AI strategy and roadmap
A prioritised plan linking AI opportunities to your business goals, with costs, risks and a 12-month sequence.
You get: roadmap, business cases, board summary
Advise
AI advice thatends in somethingworking.
We help leadership teams decide where AI will pay off, get their data and people ready, and put the right guardrails in place. Because we also build, our advice is grounded in what it really takes to ship.
What we offer
Eight services, for wherever you are with AI.
Start with one, or combine them into a programme. Every engagement ends with a written deliverable you keep.
AI readiness assessment
An honest look at your data, systems, skills and processes, scored against what AI projects need to succeed.
You get: readiness scorecard, gap list, quick wins
Use-case discovery
Facilitated workshops with your teams to find, size and score candidate use cases, so you start with the one most likely to ship.
You get: scored use-case shortlist
Data readiness
We map where your data lives, how good it is, and what it would take to make it usable for AI, safely and lawfully.
You get: data audit, remediation plan
AI governance and compliance
Policies, risk assessments and controls aligned with UK GDPR, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, sector rules and, if you sell into Europe, the EU AI Act.
You get: AI policy, risk register, DPIA support
AI training for teams
Practical sessions for leaders, staff and engineers: using AI tools well, spotting risks and building with AI responsibly.
You get: workshops, guides, prompt libraries
Vendor and build-vs-buy advice
Independent advice on AI tools and suppliers. We compare buying, building and configuring for each need, and say plainly when buying is better.
You get: options appraisal, shortlist
Fractional AI lead
Senior AI leadership a few days a month: steering your roadmap, reviewing suppliers and building your in-house capability.
You get: ongoing advisory support
Engagement formats
Clear scope, clear deliverables, clear price.
Each format has a fixed scope and is quoted before work begins. Durations are typical and depend on the size of your organisation.
Discovery sprint
Pick the best first use case, check the data and plan a prototype.
- Stakeholder interviews
- Use-case scoring
- Data spot-checks
- Prototype plan and estimate
Strategy and roadmap
An organisation-wide view of where AI fits and in what order.
- Readiness assessment
- Opportunity map
- Business cases
- 12-month roadmap
Governance setup
The policies and controls to adopt AI safely and show you’ve done so.
- AI usage policy
- Risk register
- DPIA templates
- Oversight process
Ongoing advisory
A senior adviser on call as your AI programme grows.
- Roadmap reviews
- Supplier reviews
- Team coaching
- Board updates
Regulation, made practical
The UK has no single AI law. That makes it harder, not easier.
AI in the UK is governed by data protection law and sector regulators. We help you work out which rules apply to you and what to do about them.
- UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025New rules on automated decision-making have applied since February 2026. We help you set up safeguards, transparency and a route for people to challenge decisions.
- Sector regulatorsThe FCA, MHRA, CMA, Ofcom and others each apply their own rules to AI. We map their expectations to your specific use cases.
- EU AI Act for UK exportersIf your AI is used in the EU, the Act can apply to you. Some duties already apply, and the high-risk rules now start in December 2027 and August 2028.
- StandardsWe can align your AI management with ISO/IEC 42001 and the NCSC’s guidelines for secure AI development.
Questions
Consulting FAQs
We’re a small business. Is this for us?
Yes. Many of the most useful AI projects are small and focused. A discovery sprint is designed to be affordable and to give a clear answer on whether AI is worth it for you.
Will you just recommend that we hire you to build something?
No. Sometimes the right answer is an off-the-shelf tool, a process change, or doing nothing yet. Our build-vs-buy advice is independent, and we’ll say so when buying is better.
Do you replace our IT team or work with them?
We work with them. We share what we build and document everything, and we aim to leave your team more capable than when we started.
Can you help with policies for staff using tools like ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. An AI usage policy is often the quickest win: it sets out which tools staff may use, what data can be shared with them, and how to check what they produce.
Is this legal advice?
No. We give practical compliance and governance support, and work alongside your legal advisers where formal legal advice is needed.