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IT Support in Reading

Reading is a town where your neighbours are Microsoft and Oracle, which sets a certain expectation of what IT should look like. We meet it for businesses that don't have an enterprise budget.

Riverside apartment buildings and swans on the River Kennet in central Reading
200+ UK businesses <30 min remote response

What to expect

What should you expect from an IT support company in Reading?

  • Someone answers quickly

    Our average remote response is under 30 minutes in working hours, and monitoring catches a fair number of problems first.

  • A price that scales sensibly

    From £39 per user per month, moving with your headcount. There's no per-ticket charge.

  • Around the clock, as standard

    Monitoring never stops, and we add out-of-hours support where your business genuinely needs it.

  • Alongside your own IT person

    Plenty of Reading clients keep their internal IT and use us for out-of-hours cover and the specialist work. That stops one person having to carry the whole business.

The Inflection Point team

How Support Works

How we support Reading businesses day to day

Most problems get solved remotely, because that's the fastest route to a working laptop.

When something genuinely needs a person on site, we arrange a visit. We're honest about this: we're a remote-first provider with a South West base and engineers who travel, so we agree onsite visits with you rather than advertising a response time we'd be guessing at. In practice most Reading clients find they need us in the building for projects and hardware, not for day-to-day support.

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  • Dedicated account manager for your Reading business
  • Rapid on-site support and remote support when you need it
  • Proactive monitoring to protect your business
  • Strategic guidance aligned with your business goals

How We Can Help

The services Reading businesses use most

We run your technology so your team doesn't have to think about it. That covers the helpdesk your people ring when something breaks, the patching and monitoring that stops most things breaking in the first place, your Microsoft 365 estate, your security, and the hardware planning that means kit gets replaced before it fails rather than after. For Reading clients that often means enterprise-grade Microsoft 365 and security without an enterprise price, and support that spans sites across three council areas.

We also handle the bigger moves. Getting off an ageing server, opening a new office, tightening security before a client audit, or working out what your technology needs to look like at twice your current size. See our managed IT services and IT helpdesk services.

Most Reading clients build on managed IT services, cyber protection and compliance, IT helpdesk services, cloud enablement, and fractional CTO. Which combination is right depends on what you already have in place and where you're heading, and that's the first thing we work out together.

AI Consultancy

We're a practical AI consultancy that cuts through the hype and only puts AI to work where it saves your team time and makes your business money.

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Business Process Automation

We map the manual processes holding your business back and automate them, so your team can focus on growing the business rather than feeding the spreadsheets.

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Cloud Enablement

We move your systems to the cloud and keep them running well afterwards, so your team can work from anywhere and add capacity without waiting on a hardware order.

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Co-Managed IT

Your internal IT team knows your business better than anyone, and you want to keep them. Co-managed IT gives them a specialist partner behind the scenes, so round-the-clock monitoring and the heavy security projects stop landing on one desk.

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Cyber Protection & Compliance

We protect your business from attack and give you the documented compliance your clients and regulators now expect, so you can grow with confidence.

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Data Consulting

We turn the data you already have into answers you can trust and act on.

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Fractional CTO

A fractional CTO gives your business senior technology leadership on demand, so the big decisions get the experience they deserve without the cost of a full-time hire.

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IT Consultancy

We give you a clear, independent view of your technology, so every decision moves your business forward.

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IT Helpdesk Services

Your team should get unstuck in minutes, not lose half a morning to a laptop that won't connect. Our UK-based IT helpdesk gives them real engineers who answer fast, take ownership of the problem and keep it moving until it's properly fixed.

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IT Support for Small Business

We give small businesses the kind of IT support that bigger companies take for granted, so your people can get on with the work that grows the business.

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Managed IT Services

We keep your IT running and secure, then we keep making it better, so your people can focus on the work that grows the business.

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The team

Who picks up when Reading calls

The same team looks after every city we cover, so the people here are the ones on Reading accounts. Each profile says what they work on and how to get hold of them.

Sean Boyd

Technical Director

Technical

Dan Chamberlain

Automation Engineer

Technical

Duncan Taylor

Service Desk Manager

Support

Ian Freyne

Senior Technical Accounts Manager

Technical Sales
  • Certified B Corporation
  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022, UKAS accredited
  • Cyber Essentials certified
  • Microsoft Solutions Partner

Proof You Can Trust

Credentials you can check

We'd rather you verified us than took our word for it. We hold ISO/IEC 27001:2022, certified by UKAS, and Cyber Essentials, and we're a Microsoft Solutions Partner. We're also working towards B Corp certification, because how we run the business matters as much to us as what we sell.

More than 200 UK businesses trust us with their technology, with 24/7 monitoring and an average remote response under 30 minutes. You can read what clients say about us on Trustpilot, where we are rated 4.8 out of 5 from 160 verified reviews.

  • Microsoft 365 and Azure specialists
  • Cyber Essentials certified practices
  • 24/7 monitoring and cybersecurity threat detection
  • Cloud migration with minimal downtime

Our Process

How we support Reading businesses

  1. Discovery Call

    We start with a conversation to understand your Reading business, current IT challenges, and goals for the future. No technical jargon, just straightforward discussion.

  2. IT Assessment

    Our team conducts a thorough review of your technology, identifying security risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across your infrastructure.

