Practical AI for UK businesses
Less admin. More time to run your business.
NextStep helps you find the repetitive work in your business and build practical systems that make it easier to run.
A free 60-minute session, then your action plan. No obligation.
01 The problem
Too much of your business still runs on manual work.
Not every business has all of these. Most have at least one, and each usually has a practical fix.
Typing the same details in again
A new customer goes into the inbox, the spreadsheet, the job system and the accounts, one at a time.
Chasing enquiries by hand
Replies wait until someone is free, and quotes go quiet because nobody had time to follow them up.
Moving information between systems
Copying and pasting between email, spreadsheets and software that could be passing it along itself.
The same admin, every week
Reminders, reports and routine emails, written again from scratch.
02 What we do
We take the manual steps out of everyday work.
Built around how your business already runs and the tools you already pay for. Not everything should be automated, and we will tell you which parts should not.
Automate repetitive work
Routine steps, like follow-ups, reminders and record updates, run the same way every time without anyone doing them.
More on automation
Connect your tools
The software you already use passes information between itself, so things are entered once.
More on connecting tools
Build practical AI systems
AI where it genuinely improves a job, such as sorting enquiries or drafting replies, with a person approving what matters.
More on AI systems
Help your team use it
We train the people who do the work, test it with them, and look after it once it is live.
More on training
03 An example
One enquiry, from inbox to done.
The routine steps run on their own. A person makes the decision. An illustration of the kind of workflow we build, not a particular client’s system.
An enquiry arrives
By email or through the form on your website.
AutomaticThe details are read and organised
What they want, how urgent it is, and what you already know about them from your records.
AIA task is created where your team already works
In your job system, CRM or shared inbox, with the details filled in.
AutomaticThe right person is told
With a reply already drafted in your wording.
AutomaticA person checks it and decides
Approve and it goes. Change it, or take it from there. Nothing goes out in your name without a yes.
A person
04 How it works
Four steps, and you decide at each one.
It starts with a free hour on your business, and nothing is built until you have agreed it in writing.
01Understand the business
We learn how the work gets done today: the jobs, the tools and where the time goes.
02Find the opportunities
We pick the improvements worth making, and agree what must stay with a person.
03Build and test
We build it around the tools you already use and test it on your real work.
04Support and improve
We train your team, watch how it runs and keep improving it once it is live.
05 Proof
Three things you can check.
We use our own systems every day
NextStep runs on the same agents we build for clients, so we find the rough edges before you do. If we did not trust it, we would not have pointed it at ourselves first.
One of our directors was a paying client first
James Hollis bought a transformation for his own company, Renewable Power Solutions, paid for it like any other client and lived with it. Then he invested in NextStep and became a Managing Director.
We train the people who will use it
In the room, on their own work. Whoever does the quoting is shown what changed about quoting, how to check it and when to step in.
AI felt overwhelming until we started working with NextStep. They have transformed how our business operates and saved the team countless hours. The single biggest leverage move you could make.
Dan KempManaging Director
James HollisManaging Director, and a client first- You own what we build for you
- The software, code and prompts we build for you, and your data, always.
- A person approves what matters
- Sending, spending and deleting always stop and ask. What else needs approval is agreed with you.
- No mark-up on AI
- AI usage is paid by you directly, at cost, never marked up.
06 Pricing
What it costs.
The first step is free. After that there are three ways to work with us, and on the call we tell you which fits, if any.
- Start here
Free strategy session
Free
One hour on your business, then your AI action plan. No obligation.
- For smaller businesses
The Complete AI Setup
From £1,700
AI set up across the business you already have, in 2 to 4 weeks.
- Our flagship
The NextStep AI Transformation™
From £3,000
Your own app with AI agents inside it. The audit is part of it, and every line of the work is priced.
- For one problem
Custom Agents & Builds
Get a quote
One problem, one build, scoped and quoted before anything is built.
Once anything is live, a monthly plan can look after it, AI Partner or Standby. We talk you through those on the call.
Let’s make your business easier to run.
Tell us how it works today. In one free hour we find the repetitive work worth taking off your plate, then send you an AI action plan.
Free 60-minute session. No obligation.