Diagnose, build, supportFind the hours.Build what gets them back.Keep it running.

HoursBack is a UK AI consultancy for business owners and the people who run operations: we assess your workflows, build the AI automation and agents, and support them once they are live.

We find where your week goes, build the automations and AI agents that take the work off you, and look after them once they’re live.
AI only where it earns its place.

We find where your week goes,build the automations and AI agents that take the work off you,and look after them once they’re live.AI only where it earns its place.

Built in your own accounts, tested on your real work, signed off by you before it goes live.

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Runs in your own accountsUK-registered companyAssessment money-back if we don’t find 5+ hours a week

Quick win · LiveInbox triage agentSaves 2 hrs / week

Your HoursBack plan

2-day delivery

Saved / wk

£0

Annual saving

1wk

Payback in

Saved / wk

£0

Annual saving

1wk

Payback in

Your 5-day plan

Set up inbox triage prompt2h

Calendar booking automation1h

Proposal template + AI fill3h

Automated meeting summary1h

Friday recap automation2h

Inbox triage prompt2h

Calendar automation1h

Proposal AI fill3h

Meeting summary1h

Friday recap2h

Recipe · readyFollow-ups in 3 clicksSetup in 30 mins

Tracked · 7 daysTime reclaimed6 hrs this week

Assessment money-back if we don’t find at least
5 hours a week worth reclaiming.

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60 min

Your interview

2 working days

To your report

10 business days

A straightforward agent build

Yours

Runs in your own accounts

One conversation could change
how your week works.

Find where the time goes, build the fix, and keep it running.

What the film says

“You get to 3 o’clock and you think, how is it 3 o’clock?” Matt Watson, Watson Textiles.

In an example week, admin fills 18 hours: the inbox every morning, following up leads, copying between systems, booking calls, updating the CRM, the same questions again, meeting notes, chasing invoices, writing proposals and a weekly report by hand. You’re drowning in work that shouldn’t need you.

1. Diagnosis: find the hours. A 60-minute interview. Your written report within two working days. Your HoursBack plan, ranked by what each fix is worth, starting with an inbox triage agent at 3 hours, then syncing data between systems at 2.5 hours, and automatic invoice chasing, an automated weekly report, replies to common questions and a proposal template with AI fill at 1.5 hours each. In this example, 11.5 hours a week found.

AI only where it earns its place.

2. Automations and AI agents: build what gets them back. Built in your own accounts, tested on your real work, signed off by you. An automation: when this happens, do that, every time. When an invoice is 7 days overdue, a polite reminder goes out, and the payment is logged in your accounts. 1.5 hours a week back. No AI needed for this one.

An AI agent, which reads what comes in, decides what it is, and acts. The inbox triage agent quotes with a booking link, sends the invoice again and rebooks for Thursday. Anything that needs a person comes to you. 3 hours a week back.

In the example week, the inbox, copying between systems, chasing invoices and the weekly report by hand turn into time back to you: 8.5 hours a week, back with you.

3. Ongoing support: keep it running. We look after what we build as your systems change. Everything we’ve built, with the hours back week by week: the inbox triage agent, syncing data between systems, automatic invoice chasing and the automated weekly report, each one live. When a system changes, the build is updated: the data sync now syncs with your new CRM. A monthly working session: month 1, month 2, month 3.

Results our clients put their name to. Matt Watson, Owner, Watson Textiles: 9 hours a week back so far, of 23 identified. Emma Sexton, Founder, Inside Out: 12.5 hours a week back so far, across a four-person team. Aaron Leary, Founder and CEO, Bedrock Learning: 60 seconds, down from 10 weeks; hundreds of school impact reports, in one run.

Whether it’s just you or a team of fifty. UK businesses in 32 industries, from insurance to recruiters. Among them: trades, estate agents, solicitors, letting agents, consultancies, logistics and haulage, and financial advisers.

One conversation could change how your week works. Book a 15-minute call at hoursback.co.uk. Money back if your assessment doesn’t show 5+ hours a week.

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What we do

Find it, build it, keep it running.

Most clients start with a diagnosis. If you already know the job you want done, start at the build.

Find

Diagnosis

Find out where your week goes and what is worth fixing first.

For owners who know time is leaking but not where.

£799

Book your assessment

Build

Automations

The repetitive steps between your systems, built to run on their own.

For firms retyping between systems or building reports by hand.

Priced after a scoping call

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Agents

A digital member of the team that gets on with the work in the background, without being asked.

Answering routine enquiries, chasing what’s overdue, keeping records up to date, flagging what needs you.

From £949

Book a scoping call →

Keep it running

Ongoing support

What we build keeps working, and the next thing gets done.

For anyone with automations or agents from us.

Sized to you

Ask about ongoing support →

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The Problem

You’re drowning in work that shouldn’t need you.

You’ve tried a few AI tools and watched the tutorials. The work still lands on your desk, because nothing has been joined up.

10+ hours a week on admin

Emails, scheduling, invoicing, chasing, data entry. Tasks that should take minutes are eating your days.

Same tasks, every single week

Following up with leads. Formatting documents. Answering the same questions. Again. And again.

Overwhelmed by AI hype

Everyone’s talking about AI. Nobody’s telling you which tools actually matter for YOUR specific business.

Client case studies

The kind of result we publish.

Real clients, in their own words - the full story, what we found, and the measurable change in their week.

