Priced by the shape of the job.
Free tools first (Agent-Ready Check, audits). Then packaged offers built for UK manufacturers: AI Readiness Audit + 90-Day Roadmap (£1,495, £450 credit) and Fabrication AI Jumpstart (£6,950: site + 1 fab AI pipeline). Real payback in 4–8 months from Kingsland Fabrications (invoices 8h/wk→20min, paint notes 2h/day reclaimed) and UK Workbenches (43% revenue growth). Charity rate £2,450. Fixed price, written plan, honest price.
Zero risk start
Free tools that qualify the right work.
Run the free Agent-Ready Check or book a no-obligation audit. The insight is useful on its own. When there's a fit, we show you the exact fixed-price path (with credits). Most manufacturers who convert start here. No pressure — ever.
- robots.txt, llms.txt, Link headers, MCP discovery
- Schema, Content Signals, bot access, skills index
- 14+ checks on your live URL
- Clear next-step recommendations
- Fresh external eye on your current setup
- Ranked list by real business impact
- AI, automation, or site opportunities
- No sales pitch — just the facts
- Design/UX + mobile experience
- SEO + AI citation readiness (links to live tool)
- Enquiry paths + tracking
- Competitor comparison
Next step: Low score or clear pain? Book the £1,495 AI Readiness Audit + Roadmap (£450 credit applies) or go straight to the Fabrication AI Jumpstart.
For UK manufacturers & fabricators
Packaged offers that pay for themselves fast.
These three packages are built specifically for shops that fabricate, weld, cut, assemble or install. They combine the speed of a Rebuild Sprint with one real AI win that reclaims hours on the floor or in the office. All use the exact processes and metrics we've already delivered for Kingsland Fabrications and UK Workbenches.
- 20+ point agent-ready technical audit
- 60–90 min ops workflow mapping call
- 3 prioritised opportunities with your £/hr math
- Written ROI estimate + implementation quote
- Full Website Rebuild Sprint + agent-ready foundations
- Invoice matching OR drawing→paint-notes OR quote AI (your choice)
- Trained on YOUR real documents
- 30-day care + training + runbook
- Rebuild Sprint + warm accessible design
- Google Workspace migration
- Donor/volunteer automation (or custom till)
- Care Plan £99/mo (vs £175)
Limited capacity: Fabrication AI Jumpstart max 4 slots per quarter. Charity programme 1–2 per quarter (registered charity number required). Digital Operation retainer is the natural next step for continuous delivery.
At a glance
Free tools to paid. Offers compared.
Free Tools → Paid Path
| Free Tool | What You Get Instantly | Typical Next Step | Price of Next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent-Ready Check | 0–100 score + Level + gap list | AI Readiness Audit + Roadmap | £1,495 (£450 credit) |
| Free Business Audit | Written ranked wins list | Half-day workflow audit or Jumpstart | £450 (credited) or £6,950 |
| Free Website Review | 7-point report + competitor view | Rebuild Sprint or Jumpstart | £2,750 or £6,950 |
Manufacturer Offers — Payback Math
| Offer | Price / Time | Key Real-World Wins | Est. Payback | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Readiness Audit + Roadmap | £1,495 / 2–3 wk | 3 prioritised fab AI opps + your exact £/hr math; Kingsland benchmarks | 1 month of impl | Any mfr unsure where AI hits first |
| Fabrication AI Jumpstart | £6,950 / 4–6 wk | Site live + e.g. invoices 8h→20min or paint notes 2h/day (Kingsland); +43% rev (UK Workbenches) | 4–8 months | Fabricators with old site + admin pain |
| Charity Digital Essentials | £2,450 / 3–5 wk | Proper site + Workspace + automation; The Bridge: "kitted out like a proper business" | Immediate mission impact | Registered charities £500k+ income |
Real shop-floor proof
Informed by delivered work, not theory.
• Kingsland Fabrications (Warrington steel fab): Invoice reconciliation 8 hrs/week → 20 minutes. Paint notes supervisor: up to 2 hrs every day reclaimed for fabricating/QC. Physical Kanban replaced by live MES. First website + online enquiries ever. Agent-ready score: 100 / Level 5. Now on ongoing £3,200+/mo Digital Operation retainer.
