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Preston · LancashireIT support & consulting in Preston.
Senior, independent IT help for businesses in Preston — cloud, security, networking and phone systems, plus fractional IT leadership. Around thirty-five minutes away, on-site by arrangement.
Working with Preston businesses
Preston is the largest business centre in Lancashire, with a strong professional and financial services presence alongside manufacturing and public sector supply chains. Businesses here are often working to compliance standards imposed by larger customers.
Much of my career has been in FCA and SRA regulated settings, so evidencing controls rather than merely having them is familiar ground. If a major customer has sent you a security questionnaire and you are not sure how to answer it honestly, that is a conversation worth having.
What I help Preston businesses with
- Fractional IT director — senior IT leadership a few days a month
- IT and provider assessments — an independent view on whether you are getting value
- Security and Cyber Essentials — hardening and certification support
- Microsoft 365 — setup, migration and tidying up
- Azure and cloud migration — off ageing servers onto something manageable
- Networking — firewalls, wi-fi and multi-site connectivity
- Phone systems — reviews and cloud voice migrations
- Ad-hoc IT support — a senior pair of hands when you need one
Areas covered around Preston
Preston city centre, Fulwood, Bamber Bridge, Leyland, Longridge and Penwortham. Remote support is available anywhere in the UK, and a good deal of this work does not need anyone on site at all.
Why use an independent rather than a managed provider
Managed providers do a genuinely useful job, but they are selling a monthly contract and every recommendation carries that incentive. I am not reselling anything and I do not want a three-year commitment. If the honest answer is that your current setup is fine, I will tell you that.
You also deal with me directly rather than a rotating helpdesk. Same person every time, someone who currently runs an IT function for a living.
Costs
Ad-hoc work is £85 an hour or £450 a day, projects start at £750, and fractional IT leadership runs from £350 a month. No VAT to add. Full guide prices are published openly.
Response times: within 2 hours during working hours, and never more than 24 hours.
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