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AI Playbook for SMEs

Seven practical uses of AI, what each one costs, and where they go wrong. One email address, and the PDF downloads straight away.

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20 August 2026
Strategy

Scotland will fund your first AI project

The Scottish Government funds free AI support for Scottish SMEs, and it is worth using. It also stops at a tested prototype, which is not the same as a system your team relies on.

4 min read
8 July 2026
Strategy

System of record, system of work

Your case-management tool holds the record. It does not do the reading and drafting. That is a different kind of software, and it sits in front.

4 min read
24 June 2026
Custom AI

Why a grounded assistant beats a clever one

A tool that is wrong in a plausible way is worse than no tool. The fix is grounding: answers from your own material, with the source shown every time.

4 min read
9 June 2026
Governance

The human sign-off is the product

In regulated work the question is not whether AI can draft it, but who is accountable when it is wrong. So we build that in: a person checks and signs.

4 min read
19 May 2026
Strategy

Where to actually start with AI

Most AI projects fail because they start with the technology. Here is the order that works: find the bottleneck, prove the value, then scale.

4 min read
28 April 2026
Custom AI

Build or buy: when custom AI is worth it

Off-the-shelf tools are cheap and fast until they are not. A simple way to decide whether to buy a product or build something on your own data.

5 min read
7 April 2026
Automation

The boring automation that pays for itself

The biggest wins are rarely glamorous. They are the copy-paste tasks and the chasing that quietly eat hours every week.

3 min read

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