£15 to £30 per day
About £450 to £900 per month, billed only once the system is built, tested and accepted.
Brocklesby AI guide
Business process automation for real operating workflows
Brocklesby builds practical automations that connect repeated business steps, reduce manual admin and keep work moving without relying on memory.
At a glance
Typical cost and time saved.
5 to 12 hours saved a day
Roughly 150 to 360 hours of admin a month, because the system runs weekends and evenings too.
£2.50 to £3 an hour
The cost per hour of skilled time replaced. Unlike a person doing repetitive admin manually, a well-designed workflow can run consistently outside normal working hours while people keep control of judgement, exceptions and important decisions.
Typical, illustrative figures for common versions of this system. Real scope and outcomes vary by business.
What business process automation solves
Most businesses do not lose time because one single task is impossible. They lose time because the same small steps happen again and again. Someone copies details from an email into a spreadsheet. Someone checks whether a customer replied. Someone updates a CRM. Someone creates a weekly report. Someone asks for missing information for the tenth time that week.
Business process automation joins those repeated steps together. Instead of relying on memory, manual copying and scattered reminders, the workflow moves in the background. A good system makes the next action clearer, reduces missed follow-ups and keeps information moving between tools.
How Brocklesby approaches process automation
Brocklesby starts with the way the business already works. The goal is not to force a new system onto the team. The goal is to find the repeated steps that already exist, then rebuild them into a practical workflow using the tools already in place.
Typical tools include Gmail, Outlook, Google Sheets, Excel, CRMs, calendars, forms, Shopify, Slack, Zapier, n8n and payment systems. The automation can draft responses, move tasks, update records, send reminders, produce summaries or alert the owner when human judgement is needed.
The strongest first automation is usually not the most complex one. It is the one that removes a repeated bottleneck and proves value quickly.
Example workflow
The system identifies the source, category, urgency and missing information.
Customer name, business name, requested service, budget notes and deadlines are pulled into a structured format.
The system drafts a reply, creates a task or updates a spreadsheet or CRM.
If the customer does not respond, a polite follow-up can be prepared or sent according to agreed rules.
Anything sensitive, unclear or high value can be held for human review.
Why human oversight matters
Automation should not mean giving control away. Many workflows are strongest when AI prepares the work and a person approves the important decisions. This is especially important for pricing, complaints, unusual enquiries, sensitive customer issues and anything with legal, medical or financial implications.
Brocklesby can design workflows where the automation handles repetitive preparation, while the business keeps control of final judgement.
Where process automation usually creates value
- Reducing manual copying between emails, spreadsheets and CRMs.
- Stopping enquiries from being missed.
- Keeping follow-ups consistent.
- Producing simple reports without manual spreadsheet work.
- Making sure admin steps happen in the right order.
- Saving owner and staff time without hiring another admin person.
Find out what your business should automate first.
No upfront setup cost. Brocklesby builds and tests the system first, then you only pay once it is working and useful.
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