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Six services, one engine

The AI Opportunity Sprint is the entry point into consulting with us. Discovery shows you where the value is. Deployment installs the stack. Sovereign AI keeps your data on your hardware. Managed Operations runs it. Training & Governance makes it stick. Most clients buy the core five — typically in that order.

Service map

Choose the stage that matches where you are

The offer is designed as a sequence, but each service still has a clear job, output and commercial boundary.

AI Opportunity Sprint

£1,500 · half-day, fixed

A focused half-day that turns your assessment into one costed, ranked opportunity you can act on straight away.

  • A focused half-day working session
  • We start from your AI Readiness Assessment
  • One opportunity, ranked and costed
  • A fixed £1,500 fee, agreed before we start
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AI Discovery

£2,500–£7,500 · fixed fee

A fixed-price, structured deep-dive that turns gut-feel into a costed roadmap — agreed upfront, with no day-rate surprises.

  • Workshop and stakeholder interviews
  • Process and bottleneck mapping
  • Knowledge and data audit
  • Opportunity report with ranked use cases
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Infrastructure Deployment

£7,500–£35,000+

We install and configure the full operational AI stack — not just a chatbot.

  • Hermes multi-agent framework
  • Paperclip orchestration layer
  • Docker / containerised hosting
  • Local and hybrid model deployment
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Managed AI Operations

£2,000/mo · 12-month term

Your outsourced AI Operations Department on a monthly retainer.

  • Continuous monitoring — our AI Deployment Observability kit, running in your environment with alerting
  • Next-business-day response to requests, UK business hours
  • A monthly written review and report
  • Additional automation and workflow build
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Sovereign AI

Included in Deployment

Local-first and hybrid AI that keeps confidential data on your hardware — built for regulated SMEs.

  • Local-first open models on your own hardware
  • Hybrid routing — local for sensitive, cloud for the rest
  • UK GDPR-aligned data residency
  • Least-privilege access and audit trails
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Training & Governance

£1,000–£3,000 per workshop

Practical training so the team uses AI confidently, safely and well.

  • AI literacy fundamentals
  • Prompt engineering for non-engineers
  • Workflow design and handoff patterns
  • Human oversight and approval patterns
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Compare

Which service does what

A quick side-by-side so you can see where each service fits — and the order most clients take them in.

Comparison of the Consultancy in Action services
CompareAI Opportunity SprintAI DiscoveryInfrastructure DeploymentManaged AI OperationsSovereign AITraining & Governance
When to choose itYou want a small paid first step, not a full Discovery.You don't yet know where AI pays off.You have a plan and need it built.You need it to keep working and improving.Client data can't leave your control.Your team needs to adopt it safely.
What it isA focused half-day that turns your assessment into one costed, ranked opportunity you can act on straight away.A fixed-price, structured deep-dive that turns gut-feel into a costed roadmap — agreed upfront, with no day-rate surprises.We install and configure the full operational AI stack — not just a chatbot.Your outsourced AI Operations Department on a monthly retainer.Local-first and hybrid AI that keeps confidential data on your hardware — built for regulated SMEs.Practical training so the team uses AI confidently, safely and well.
Typical investment£1,500 · half-day, fixed£2,500–£7,500 · fixed fee£7,500–£35,000+£2,000/mo · 12-month termIncluded in Deployment£1,000–£3,000 per workshop
Headline outcomeOne costed, ranked opportunity you can act on straight awayA clear, ranked list of what to automate and whyA working, integrated AI capability — not a demoPredictable monthly cost vs. £60k+ AI hireAI capability without sending data to a third partyStaff who actually use the tools well
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AI ROI Calculator

What's the payoff?

A rough, deliberately conservative estimate of the time and money AI could give back. Slide to match your business.

Your numbers
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8 hrs
£30

Estimated time recoverable with AI

832 hours/year0.5 FTE

Reclaimed capacity worth

~£24,960/yr

£74,880 over three years

Illustrative only. Assumes 40% of repetitive time is recoverable — a deliberately conservative figure. We confirm real numbers in a Discovery session.

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What will it cost?

No hidden ranges. Pick your size and the services you're weighing up to see an indicative figure — then get a firm quote when you're ready.

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Services you’re considering
One-off setup
£2,500–£7,500
Managed operations
£2,000–£3,500/mo
Indicative first-year total (incl. 12-month term)
£26,500–£49,500
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Indicative ranges to help you plan — not a quote. Final fees depend on scope and are confirmed in writing before any work begins.

Our strategic principle

We don’t sell hours. We sell outcomes, governance, support and ongoing value — through a 12-month managed-service agreement. That keeps us aligned with you for the long run.

A term, not a trap. You can end Managed AI Operations on 30 days’ written notice in months 1–3, for any reason or none, and on 90 days’ notice from month 4. No early-termination fee, and no balance of the term to settle.

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