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Southport · MerseysideIT support & consulting in Southport.
Senior, independent IT help for businesses in Southport — cloud, security, networking and phone systems, plus fractional IT leadership. Around thirty minutes away, on-site by arrangement.
Working with Southport businesses
Southport's business base leans towards independent retail, hospitality, healthcare practices and professional services, with a good number of owner-managed businesses where the director is also, by default, the IT department.
For businesses like that the most valuable thing is usually not more support but an honest answer to a few questions: is our data actually backed up, could we recover, and are we paying for things we do not use. That is what the free health check is designed to answer.
What I help Southport 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 Southport
Southport town centre, Birkdale, Ainsdale, Formby and Churchtown. 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.
Based in Southport? Start with a free health check.
An independent view of where your IT stands, at no cost and with no obligation.