AI Automation
I'm Chris Payne. I help small and medium businesses find the repetitive work worth automating, then build and support the workflows that take it off your team. I trained as an AI and automation workflow specialist on a Level 4 apprenticeship with Cambridge Spark, and I bring the same plain-English, priorities-first approach as my Visibility Review.
Start with a review
Most businesses do not need more AI tools. They need to know which tasks are worth automating, which are better left to people, and what could go wrong. The review answers those questions first, so you are not paying to automate the wrong thing.
You get a ranked list of automation opportunities with the effort, the risks and the likely time saved for each, and a plan for what to do first.
AI Automation Review. Builds are quoted per workflow after the review.
Common problems
Information is typed or pasted from one system into another, which is slow and easy to get wrong.
High volumes of email or enquiries make it easy for the one that matters to be buried.
The same weekly or monthly report is rebuilt manually from the same sources every time.
People use AI tools ad hoc, with no rules for what data goes in or who checks what comes out.
The review covers the tasks your team repeats, the tools and data involved, how often each task happens and how long it takes, and what the consequences are if it goes wrong.
Each task is rated for fit: suitable for automation, suitable with a person checking the result, or better left alone.
One workflow I built scans incoming email and picks out everything relevant to particular year groups and classes, so nothing important is missed.
The same pattern fits any business that has to sort and route a high volume of messages, such as enquiries, supplier emails or customer requests.
What you get
How it works
A fixed-price review of where time is lost and which tasks are worth automating, ending in a prioritised plan.
Ask about the reviewOne workflow at a time, scoped and quoted after the review. Each build is tested on real examples and has a named person checking the output.
Ask about a buildMonthly support to keep workflows working, fix problems and add the next one. Scope and cost are agreed upfront and kept in proportion to the size of the business.
Ask about supportFAQ
Repetitive admin is the usual starting point: sorting and routing email, copying data between tools, building weekly reports, checking documents against a list, and drafting first-pass responses for a person to review.
Often not. Many workflows can be built with tools you already use, such as Google Workspace, spreadsheets and forms. The review says what is needed and what it would cost before anything is built.
No. The aim is to remove repetitive steps so people spend time on work that needs judgement. Anything customer-facing or high-risk keeps a person checking the output.
Every workflow starts with a plain question: what data does it touch, where does a person check the result, and what happens when it gets something wrong. Personal data is kept out of AI tools unless there is a clear reason and a safe way to use it.
The AI Automation Review starts from £750. Builds are quoted per workflow once the review has shown what is worth doing, and ongoing support is scoped monthly. You will know the cost before you commit to the next step.
Send me a short description of the repetitive work you would most like to get rid of. I will come back with whether it is worth automating and the best first step.
Contact me Or explore the Visibility Review