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Most of our customers would rather not be named, so we keep them anonymous. These are real jobs we've done. For what customers say about working with us, read our Google reviews (5.0 · 12 reviews).

The team behind the work The businesses we keep running rarely think about us. That's the point.
Case study 01 · Restaurant · Central London

WiFi that takes the orders and looks after the diners.

A busy central London restaurant runs almost everything over WiFi: the card machines, and front-of-house staff taking orders on tablets. They needed a guest network diners would actually use, and a staff network that stays up in the middle of service.

We set up a branded sign-in page for guests that collects opt-in marketing details, put front-of-house on its own separate network, and built it on managed switches and routers with automatic failover. If a line drops, orders keep going, and we can sort most problems remotely.

  • Guest sign-inBranded, with opt-in marketing details
  • Staff networkKept separate from the guests
  • FailoverOrders keep going if a line drops
Case study 02 · Estate agency

From an old phone system to one that does something.

An estate agency was on an old phone system. Apart from a "press 1 for sales, press 2 for lettings" menu, it didn't do much. Calls rang out when people were at viewings, and nobody could see what had been missed.

We moved them onto a modern cloud phone system, with one main number and a direct line for each negotiator. Now calls follow people onto their mobile and laptop apps, get routed to whoever's free, and missed calls show up so someone can ring back.

  • Old system outReplaced, not patched up
  • Direct linesOne main number, one line each
  • Calls follow peopleOffice number on mobile and laptop
Case study 03 · Office fire

A fire on a Friday. Working by Monday.

On a Friday evening, a bus stop next to a client's building was set alight. The room beside their server cabinet was damaged by the fire, and then by water from the hoses. No room, no internet, no server.

Over the weekend we brought their server back from the cloud backup and had it running remotely. On Monday morning staff connected to it over a secure VPN and worked from home, while the office was put right and a new server bought.

  • Friday eveningFire and water damage
  • The weekendServer restored from the cloud
  • Monday morningStaff working from home
Example · Field sales

A salesperson who's never out of signal.

Sales staff on the road lose calls and data in the same places every week: rural roads, client car parks, the back of a big building. One network is strong in one place and weak in the next.

A multi-network SIM roams across all the UK networks and switches to whichever has the best signal, so the phone and laptop hotspot keep working. It sits on a pooled data plan with the rest of the team, so nobody runs out mid-month.

  • All UK networksSwitches to the best signal
  • Pooled dataShared across the team
  • Same numberNothing changes for customers

Where we do a lot of work.

Not a hard rule. We look after all sorts of small businesses, but these are the ones we know best.

Accountants

Busy around deadlines, lots of documents, and client data that needs looking after properly.

Solicitors

Email, files and phones that just have to work, with care over who can see what.

Recruitment

A day that runs on being reachable: phones, mobiles, email and the CRM all at once.

Restaurants & hospitality

Card machines and tablets running over WiFi, and a guest network people actually use.

Hotels

Guest WiFi, a separate staff network, and internet that guests rely on.

Charities

Sensible IT on a tight budget, kept simple for staff and volunteers.

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