An AI consultant in Manchester who actually ships.
Phil travels in from Nottingham — on the M62 in time for the morning stand-up. James, Louis and Shivam back the engagement from Derby, Norwich and London. Senior, AI-native, in the room with you when it matters.
Manchester has plenty of AI agencies and London consultancies billing for the train up. We are different. Phil — our delivery lead — travels in from Nottingham on the M62 for on-site days, with James, Louis and Shivam backing every engagement from Derby, Norwich and London. Senior, AI-native operators on the same engagement, without the partner-and-associate stack.
We have spent the last three years rebuilding our own businesses around AI — Homemove, home.co.uk and homedata.co.uk. We bring that stack and that way of working into Manchester businesses ready to ship rather than strategise.
Easy reach across Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Warrington and the wider North-West. Monthly retainer plus transparent hourly delivery; most engagements pay back inside the first quarter. We do not lease a Manchester office — we travel to you.
On the M62 when you need us
Phil drives across for on-site days from Nottingham; the wider team joins remotely or in person as the engagement asks. Manchester delivery without a leased office and a partner’s utilisation target loaded into your day rate.
Build, not advise
No Manchester workshop and a deck. We diagnose with your operators, design the systems, build them on your stack, deploy into your environment, and hand over the runbook to your team.
First-quarter pay-back
We start with the workflow that pays back fastest. Most clients save more in the first quarter than the entire engagement costs. The second workflow compounds on the first.
Common questions.
Do you have a Manchester office?
No, and we will not pretend we do. Phil travels in from Nottingham for on-site days. Engagements run in your offices, in shared workspaces in the city, or in a coffee somewhere central. The saved overhead comes back to you as a more honest rate.
Why a travelling AI consultant rather than a Manchester firm?
Because senior bandwidth matters more than postcode. A Manchester firm staffs the day rate with its bench; we staff it with operators who have rebuilt their own companies around AI. The team that diagnoses is the team that builds.
Who comes to Manchester engagements?
Phil from Nottingham leads delivery and is on site most often. James from Derby joins for commercial and capital work; Louis (Norwich) for the technical architecture; Shivam (London) for financial diligence and any investor-facing work.
What kinds of Manchester and North-West businesses do you take on?
Scale-ups and mid-market firms with revenue and a real operating model. Property, professional services, finance, recruitment, legal and ops-heavy industries are the natural fit. The Manchester tech-corridor and the wider North-West manufacturing base are well-served too.
What does AI consulting in Manchester cost?
A monthly retainer reserves capacity and covers planning and oversight; delivery hours are billed transparently on top. Rate quoted on the first call. We are cheaper than the equivalent London or Big Four engagement because we are not paying for a city lease.
The full Forward Deployment offer
How engagements work: diagnose, build, operate. The detailed page covers engagement structure, pricing, and the four UK bases on one page.
About James, Louis, Phil & Shivam
The operators behind the work. £5m+ raised for their own companies, ~£10m across their broader career, AI-native since the week ChatGPT shipped.
More Academy entry points.
The Academy is one course with many doors. Each of these pages is a different entry point into the same twelve weeks.
AI consultancy across the M62.
Tell us where AI could move the most value in your Manchester or North-West business. If we’re a fit, we’ll come back inside the week with a build plan.
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