  3. Tailored Proposal

    We create a bespoke IT solution aligned with your needs and budget, with transparent flat-rate pricing and measurable outcomes for your business.

  4. Seamless Onboarding

    We manage the transition carefully, ensuring minimal disruption to your Reading operations while our helpdesk team gets to know your systems.

Understanding the Area

We know how Reading actually works

Reading's business estate mostly isn't in Reading, which trips up a lot of providers. Thames Valley Park in RG6 sits in Earley, and Winnersh Triangle in RG41 is Wokingham Borough, as is Arlington Business Park over at Theale in West Berkshire. Thames Valley Science Park is out at Shinfield. Only Green Park and the RG1 town centre fall inside Reading Borough itself.

The town centre in RG1 holds the Grade A stock, including Forbury Place, where SSE occupies one building and KPMG, PwC, Osborne Clarke and IQVIA sit in the others. Green Park in RG2 runs to 195 acres and around 1.5 million square feet with over 6,500 people, and got its own railway station in 2023.

Any provider claiming to cover Reading properly has to work across three local authorities. That sounds like a technicality until it affects which sites they'll actually travel to.

In Their Words

What clients say

See what Reading businesses say about working with us

Lauren

I always have a great experience with Inflection Point. They answer quickly and are consistently helpful. Josh assisted me this time, and he resolved my issue promptly and professionally.
Lauren

More client stories

  • Matt H.

    Joe is always very helpful. He is very patient, and talks me through everything that he is doing. Great service!!
    Matt H.
  • Doug S.

    Quick response, informative answers and problem solved! Excellent Customer Service - thank you!
    Doug S.

Coverage area

Areas we serve from Reading

Our Reading team provides IT support across the region. We combine rapid on-site response with 24/7 remote support.

Reading Town Centre Caversham Woodley Earley Tilehurst Wokingham Bracknell Maidenhead Newbury

Reading service area

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions about IT support in Reading

Do you have an office in Reading?

No. We're South West based with UK-wide reach, and we'd rather tell you that than claim otherwise. Most support is remote with an average response under 30 minutes, and we travel for projects, hardware and planning work.

Our site is at Thames Valley Park or Winnersh, not central Reading. Do you cover that?

Yes. Most of the Thames Valley's business estate sits outside Reading Borough, so we define our coverage by where businesses actually are. Thames Valley Park, Winnersh Triangle, Theale, Shinfield and Green Park are all within our area.

We're small compared to the enterprises around us. Will we be a priority?

Yes, because 10 to 500 staff is the range we're built for rather than the bottom of our market. That's a real distinction in this town, where a lot of providers are structured around much larger clients.

We supply into the defence or nuclear sector. Can you help with the compliance?

Yes. Requirements flow down from the primes, and most of the evidence comes from your IT setup. We put controls in place, document them and give you answers you can submit. If your contract needs security-cleared personnel, tell us early and we'll be honest about what we can cover.

Which Reading postcodes and surrounding areas do you cover?

RG1 to RG7, RG30, RG31, RG40 and RG41 across the town and its business parks, plus Bracknell, Newbury, Maidenhead, Henley, Basingstoke and the wider Thames Valley.

How quickly do you respond?

Our average remote response is under 30 minutes, and monitoring means we pick up plenty of issues before you notice them. For work that needs someone on site we agree a visit with you rather than quoting a blanket arrival time, because honest scheduling beats a promise we might miss.

How much does IT support cost?

Pricing starts from £39 per user per month and scales with what you actually need. There's no per-ticket charge, so nobody in your team hesitates before asking for help. Send us your headcount and a rough picture of your systems and we'll come back with a costed proposal.

We already have an IT provider. How hard is it to switch?

Less painful than most people expect. We document what you've got, take over in stages so nothing goes dark, work around your busy periods, and handle the conversation with your outgoing provider if you'd rather not have it. Most staff notice a new number to call and little else.

Do you work with businesses that have no internal IT?

Yes, that's a large part of what we do. We become the IT department, and we explain decisions in plain English so nobody needs a technical background to sign them off.

We have an internal IT person or team. Can you work alongside them?

Yes. Plenty of clients keep their own people and use us for out-of-hours cover, specialist projects and the strategic thinking, which stops one person carrying the whole business. That's what co-managed IT is built for.

What size of business do you work with?

Mainly 10 to 500 staff. Below that we can usually point you to something more proportionate, and above that we'd want a proper conversation about whether we're the right fit.

Can you help us reach Cyber Essentials or ISO 27001?

Yes. We put the technical controls in place and support you through certification. We hold ISO/IEC 27001:2022 through UKAS and Cyber Essentials ourselves, so we know what an assessor wants to see. See cyber protection and compliance.

Can you help us answer a client security questionnaire?

Yes, and it's one of the more common reasons businesses call us. We document your controls and give you answers you can submit, rather than a technical export you have to translate first.

Do you provide 24/7 cover?

We monitor around the clock, and out-of-hours support is available where your business needs it. If you run shifts, weekends or overnight operations, tell us and we'll build cover that matches rather than selling you a nine-to-five service with an emergency number.

How do we get started?

A short discovery call. We learn how your business runs and where technology gets in the way, then tell you plainly what we'd change. No obligation and no cost to that conversation.

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