Practical AI & tech that actually works
AI has cut the cost of building software. We use it to take repetitive admin off your team and replace tools you rent with systems you own — at a firm fixed price, and only where the numbers work.
Free, no obligation. If the numbers don't justify a fix, we'll tell you.
Clients include: Nourish Media Group · Global Symbols · Hazlemere Golf Club · Sussex iTech · Emtech · The Prevention Project
For years, fixing a clunky admin process or replacing software that never quite fitted meant expensive custom development that never paid for itself. So businesses lived with the spreadsheets, the re-keying, the copy-paste and the per-seat bills — because "good enough" was cheaper than fixing it.
AI has cut the cost of building software. Work that used to mean a custom build of £25,000+ (our estimate) can now be a focused, fixed-price project at a fraction of that. The problem hasn't changed. The economics have.
No rate card. Every project is a firm fixed price, set against what the problem costs you today, and designed to pay for itself within two years. If it can't, we'll tell you before you spend anything.
Take one repetitive task. A few hours a week doesn't sound like much — until you annualise it.
A focused fix for a process like this is a firm fixed price, designed to pay for itself within two years. If it can't, we'll tell you before you spend anything. That's the comparison the free review makes for you, properly.
A short conversation, then we look at both your team's time and your software costs — the 1–3 processes costing you the most, and the tools you rent that don't fit — and put a realistic annual figure on each.
You see the annual cost of today's process next to an indicative price range for a practical fix. No jargon, no inflated promises.
If the figures make sense, we deliver one measurable improvement at a firm fixed price, designed to pay for itself within two years. If they don't, we say so and you keep the analysis.
AI and automation take repetitive admin off your team: inbox triage and first-draft replies, quotes, invoicing and payment chasing, bookings and reminders, onboarding paperwork, and pulling data out of PDFs, emails and forms.
Small, focused tools built around how you actually work. AI makes them faster to build, and every one is a firm fixed price.
Replace per-seat software that doesn't fit with a system you own, shaped to your work, with no per-seat fees.
A custom CRM, now live, instead of a per-seat subscription →
Integration, web builds and UK hosting are how the work gets delivered — see Services.
A third of a working year, reclaimed every cycle — for a focused, fixed-price project.
Nourish Media Group runs annual awards. Every cycle, creating and sending entrants' certificates swallowed around four months of one person's time — a third of a working year on a single admin process. It stayed that way because a custom fix had always looked too expensive.
Built an automated solution on top of their existing CRM: judges' results flow in, certificates are generated and distributed automatically. AI accelerated both the build and the content — which is exactly what made it affordable this time.
“The certificate run used to swallow four months of my time a year. Last cycle it took one week. Thanks to Richard for his insight and patience.” — Nourish Media Group
We only start projects where the figures are already clear. If the annual cost of the problem doesn't justify the investment, we'll tell you up front.
RKS Consult is led by Richard Stuart, a hands-on technologist with 20+ years of practical delivery — from Accenture and the London Stock Exchange Group to long-term freelance work and current technical leadership of Global Symbols, an AI-powered accessibility platform. You deal directly with the person doing the work. Richard on LinkedIn → · More about us →
A short, free Efficiency Review puts an honest annual figure on your most time-consuming processes and the software you rent, and shows what a practical fix would look like. Then the decision is yours — with real numbers in front of you.
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