Aaron Leary

Founder and CEO, Bedrock Learning

“Splendidly finished. The account management team have had their minds blown. Hundreds of reports done in 60 seconds - which would have taken us 10 weeks manually. Genuine game changer.”

Aaron Leary

Founder and CEO, Bedrock Learning

Read Aaron’s story →

Verified60 seconds

Hundreds of school impact reports in one run, down from about 10 weeks by hand

Verified

60 seconds

Hundreds of school impact reports in one run, down from about 10 weeks by hand

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How It Works

How it works - and who does it.

We find where the time goes, build what fixes it, and keep it running. The same people from the first call to handover.

HoursBack is run by David Bevan, who spent 20 years watching people do by hand what software now does in seconds. He runs his own business on the tools he recommends.

A 15-minute call

Tell us what’s taking the time.

Free

Diagnosis

An interview, then a written report within two working days of your call.

From £799

Build

Automations and agents, built in your own accounts.

Priced after a scoping call

Keep it running

Ongoing support keeps what we build working as your systems change.

Sized to you

Ownership

What we build runs in your own accounts.

It lives in your environmentNot inside a HoursBack account, and you own it outright.
Access you controlYou give us access through accounts you control and can remove at any time. We never ask for your password or two-factor codes.
Signed off by youTested on your real work and signed off by you before it goes live.

Pricing

What it costs.

Assessment
£799
One payment, fixed price. Money back if it doesn’t find 5+ hours a week.
Team assessment
From £1,199
£1,199 for two, £1,599 for three, £1,999 for four. Five or more: talk to us.
Implementation Session
£349
After your report. A 90-minute working call, arranged with us.
Automations
Priced after a scoping call
Fixed in writing before any work starts.
Agents
From £949
Final price confirmed after a scoping call, before any work starts.
Ongoing support
Sized to you
Three months to start, then a month’s notice either way.

Software, licences and any AI usage sit in your own accounts.

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Is This For You?

Built for business owners, and the people who run operations for them.

This is for you if…

You run a UK business, whether it’s just you or a team of fifty
You run operations for an owner and want the busywork off your team
You’ve used ChatGPT but don’t have a real system
You’re tired of tutorials that assume you know 10 other tools
You want practical wins this week, not a 10-hour course

This is not for you if…

You want AI added to work that runs fine without it
You’re looking for a magic button, not a roadmap
You’re pre-revenue without real processes to optimise

Aaron Leary

Founder & CEO, Bedrock Learning

Client result

Splendidly finished. The account management team have had their minds blown. Hundreds of reports done in 60 seconds - which would have taken us 10 weeks manually. Genuine game changer.

Read Aaron’s story →

Common Questions

Everything you need to know.

Both. We start by finding where your time goes, then we build the automations and AI agents that get it back, and we can keep them running afterwards. Some clients take the report and do the work themselves. It’s written so they can, with every step set out. Others ask us to build it. You decide once you’ve seen what’s worth doing.

An automation follows fixed steps: when this happens, do that. It moves information between systems, fills in the same fields every time, or builds a report on a schedule. Many use no AI at all. An agent can use judgement. It reads what comes in, decides what it is, and acts: answering a routine enquiry, chasing something overdue, updating a record, or flagging what needs a person. It can work in the background on a schedule, not just when someone asks. We recommend whichever does the job reliably, and often that’s the simpler one.

No. If you already know the job you want done, book a scoping call and we’ll price it directly. The assessment is where most clients start, because it turns “we should use AI for something” into a specific list, ranked by what each item is worth. If you’re not sure which you need, a 15-minute call will tell you.

Upkeep of everything we’ve built, so it keeps working when your software, suppliers or systems change. A monthly working session to keep your list moving. New automations added as you go. A short note each month on what’s been done. It starts the month after the first thing we build goes live. Three months to start, then a month’s notice. It’s sized to you, and we set it out in writing before it starts.

The assessment is £799 for one person. For a team it’s £1,199 for two, £1,599 for three and £1,999 for four. Five or more: talk to us. It comes with a money-back guarantee if it doesn’t find at least 5 hours a week. An Implementation Session after your report is £349. Agent builds start from £949. Automations are priced after a scoping call, and ongoing support is sized to you. Every build is priced in writing after a scoping call, before any work starts. It includes testing against your own real examples, written instructions your team keeps, and a handover.

The same people who run your assessment build what comes out of it and support it afterwards. We don’t hand your work to an outsourced team. We work alongside your named people, and nothing goes live until they’ve signed it off.

One conversation could change how your week works.

Tell us what’s taking the time. In 15 minutes we’ll tell you whether it needs a diagnosis, a build, or neither.

Book a 15-minute call →

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Diagnose, build, supportFind the hours.Build what gets them back.Keep it running.

One conversation could change
how your week works.

Find it, build it, keep it running.

Diagnosis

Automations

Agents

Ongoing support

You’re drowning in work that shouldn’t need you.

10+ hours a week on admin

Same tasks, every single week

Overwhelmed by AI hype

The kind of result we publish.

How it works - and who does it.

A 15-minute call

Diagnosis

Build

Keep it running

What we build runs in your own accounts.

What it costs.

Built for business owners, and the people who run operations for them.

This is for you if…

This is not for you if…

Everything you need to know.

One conversation could change how your week works.

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