Who it's for · Growing firms

    AI For Small And Growing Businesses, Starting With A Single Job

    Over half of the UK firms in a 2026 business survey use AI, mostly generic tools such as ChatGPT. We find the first job worth handing to AI, build it on your data and keep it running.

    Get your free AI planWhat It Costs ↓
    1. 01 · Readiness Sprintfrom £3,500
    2. 02 · Buildfrom £15,0004 to 8 weeks, fixed price
    3. 03 · Scalefrom £3,000 a monthNo minimums. Cancel anytime.

    We pick the first job with your team, on a call, using your own numbers.

    The Figure

    1 in 10Adopted bespoke AI

    About 1 in 10 UK small and medium firms have adopted bespoke AI, according to a University of Essex analysis of the British Chambers of Commerce's early 2026 survey. Over half of the firms surveyed use AI, and most of those rely on generic tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot.

    Source: AI Adoption and Workforce Change in SMEs, ISER working paper, March 2026

    How It Changes

    What Changes When AI Does 1 Job Properly

    The AI seats you already pay for, put to work on 1 job, on your data, with a person approving what it does.
    1. 01

      TodayData in too many places

      The numbers an agent would need sit across your CRM, your finance system and spreadsheets.

      A 2 week sprint first

      We rank the jobs AI can take, check your data and access, and set the rules. See the readiness sprint.

    2. 02

      TodayThe same manual jobs

      Reports, order entry and CRM updates still take hours every week.

      Then 1 agent on 1 job

      Reporting, order processing or pipeline admin, built on the AI seats you already pay for.

    3. 03

      TodayAI as a chat window

      Staff use ChatGPT or Copilot for drafts, and no process runs any differently.

      Your knowledge in files you own

      The agent works from your own knowledge, wired into the seats you already pay for. If you stop working with us, the files, the connectors and the rules stay with you.

    4. 04

      TodayNobody to own it

      A firm this size has no AI team, and a permanent hire is hard to justify for a single job.

      A team that keeps it running

      On Scale we monitor the agent, handle model changes and add a new skill or agent each month.

    Proof

    About 90% Of Orders In Known Formats Processed Straight Through

    AI for small business starts with a single job that takes hours every week. Caroline Gardner, a UK greeting card and stationery wholesaler, had sales coordinators retyping orders that arrived by email. Our March 2026 case study reported that the agent Dataflos built processed about 90% of orders in known formats straight through. Read the case study.

    What It Costs

    Start with the readiness sprint: 2 weeks at a fixed price, from £3,500. A build is from £15,000, at a fixed price over 4 to 8 weeks.

    Scale runs it from £3,000 a month. No minimums. Cancel anytime.

    1. 01 · Readiness Sprintfrom£3,500
      • The jobs AI can take in your firm, ranked
      • Your data and access checked
      • The rules on who can do what
    2. 02 · Buildfrom£15,0004 to 8 weeks, fixed price
      • 1 agent on your first job
      • Your knowledge in files you own
      • Your team trained, and the rules in writing
    3. 03 · Scalefrom£3,000a month. No minimums. Cancel anytime.
      • Monitoring, with a log of what the agent did
      • Model and platform changes handled
      • A new skill or agent each month

    For comparison, a UK data contractor costs £490 to £575 a day.Source: ITJobsWatch, YunoJuno and Dataflos Contract Radar, read 22 September 2026.

    See UK data consulting rates

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Paying for AI that isn't doing real work yet?

    In a free 30 minute call we talk through the first job you could hand to AI and what it would take to build.

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