PlatformWorks AI

AI consultant in Manchester

AI consultancy for
Manchester businesses

We're a Manchester-based team helping owner-managed businesses put AI to work: choosing the right tools, training your people on their own work, and automating the routine jobs worth automating. We work on site across Greater Manchester.

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What we do

Practical AI help for Manchester teams

  • Independent AI advice

    Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT or a mix? We look at how your teams work and what you already pay for, then give you a clear first step and the licences you need.

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  • Hands-on AI training

    Leadership briefings, workshops and champion coaching, run in your office on your team's own documents, emails and spreadsheets.

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  • Automation and AI agents

    Where there is a clear business case, we automate the routine re-keying and checking between your systems, with a person approving anything that matters.

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Why a local consultant helps

In the room, not on the end of a call

AI sticks when people try it on their own work with someone beside them. Being based in Manchester means we can spend real time with your teams, see where the hours go, and come back when they need us.

  • Workshops in your office, with your people in the room and your real work on the screen.
  • We meet the team before recommending anything, so advice fits how you actually work.
  • Follow-up visits are easy to arrange when champions need help or a new team starts.
  • One small team from first call to finished work, not a hand-off to a remote delivery centre.
Colleagues helping each other at their screens in an open-plan office

Programmes

AI in every team, at your pace

  • AI in 90

    Weekly on-site days. Every team using AI on its own work within three months.

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  • AI in 120

    On site every other week, one team at a time over four months.

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Sectors

Ideas for the region's industries

Greater Manchester has a broad mix of businesses. We publish practical AI ideas for the sectors we know best, team by team.

How we start

Three steps, no commitment until step three

  1. 1

    A free 30-minute call

    Tell us how your business works, where time goes and what you have tried so far. We'll say honestly whether AI is likely to help.

  2. 2

    A discovery session with your teams

    We spend time with the people doing the work, in your office or online, and rank the jobs AI could help with by value and effort.

  3. 3

    A clear plan and price

    You get the tools we recommend, the training each team needs and any automation worth building, with the scope and price agreed before any paid work starts.

See an AI presales agent at work

Bob asks the scoping questions, works from the product library and pricing rules, and drafts a proposal for a salesperson, with an expert reviewing everything first.

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Questions

Do you come on site?
Yes. We're based in Manchester, and workshops and discovery sessions can run in your office. We also run sessions online when that suits the team better.
Which areas do you cover?
Manchester and the rest of Greater Manchester as standard. We also work across the North West and the wider UK; travel outside Greater Manchester may be charged at cost, and we confirm it before booking.
Do you only work with Manchester businesses?
No. We work with owner-managed businesses across the UK. Being in Manchester simply makes it easy to work side by side with teams in the region.
How much does it cost?
Like everything we do, work is scoped and priced after a free 30-minute conversation, once we know your teams and tools. Nothing is booked until you have agreed the scope and price.

Free initial conversation, 30 minutes

Find out what AI could do for your business

Tell us how your business works and where time goes. We'll say where AI would help, and where it wouldn't.

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