AI automation · Manchester

AI automation for Manchester SMEs.

Manchester has a lot of small and growing businesses. Professional firms in Spinningfields, tech and media companies around MediaCity and the Northern Quarter, and plenty of young companies taking on staff quickly.

Most of these teams already pay for a lot of software. The trouble is the tools do not talk to each other, so staff end up copying things between them. We connect them, add AI where it saves real time, and show your team how to use it.

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Where it helps most in Manchester.

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Accountants, solicitors and professional firms

Client onboarding, collecting documents, chasing missing paperwork and sorting new enquiries. This work grows with every new client, and it suits careful automation with a clear record of what happened.

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Tech, media and growing companies

Routing leads, filling in CRM records, sorting support emails and building internal reports, so you do not need to hire for admin. Fractional CTO support is there if you also need senior technical help.

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Recruitment and agencies

Follow-ups with candidates and clients, reading CVs, status updates, and AI first drafts that your consultants check before they go out.

Common first automations

  • An AI front desk on your website chat or email that answers FAQs and books calls
  • Onboarding emails and document requests sent automatically when a client is added to your CRM
  • Your support inbox sorted before 9am, with suggested replies for each email
  • AI training so your staff actually use the tools you already pay for

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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
Ask about an audit

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
Start a sprint

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
Talk about a front desk

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
Ask about care

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Working with us in Manchester.

Manchester is a short trip from our base between Liverpool and Warrington. We can run workshops and training at your office. The build and support happen remotely, with written notes your team can follow.

Do you offer AI training for our Manchester team as well as builds?

Yes. We run practical AI training sessions so your staff use AI on their real work. It works well alongside an automation sprint.

Is our client data safe?

Code Garden is run by a former Head of Technology at an FCA-regulated bank. Each integration only gets the access it needs, data can stay in the UK or EU where required, and every integration is documented.

Ready to talk? Book a free 30-minute call, get in touch or email projects@codegarden.site. Also serving Liverpool and Warrington. Back to the homepage.