fair way beyond. Happy to meet in person if that helps, happy to keep it to a call if it doesn't.

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This is probably you if

There's pressure to be doing something with AI and no clear plan.
You've had a proposal and want a second opinion before spending.
You're not sure whether your data is in a fit state.
You want to know the running cost before, not after.

Sound familiar? We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.

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What that involves

Opportunity review

Going through your processes to find the ones where AI would genuinely save time or money.

Feasibility

Whether the thing you have in mind is actually achievable with what exists today.

Data readiness

Whether your data is complete and clean enough. This is usually the real blocker.

Cost modelling

What it would cost to build and, more importantly, to run every month at your volumes.

Policy and risk

What staff should and shouldn't put into these tools, and where the regulatory edges are.

Roadmap

A prioritised plan you can act on, whether or not we're the ones who build it.

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Full Stack Developer

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Full Stack Developer

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Growth Specialist

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Design and engineering, one team

The people who name it and draw it sit with the people who build it. No handover between two suppliers, and no gap in the middle for you to manage.

We'll tell you not to spend

If a tidy-up solves it, we'll say so rather than sell you a rebuild. We'd rather lose the bigger job than take money for something that won't pay back.

You talk to the people building it

Founder-led, so there's no account manager relaying your question to someone you never meet. Decisions get made in the same conversation.

A fixed price before we start

You get the number up front, after a free call. No day rate quietly ticking over and no invoice that surprises you at the end.

You own all of it

Code, designs, hosting, repositories. No proprietary platform you can't leave and no licence that grows every time you hire someone.

Offices you can actually visit

Leicester and Huddersfield. Happy to sit down with you and map the thing out in person, happy to keep it to a call if that's easier.

Questions, answered.

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Tell us what's holding your business back. We'll work with you to design and build what fixes it.

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