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Business and technology consulting in Preston, in plain English.
Before you buy software, build something or turn on AI, it helps to talk to people who will tell you what is worth doing. We advise, and because we also build, our advice is practical.
- IT and software consultingReview your systems, choose the right tools and plan the build.
- AI consultingFind where AI genuinely helps your business, and where it does not.
Advice from people who build
Many consultants hand over a report and leave. We spent our careers delivering enterprise software, and we still build and run products today. That means we know what is easy, what is hard and what quietly becomes expensive.
- Software and IT consulting: review your systems, choose tools, plan a build or untangle a mess
- AI consulting: find where AI genuinely helps your business and where it does not
What a good first conversation looks like
We start by listening. No solution until we understand the problem and how your business runs. You get a straight answer on what we would do, what it would take and, when it is true, that you do not need us at all.
If it turns into a project, our discovery proposal gives you indicative costs and timeframes, and the proposal fee comes off the project cost. See how we work and who we are not the right fit for.
Questions we get asked
Do you only consult, or do you build too?
Both. You can use us purely for advice, or take that advice into a build with the same team.
Who do you work with?
UK businesses that want technology to just work, with no tech team of their own. We work with businesses in Lancashire, Cumbria and the West Midlands, and remotely across the UK.
Will you recommend software that is not ours?
Yes. If an off-the-shelf tool does the job, we will tell you. See build or buy?