Insights & Resources

Gartner expects inference cost per agentic workflow to rise more than fivefold through 2028. The quote covers the build; the running cost is the part that moves. Here is what AI automation actually costs in the UK in 2026.

Claude Enterprise and an annual Claude Team seat both cost $20 per seat per month. They are not the same product: one includes usage, the other bills every token on top. Here is how to pick.

Google lists Gemini Enterprise from $21 per seat. What the headline leaves out is that the cheapest tier does not include enterprise-grade security and compliance. An honest head-to-head for UK buyers.

More than 40,000 firms have applied to join the Claude Partner Network since March 2026. Almost none sit at the same tier. What Select, Preferred and Global Premier actually require, and how to verify a claim.

Only 11% of larger Irish organisations report a positive return on the AI they have already bought. How to choose an AI consultancy in Ireland: six shortlist criteria, who actually regulates you, and what state funding really covers.

Small consulting firms took just 3% of the UK's £21.8bn market in 2025. We are one of them. Here is the honest comparison of cost, team, speed and accountability, including the four situations where a Big 4 firm is the better buy.

UK AI adoption has almost tripled since 2023, but only 10% of adopters use AI extensively. That gap is usually the contract shape, not the technology. How PoC, project and retainer really differ.

The median UK contract AI engineer bills £588 a day, and the same job title spans £415 to £858. Here are 2026 day rates by role and seniority, including our own published rate card.

Gartner expected 30% of generative AI projects to be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025. If you can only buy one supplier first, buy the build, scoped narrow, and write the strategy from what it measures.

The UK has more than 2,500 venture-backed AI startups, and plenty of them list a London address. Here is what a London AI consultancy actually adds to the price, when the postcode matters, and how to shortlist.

54% of UK firms now use AI, but only about one in ten SMEs has moved past generic tools. Here is what changes when you buy AI consulting below enterprise scale: budgets, data, and where to start.

UK AI consulting comes down to seven things you can actually buy. Discovery £10,000 to £20,000, a two-month proof of concept £20,000, implementation £10,000 to £20,000 a month. Plus the three lines that are usually padding.

In 2025 the average organisation scrapped 46% of its AI proofs of concept before they reached production. A lot of that is buying the wrong kind of supplier. Here is how the two actually differ.

Gartner predicted at least 30% of generative AI projects would be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025. Here is what a UK AI consultancy should actually hand you, per engagement type, with price bands and the artefacts you keep.

Large language models are now the most-deployed AI in British business, at 18% of firms, yet the average adopter runs just 1.6 tools. Nine UK generative AI consulting companies, compared honestly.