AI for business

AI readiness

Before you switch AI on, make sure it can only see what it should. We review your data, permissions, security and people, find the use cases worth doing first, and give you a safe, costed roadmap.

AI readiness assessment for UK businesses: getting started with chatbots, AI agents, AI chat and digital workers across leading AI models
We run it ourselves

Our own business runs on AI assistants and private agents. We deploy what we use every day.

Security first

Every rollout starts with permissions, testing and monitoring - so AI only sees what it should.

Your data stays yours

Business plans, local models and on-premise options keep your data out of other people's training sets.

Guided or done for you

We can coach your team to do it, or implement it quickly and support it for you.

Ways to get started 📄 PDF 📄 Order form

Three ways to start safely with one solution, then the full AI Readiness assessment when you are ready to look at the whole business. Prices exclude VAT.

Entry product

AI Readiness Core

A one-off check of the system you want to connect AI to, with an executive summary report.

£150one-off + VAT
Per solution or integration proposal
  • Risk assessment of the environment being connected
  • External penetration test of the asset being connected
  • Policy review
  • Audit log assessment
  • Cost guardrail review
  • Scoped to one solution or integration proposal, not a whole-company assessment
Entry product

AI Readiness Core as a Service

The Core assessment run continuously, with Secure Score monitoring and a full gap analysis report.

£136.25/ month + VAT
plus £520 setup
  • Risk assessment of the environment being connected
  • External penetration test of the asset being connected
  • Policy review
  • Audit log assessment
  • Cost guardrail review
  • Scoped to one solution or integration proposal, not a whole-company assessment
Entry productHigh risk

AI Integration

Whilst certainly not recommended, technically connecting AI is often simple. If standard connectors exist, we can deploy these for one of your systems (API or MCP) once your board has approved the access.

£150per integration + VAT
One-off, by a senior engineer
  • AI integration terms (disclaimer) signed
  • Access added as requested, on board-level approval
  • Charged per integration
  • No privacy assessment
  • No data loss assessment
  • No GDPR controls
  • No backup or DR controls
  • No cost guardrails (securities may be required)
Full assessment

AI Readiness

A full environment assessment and strategic engagement on how AI would best work for your business.

One-off

£6,250+ VAT
  • £950 per additional site + 10 IPs

As a Service

£450/ month + VAT
  • Up to 3 sites and 10 public IPs
  • £100 / month per additional site + 10 IPs
  • £2 / month per device above 1,000
  • Full environment assessment across the whole business
  • Everything in AI Readiness Core
  • Full internal and external penetration test, inside and out
  • Full vulnerability assessment, inside and out
  • Defender for AI usage reporting
  • Systems integrations audit (digital and consultative)
  • Data privacy risk assessment, including GDPR controls
  • Cost controls risk assessment
  • Core and default guardrail availability
  • Strategic engagement on how AI would best work for the business
  • Board retains liability for AI cost, data and all AI risks

Easy to connect is not the same as safe to connect

Connecting AI to your business systems has never been easier. Ready-made connectors, MCP servers and one-click integrations mean anyone in your team can link an AI tool to email, files, cloud storage or line-of-business apps in minutes.

That ease does nothing to reduce the cost or the data privacy risk. An AI tool connected without guardrails can read data it should never see, send it somewhere you have not approved, and run up cloud bills nobody signed off. The liability sits with your business, not with the AI vendor.

It only takes one prompt"I just asked AI to search the internet and download cat videos. I didn't know there were 20 million of them, and our Azure storage went up 1,000x overnight."

Is your board happy to pay the bill?

Before any AI connection goes live, your board should know what it can access, what it could cost and who carries the liability. AI Readiness Core checks exactly that for the system you want to connect, including a cost guardrail review.

What we look at

Data and permissions

AI assistants can see whatever a user can see. We find overshared files, sites and mailboxes before AI surfaces them.

Security posture

Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, so the systems AI connects to are sound.

Tools and licensing

What you already own (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, line-of-business apps) and which AI fits it.

Policy and people

An AI acceptable use policy, approved tools, and the skills your team needs.

Use cases

Workshops with each team to find the tasks where AI saves real hours - ranked by value and risk.

Data protection

UK GDPR, client confidentiality and where data is processed, documented before rollout.

What you get

Free AI guides

Plain-English guides for business owners. Free to download and share, no sign-up.

Connecting AI to your business systems

Why connecting AI and agents to Microsoft 365, SaaS or servers is a high-risk change, who carries the risk, a pre-connection checklist and the safe route to production.

Download PDF

Vibe-coded apps: a business owner's guide

What AI-built apps get wrong, the research behind it, GDPR, a go-live checklist and how to get your app production-ready.

Download PDF

Questions and answers

How long does an AI readiness assessment take?

Most small and mid-sized businesses take two to four weeks from kick-off to roadmap, depending on the number of teams and systems.

Do we need to be on Microsoft 365?

No. We work with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and mixed estates, and recommend the AI that fits what you already use.

What is the biggest risk when adopting AI?

Oversharing. AI assistants surface anything a user has access to, so loose permissions become visible overnight. Fixing access first is the single most important step.

Start with a free AI readiness call

Tell us what you want AI to do for you and we will show you the safest, quickest way to get there - no obligation.

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