Start your Monday with a two-minute summary: what happened, what’s handled, and the one thing that needs you. Your daily tasks go to AI agents and a small remote team.
It starts with the Time-Back Audit. You choose the hours you want to work and log one normal week. I map it and give you the plan. You run it, or my team does it for you.
£195 for the first 5 ownersUnder 2 hours of your time4 hours a week found, or your money back
My own business used to take 50+ hours of my week. Now it usually takes under 10. See how
Your week
41 hrs now to 12 hrs once it’s all handed off
What I do · People + AI
1Map your week
£195once, for the first 5 owners. Then £495.
I map one normal week, on screen and off it, against the hours you want to work. You get a plan with your jobs ranked by the hours they free up, and a call to pick your first quick wins.
See a sample plan (opens in a new tab)2Free your time
£1,500a month. £1,000 your first month if you join within 30 days of your plan.I take on 4 members at a time.
We take the jobs on your plan off your plate, one at a time. AI agents do the repeat work. An assistant we train and manage does what needs a person. Every Friday, one screen: jobs done, how long they used to take, what needed you, and what’s next.
3Protect your time
£500a month after that.
Once you hit your target, your bill drops and we keep it all working. A free check of your hours every 3 months catches any creep early. If they slip, go back to full pace for a month.
Why not just hire an assistant or buy an AI tool?
A tool on its own isn’t a system. Each job gets a trigger, rules, limits and someone in charge: a person, or an AI agent with a person checking it.
You pay these directly, at cost: software, about £50 to £100 a month, and an assistant if a job needs one, about £500 to £650 a month for 80 hours.
Stop after any step. No minimum term: cancel with 30 days’ notice and keep everything we built. Bookkeeping isn’t included. Prices in pounds, no VAT (I’m not VAT-registered).
What changes
If the “now” side looks familiar, your business has outgrown the way it’s run.
Your team waits on you, because only you know how things work.
Each process is written down once. Your team looks it up instead of asking you.
You check your phone by the pool, every day of your holiday.
A two-minute summary tells you if anything needs you. Usually, nothing does.
Your best morning hours go on emails, admin and checking the numbers.
Now your mornings go on new products, key partners and the big calls.
New wholesale enquiries wait days for a first reply.
Each new enquiry gets a first reply within the hour. You step in only for the ones worth a call.
You know AI could help. But who has time to work out how?
AI agents check sales, stock and ad spend each morning. They message you only when something needs a decision.
And a business that’s worth more, because it doesn’t fall apart when you step away.
How it works
First we cut the jobs that don’t need doing. Everything else goes into one of four piles.
The few things only you should do. Now you’ll have time for them.
Written down once as an SOP (standard operating procedure): a short checklist anyone can follow.
Let software and AI agents handle it. They flag you only when something needs a decision.
A trained remote team member owns it and works from the checklist (SOP). It stops landing back on you.
We fix a job before we hand it off. Automate a messy job and you get the same mess, faster.
Case study · My own business
In 2017 I started a design and licensing business. It grew to six figures a year. The catch: it ran on me. Every launch, every question, every number. At its peak I worked 50+ hours a week, including weekends.
I was the bottleneck.
So I rebuilt it to run without me.
It took me years: writing the systems, automating the busywork, training the right people. You get the shortcut.
Morning. Here’s last week.
What happened
Sales up 8% on the week. 214 orders shipped, 3 late.
What’s handled
41 customer emails answered: AI drafts, checked by Sam. 2 refunds approved by Sam. 6 over-budget campaigns flagged to the ads manager.
Needs you
Approve the new supplier quote. About 2 minutes.
Trimmed bids on the 6. Full report on Friday.
Modelled on the alerts my own business runs on. Numbers are illustrative.
Today it usually takes under 10 hours of my week.
I’ve also prepared a business for sale. One of the first things a buyer checks is how much it depends on the owner. The less it needs you, the more they’ll pay. That’s why every job we take on goes into a one-page map of who runs what, kept with your SOPs.
I’m Colin, a business owner in the UK.
I review each audit myself and sign off every job. You deal with me directly.
Examples · People + AI
UK small business owners spend about 11 hours a week on admin and finance.1 Here’s what that work looks like once it’s handed off. An AI agent does the legwork, an assistant checks it, and anything that moves money waits for your yes.
CustomersSaves time
NowYou look up the order, copy the tracking link and paste it back. All week.
Ops Agent APP
11 order questions answered today. One parcel hasn’t moved from the depot in 5 days. Send Jo a new one?
OrdersSaves time
NowEach return is an email chain: why, the label, has it arrived, the refund.
