Connect: AI Automation & AI Assistants

If a task makes your team sigh, it’s probably automatable.

We build AI assistants and automated workflows that answer enquiries, move information and handle the repetitive work, so your people can focus on the work that actually needs them.

The problem

None of it is hard. All of it is slow.

Your team copies details from emails into spreadsheets, answers the same five questions every day, chases follow-ups from memory, and moves information between tools that don’t talk to each other.

What it’s costing you

Repetitive work eats the hours your best people should spend with customers. Enquiries wait until someone’s free, details get lost between tools, and follow-ups depend on someone remembering. The business slows down, and nobody can quite say why.

See it in action

Friday, 6:02pm. Handled by 6:03pm.

Watch a workflow handle a new enquiry, then try an assistant trained on an example business.

Included in Signature

Friday, 6:02pm. Handled by 6:03pm.

Remember the Tuesday reply from earlier? This is the AI workflow that makes sure you never send one.

  1. New enquiry from your website“Hi, could I get a quote for a bathroom refit?”
  2. Personal reply, sent instantly“Thanks Sam! Here’s what happens next, plus a link to pick a call time.”
  3. Sorted and logged for youBathroom refit. Wants a call this week. Marked as hot.
  4. You get a heads-upA tidy summary on your phone. No digging, no lost leads.

Example workflow. We set yours up around how your business actually handles enquiries.

Included in Forward

An AI assistant that knows your business.

Trained on your services, prices and FAQs. Answers in your tone, qualifies leads and books calls while you sleep. Try our example roofing company:

Northpeak AssistantExample business. Replies instantly.
Hi! I’m Northpeak’s assistant. Ask me about repairs, prices or bookings.

How we fix it

Four steps. Zero jargon.

You’ll always know what’s happening, what it costs and what we need from you.

  1. 1

    Map the work

    We look at how a process actually runs today and find the steps that repeat.

  2. 2

    Pick the right wins

    We automate the predictable parts first, and keep people in charge of judgement calls and exceptions.

  3. 3

    Build and connect

    AI assistants and workflows, connected to the tools you already use.

  4. 4

    Test, hand over, improve

    Real-world testing, clear documentation, and adjustments as you learn what works.

What you get

Outcomes first. Tech terms in brackets.

Everything we can include, agreed in writing so you know exactly what you’re getting.

  • An AI assistant that knows your businesstrained on your services, prices and FAQs, answering on your website around the clock
  • An instant reply to every enquiryAI lead handling
  • Leads qualified and calls booked automaticallylead qualification and scheduling
  • A helper for your teaminternal AI assistants that find answers in your own documents
  • Information that moves itselfworkflow automation between your tools
  • Faster content, still checked by a humanAI-assisted content workflows
  • Built on proven toolsn8n, Make, Zapier and direct API integrations
  • You stay in controlreview steps, plus alerts for anything unusual

Good fit if…

Sound familiar?

If any of these made you wince a little, we should talk.

  • Someone on your team spends hours every week copying and pasting.
  • Customers keep asking the same questions.
  • Enquiries wait until someone’s free to answer them.

FAQs

Questions people ask about AI automation.

What can AI automation do for a small business?

The most useful wins are usually unglamorous: replying to enquiries instantly, answering common questions, booking calls, moving details between tools and sending follow-ups on time. We start with the tasks that take the most time and need the least judgement.

Will AI replace my staff?

No, and that isn’t the goal. AI handles the repetitive parts so your team can spend more time on customers and the work that needs a human. It’ll replace the parts of their job they complain about.

Can an AI chatbot answer customer questions accurately?

It answers from information you approve, like your services, prices and policies. We set clear limits on what it can say, and it hands over to a person when a question goes beyond what it knows.

How much does AI automation cost?

Our Signature website package includes an AI enquiry workflow, and Forward adds an AI assistant trained on your business. Larger automation projects get a tailored, fixed quote. Ongoing AI and tool usage fees are paid separately.

Which automation tools do you use?

We build with n8n, Make, Zapier and direct API connections, and work with the tools you already have wherever possible. The right choice depends on the process, not on our favourite.

Is my business data safe?

We design every automation to access only what it needs, and agree with you exactly what data it can use before we build anything.

Got a task your team would love to never do again?

Tell us about it, and we’ll show you what we’d automate first.

  1. 1
    We read it properly

    A real person, not an autoresponder with a fake smile.

  2. 2
    We reply with ideas

    What we’d fix first, why, and what it would take.

  3. 3
    You get a fixed quote

    No obligation, no pressure, no surprise invoices later.

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Talk through an automation idea

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