• UK Workbenches (industrial furniture): Rebuilt from broken OpenCart on shared hosting to proper Shopify + SEO. 43% revenue growth in year one. 61% improvement in mobile conversion rate. The website is now a major revenue channel.
• The Bridge at Leigh (community food bank): 20%+ charity rate delivered Google Workspace migration, new accessible site (now ranks for 'food bank Leigh'), and custom iPad membership + till system. Manager: "Chris kitted us out like a proper business... the charity discount made it possible."
Most Jumpstart clients see the project pay for itself in 4–8 months before counting new enquiries or error reduction. The Readiness Audit surfaces your specific numbers before you commit. Our offers are informed by these outcomes + active primary research into AI adoption across UK fabrication (Made Smarter NW network, report 2026).
One-off builds
Websites, built for how your business works.
- Existing brochure site rebuilt
- Up to 8 pages + copy cleanup
- SEO + schema baked in
- Analytics + enquiry routing
- Cloudflare launch + 30-day support
- Bespoke design and page structure
- Product / service detail pages
- Blog + case-study templates
- CRM / email / WhatsApp forms
- 100/100 PageSpeed target
- Custom store design
- Stripe / GoCardless payments
- Trade pricing + bulk orders
- Product catalogue + CMS
- Orders ➝ accounting sync
One-off builds
AI that pays back inside the first quarter.
- Workflow audit included
- Custom agent on your data
- Integration with up to 3 tools
- Training + written runbook
- 30-day tuning
- Invoice / PO / spec reading
- OCR + LLM extraction
- System integration
- Validation + exception handling
- Monitoring dashboard
- Internal tools, dashboards, chatbots
- Google Workspace AI integrations
- Kingsland-style MES / platforms
- Phased for larger builds
- Rolls into ongoing retainer
Popular bundles
The way most clients actually buy.
We can mix any of the builds above with a monthly plan. Three bundles cover 80% of what we get asked for — everything's shaped around what you actually need. Most clients don't need a greenfield first site; they've got something that's underperforming, plus an internal toolstack that could be doing more. We handle both together. The "Digital Operation" shape (project + continuous AI & Software Retainer) is how Kingsland Fabrications runs — no project end, just ongoing wins.
- Website Rebuild Sprint
- Care Plan from launch month
- 1 hour of changes per month
- Priority bug fixes
- Google Workspace migration (from M365 / Outlook / mixed)
- Gemini AI rollout + prompt library + team training
- Site refresh or rebuild (goal-led — leads, credibility, bookings)
- Care Plan from launch
- Initial fixed-price build (site, MES, or tool)
- Ongoing AI & Software Retainer
- Monthly planning, weekly demos
- Quarterly exec review
Monthly plans
Care, growth, or continuous delivery.
- Managed hosting + SSL + daily backups
- Up to 1 hr of changes / mo
- Security patches + uptime monitoring
- Priority bug fixes
- Ranking + AI citation work
- Monthly content shipped
- Google / LinkedIn ads managed
- One-page monthly report
- Named team, weekly demos
- Phased roadmap of features / agents
- Continuous tuning & support
- Quarterly exec review
Promise
Written down before we start.
Written plan, one price
Every project is quoted fixed, in writing, before work starts. Monthly plans get a written monthly plan of what's included. Nothing is hidden in an invoice.
Reply within two working days
For fixed-price projects: feedback within 2 working days keeps the launch date on track. Slower replies push the date back a day for each day missed. If a project is paused longer than 14 days there's a £250 restart fee. Read why →
Honest no
If your budget doesn't fit the brief, we'll tell you before you pay a penny. Often we'll suggest a cheaper tool that does the job — or a different shape of engagement.
Free tools first
We give away real value (Agent-Ready Check, Free Business Audit, Free Website Review) before asking for a penny. £450 workflow audit credit always applies. The insight is useful on its own.
Let's see if we can help.
A 15-minute chat with Chris & Kay. No slides. No pitch deck. You tell us what's on your plate; we follow up by email with real thinking.