Ops Agent APP
Refund of £64.50 for order #1042. It’s over your £50 limit. Approve?
SalesBrings in sales
NowA shop asks to stock you. The email sits for days while you’re busy.
Ops Agent APP
Gift shop, two branches, stocks brands like yours. Price list sent at 10:14. Book a call for Thursday?
StockProtects sales
NowYou find out a best seller has sold out when a customer tells you.
Ops Agent APP
Sage linen throw: 3 weeks of stock left, and your supplier needs 5. Order of 120 drafted, £1,140. Approve?
SuppliersSaves time
NowEmail threads and a spreadsheet. Nobody’s sure what has shipped.
Ops Agent APP
Order 114 is 9 days late. Two products sell out before it lands. Pay £180 for faster shipping?
MoneyWins money back
NowA customer’s bank takes the money back. The proof is in five places and the clock is running.
Ops Agent APP
Dispute on order #2210, £89. Evidence ready: proof of delivery, tracking and 2 emails. Due in 6 days. Fight it?
Also common: ad spend checks, review replies, product listings, courier claims, Black Friday prep, and the apps you pay for but don’t use.
The messages are examples. Your audit picks your jobs, and you set the limits: what your assistant can approve, and what always comes to you.
1. American Express SME Business Barometer, 1,000 UK business owners, July 2026.
Start here
One normal week, mapped. Then a plan for what to hand off first.
Guarantee. If your plan finds less than 4 hours a week to hand off, email me within 30 days of getting it and I’ll refund you in full. You keep the plan.
Founding price · first 5 owners
£495 after
* For the first five owners, in return for honest feedback I can share.
What 4 hours a week adds up to
Your time at £100/hr£400 a week
Over a month16 hours
Over a year192 hours24 working days
Set up once, saved every week. The audit is a one-off fee.
Nothing to pay yet. I’ll confirm it’s a fit first.
How I use your details: privacy notice.
Not ready? Send me the one job that eats your week. I’ll reply with how I’d hand it off, free.
Prefer to talk first? Email me and we’ll find a time. No pitch.
Questions
It’s for ecommerce and small business owners turning over about £300k to £2m, who work 40+ hours a week in the business and want that number to drop. It’s not for you if you haven’t launched yet, or if you want someone to run your marketing.
During your log week, about 3 minutes a day: three quick voice notes or texts. With the form, your Sunday screenshots and two 30-minute calls, that’s under 2 hours of your time, spread over two weeks. On the membership, you read a short update each week and reply if something needs you. When we take on a new job, you check the work for the first couple of weeks, then spot check, then just read the summary.
We do one job at a time: a quick win first, then the biggest, so your hours come back in steps. Each monthly report shows how many you’ve gained. Want to get there faster? Add a second slot (£1,000 a month more) and we work on two jobs at once. Your audit maps the steps for your week. The sample plan (opens in a new tab) shows an example.
One repeat task from your plan, set up, tested and taken off your plate with its SOP. Customer emails are one job. The weekly sales report is another. Big ones are split up, so the price never changes. Hiring your assistant counts as one.
So there’s no markup and it all stays yours. Your assistant works for you, about £500 to £650 a month for 80 hours, and we find, train and manage them. If they’re in the Philippines, a year-end bonus of about a month’s pay is customary. Software sits in your name, usually £50 to £100 a month. Your plan lists every cost before you spend a penny.
The month after a fresh log shows you’ve hit your target. You don’t have to ask. On Protect we keep your SOPs and your who-runs-what map current, fix your agents when a tool changes and manage your assistant. Every 3 months you log a fresh week, free, and we check it against your target. If hours creep back, go back to full pace (£1,500) for a month.
Usually because the job only lived in your head, and nobody fixed it first. We watch how it’s done now, cut the steps that don’t matter and write down what’s left: a flowchart, a short video and screenshots. Then we test it on your last 20 real ones (emails, orders, listings) before an assistant or agent takes over.
Most owners do. The tools do the work, then you spend the hours checking them and passing things between them. We give each job rules, limits and someone in charge, so it runs without you watching.
The audit needs no logins. On the membership your accounts stay in your name and you add us as users, so you can remove us in a minute. AI tools run on business plans whose terms say they don’t train on your data by default. A person approves anything that sends, refunds, pays or deletes. Members sign a data processing agreement before anything is connected.
No. Everything is in plain English, and the tools need no code.
Log one normal week. I’ll show you which hours you can take back, or refund you if it’s less than 4 a week.
Not ready? Send me the one job that eats your week. I’ll reply with how I’d hand it off, free.
£195 for the first 5 ownersUnder 2 hours of your time4 hours a week found, or your money back
