Do you know which parts of the business actually make you money?
We build: A live numbers dashboard, bookkeeping your accountant signs off, and cash forecasts for the months ahead.
The tools have changed. Your instincts haven’t.
We find where AI fits your business, then we build it: the assistant, the dashboards and the systems that do exactly what you need. You own all of it.
First conversation freeFixed pricesBased in Stockport, working UK-wide
Photograph to come · Kyle Unwin, founderIn conversation with an owner, in their place of work.
Where things stand
Most firms have tried AI. Very few have built it in.
54%
of UK small firms now use AI in some form.
1 in 10
of those have built it into how the business actually runs.
95%
kept exactly the same headcount. Using AI hasn’t cost them staff.
Source: British Chambers of Commerce, 2026. That gap, between trying it and running on it, is where we work.
Where we help
We start with the problem. Then we build the fix.
Six parts of a business where we usually find the biggest gains, and what we build for each. Everything is set up on your accounts, your team is trained, and it’s handed over.
How many hours last week went on jobs that should have stopped being manual years ago?
We build: A team app for the jobs list, stock and rotas set by demand, and an assistant that runs your inbox and diary.
Are you reaching the right people, or only the ones who already know you?
We build: Your brand built into AI so everything comes out right, content planned and made, and a website that gets found.
You know your patch. Do you know how fast it’s changing around you?
We build: A daily market watch, competitor prices and moves tracked for you, and a clear view of who your best customers are.
Good people. Do they have the tools the work now needs?
We build: AI rolled out with a simple policy and training, payroll worked out from the till, and HR paperwork drafted.
The goal you’ve been circling for years often has a route you haven’t seen.
We build: A plan built around your ten goals, research into new sites or markets, and forecasts that test a decision first.
An ordinary Tuesday
Same business. Same day. Hours handed back.
Pick the business closest to yours, then see the same day after we’ve built the tools.
Closest to yours
On admin today5h 00m
Back to you3h 15m
Over a five-day week16h 15mAbout two working days
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07:30
50 min20 min
Three inboxes and the shared orders address, checked one by one.
One morning brief: what needs you today, with replies already drafted.Built: A personal assistant app
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09:00
1h 10m30 min
Quotes typed up from scribbled notes and last month’s price list.
Quotes drafted from the enquiry and today’s prices. You check and send.Built: A quoting assistant
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11:00
40 min15 min
Stock checked by walking the yard, then the spreadsheet.
Low stock flagged on one screen, with the order already suggested.Built: A live numbers dashboard
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13:30
45 min15 min
Ringing round overdue accounts.
Reminders go out on their own. You call the two that matter.Built: Automated reminders
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16:00
35 min15 min
Working out tomorrow’s delivery runs and who’s driving.
Runs and drivers planned from tomorrow’s orders, on everyone’s phone.Built: A team app
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18:00
1h 00m10 min
Invoices and receipts keyed into the accounts.
Already sorted and waiting for your accountant’s sign-off.Built: Automated bookkeeping
An illustrative day, built from the kinds of tools in the examples below. Your times will differ. The audit measures the real ones.
Which would you change first? Start your list
In practice
What changed, and what we built to change it.
Real work, each with the tool behind it. Where we can’t name the client, we say so.
The owner’s morning
Our own businessThree inboxes, two diaries and a task list, all checked by hand before the day could start.
One screen each morning: what needs you today, with replies already drafted.
A personal assistant app
Month-end accounts
Convene café, StockportDays of bookkeeping, with payroll and tips worked out by hand.
Accounts sorted automatically, signed off by an accountant, payroll done from the till.
Automated bookkeeping
Content sign-off
A health founder, name withheldThe founder approved every post, edit and layout personally.
The team works to her standard without her. Reach grew from one million a month to ten million.
Her brand, built into AI
Photograph to come · Convene, Lower Hillgate, StockportThe team app on a phone behind the counter, mid-service.
Our own proof
A small café with the back office of a much bigger business.
Convene is an independent café in Stockport. AI runs through almost every part of it: accounts, operations, marketing, hiring, menus and legal, plus the app the team runs the day from.
Read the Convene story
How it works
Four steps. Every price stated.
- 1
Talk
How the business runs, and the ten things you’d change.
FreeNo obligation
- 2
Audit and plan
Where time and money leak, and what to build first.
£2,500 fixedCredited against your first build
- 3
Build
Your tools, on your accounts, handed over with training.
From £1,500Fixed before we start
- 4
Run
Hosting, security and fixes, or a partner as AI moves on.
From £250 a monthOptional
Photograph to come · Kyle UnwinPortrait at work. Natural light, shirt sleeves, no laptop glow.
Who you’ll work with
“Most businesses don’t have an AI problem. They have a clarity problem. AI just makes it visible.”
Tony Blair InstituteFive years as the division’s AI lead, and advising governments on AI policy.
A health founderBuilt the AI content operation that took monthly reach from 1m to 10m.
WestminsterFour years seeing how slowly established organisations really run.
Bring ten goals. We’ll bring the questions.
The first conversation is free and commits you to nothing. In person or on a call. If AI isn’t the answer for your business, we’ll tell you.
You’ll talk to Kyle UnwinFounder. Based in Stockport, working across the UK.
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