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AI automation for small and growing businesses · North West & UK
Hand off the admin. Keep the business.
Code Garden builds practical AI and automation for small and growing businesses. We connect the tools you already use, take on the work that eats your week, start with a small pilot, and only scale what works.
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What we automate.
Most of what we automate is the admin that comes round every week. These are the usual starting points. If yours is different, tell us about it and we will say whether automation will help.
Jobs and scheduling
Rotas, job allocation and status updates that currently live in a spreadsheet, a group chat or one person's head.
Invoices and paperwork
Invoices, forms and contracts read and filed in the right system. No more retyping the same details twice. Overdue invoices get chased for you.
Reports and alerts
The Monday morning numbers are in your inbox before you sit down. Alerts when something needs a look, and a small dashboard if it helps.
Something else
If your problem does not fit a box, tell us about it anyway. We will say honestly whether automation is the right fix and what a first pilot would look like.
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Packages and prices.
Most clients start with an audit, then pick the best idea for a sprint. Prices exclude VAT where applicable. Any third-party tool costs are billed to you at cost.
Automation Audit
£495 one-off, credited against any sprint
Find out what is worth automating first, and what it would save, before you spend money on a build.
- 90-minute workshop with you and your team
- Written map of your top 5 automations
- Time saved and cost estimate for each
- Delivered within 5 working days
Automation Sprint
£2,500 fixed price, about 2 weeks
One workflow built and live in about two weeks. For example, a new enquiry gets an AI reply, goes into your CRM and gets a booking link.
- Built in n8n, Make or Zapier, with AI where it helps
- An alert to you if anything stops working
- Documentation and a recorded handover
- 30 days' support after go-live
AI Front Desk
£3,500 setup + £300/mo
An AI assistant on your website chat, WhatsApp or email. It answers common questions at any hour and books people into your diary.
- Set up with your FAQs, services and policies
- Books meetings into your calendar
- Passes the conversation to a person when it should
- Monthly fee covers hosting, monitoring and adjustments
Care Plan
£400 per month
We keep your automations running and make one small improvement each month.
- We watch your live workflows
- We fix things when a connected tool changes
- One small improvement a month
- Cancel any time
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How we work.
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A free call
Tell us what takes too long or costs too much.
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A small pilot
One problem, about two weeks, and an agreed way to tell if it worked.
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Roll out what works
Fixed prices for builds, and monthly support if you want it.
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Low running costs
We use the tools you already pay for where we can. Any running costs are billed to you directly, at cost.
Who we work with
Small and growing businesses with repeat admin to hand off. We work across most industries. If you can describe the problem, we can usually help.
- Service and operations businesses
- Product and software teams
- Professional and office-based firms
- Charities and community organisations
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AI training and implementation.
Service
Get your team using AI on their actual work.
Buying a licence is easy. The hard part is knowing which tool to use for which job and how to ask it for something useful. Without that, most licences sit unused after the first month.
We run a practical session with your team, set the tools up around how you already work, and check in over the following weeks to help with questions as people start using it.
What you get
Training your team will use.
Sessions for owners and staff, help choosing and setting up tools, and some hands-on setup so your team saves time in the first week. It works well alongside an automation pilot.
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Our work.
Code Garden is run by Tim Uzua, a software engineer and former Head of Technology at an FCA-regulated bank. Tim has built banking, payments and healthcare platforms, so the automations we build are secure, documented and owned by you.
Recent automation work
Cleaning schedules for a North West short-let operator
The team ran a dozen short-let properties and assigned cleaners by text each morning. Late checkouts and early check-ins were easy to miss, which squeezed changeover time.
We connected their booking system to a daily cleaning plan that puts early check-ins first and late checkouts last, with a simple dashboard and SMS updates for cleaners. Next up is a digital room checklist and fault reporting.
Software and delivery we have built
Artificial intelligence
Sonal AI
AI product delivery from early build through to a working service.
Fintech / payments
BriizPay
Payments product for a company moving money between businesses and customers.
Fintech / banking
Kavlr
Engineering leadership through FCA approval and connection to the UK banking network.
Fintech / banking
Kavlr Business
Business banking product delivered alongside the consumer platform.
Delivery
Maxify Global
Delivery restructuring across concurrent client programmes.
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Also on offer.
Most clients start with automation. If you need more, we also offer part-time technology leadership and custom software.
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Fractional CTO.
Service
Senior technology leadership on a retainer.
Some companies need more than one automation project. They need a senior person to set technical direction, help with hiring, keep delivery on track and decide where AI fits.
Our fractional CTO service is usually two to four days a month for a fixed fee. We work with your existing engineers and do not sell open-ended staffing.
Best suited to
Growing teams that need a senior lead.
Founders who are not ready for a full-time CTO, and businesses whose software has outgrown its first version. We start by talking through the decisions you need help with, then agree a monthly fee.
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Custom software.
Service
Software built around how you work.
Sometimes connecting existing tools will not solve it. You need an internal system, a customer-facing product or some code that ties several systems together.
We design and build it with a clear scope and fixed-price stages where we can. You own the code and the documentation at the end.
Best suited to
When off-the-shelf tools run out.
Teams that have outgrown spreadsheets and patched-together tools, or founders who need a secure first version of a product. We agree what you need, then what to build first.
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Common questions.
What kinds of work do you automate?
Anything your team does the same way every day or every week. Common ones are replying to enquiries, booking appointments, chasing invoices, copying data between systems and pulling together reports. We work across most industries.
How long does a pilot take?
About two weeks. Before we start, we agree the one problem we are fixing and how we will know it worked. If it works, we quote a fixed price to roll it out.
How much does it cost?
An Automation Audit is £495, and that fee comes off a sprint if you go ahead. An Automation Sprint is £2,500. An AI Front Desk is £3,500 to set up plus £300 a month. A Care Plan is £400 a month.
What does AI training and implementation cover?
We help your team pick the right tools, set them up for the work you actually do, and get comfortable using them. Usually that means a workshop, a short written guide for your team, and some hands-on setup so people keep using it after the session.
What is included in fractional CTO?
A senior technology lead for a few days a month. That covers architecture, hiring, delivery standards and decisions about tools and AI. Your own team still does the day-to-day building. It is a fixed monthly fee.
Do you build custom software as well?
Yes. If automation or off-the-shelf tools will not do the job, we design and build software around how you work. That might be an internal tool, a customer-facing product or the code that connects your systems. We agree a clear scope first and fix the price in stages where we can.
Where are you based?
Between Liverpool and Warrington. We work with businesses across the North West, including Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester and Chester, and with clients elsewhere in the UK. Most of the work is done remotely, and we come to you for workshops when that is useful.
How do we get started?
Book a free 30-minute call, or email projects@codegarden.site with a few lines about the problem. We will tell you straight away if we can help.
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Get in touch.
Pick a time on GudCal, or send a few lines about the problem. We will get back to you and say whether we can help.
Book a free 30-minute callOr email projects@codegarden.site
Code Garden Services UK Ltd · Based between Liverpool and Warrington, working across the North West and UK-wide.