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IT Support for Small Business
Technology should power your ambition, whatever the size of your team. 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.
200+
UK businesses trust us
<30 min
average response time
24/7
systems monitored
ISO 27001
certified
THE DIFFERENCE PROACTIVE IT SUPPORT MAKES
Your technology should move the business forward
When your only plan for IT is to call someone once something breaks, every problem lands on whoever happens to be free that day. A slow laptop or a locked account can take out a morning, and the bigger questions about where your technology should go next never get a look in.
We work the other way round. We keep an eye on your systems, apply the updates and catch most issues before anyone in your team notices them. You get technology that's steady today and ready for where you want the business to be in a couple of years.
That's what being a proper IT partner means. We learn how your business works, then help you grow it.
WHAT SMALL BUSINESS IT SUPPORT MEANS
What is IT support for small business?
IT support for small business means having an experienced team look after your technology for a predictable monthly fee, sized and priced for a team of roughly ten to a hundred people rather than a large enterprise. It covers the everyday help your staff need and the behind-the-scenes work that keeps everything running.
It's worth knowing how this differs from break-fix support. Break-fix only steps in once something has already gone wrong, and you pay each time, so your costs climb exactly when things are going worst. Small business IT support is proactive instead. We monitor and maintain your systems for one fee, so problems get headed off rather than billed for.
It also sits a step below full managed IT services, which suit larger organisations that need deep strategic planning, a wide supplier estate brought under one roof and a dedicated roadmap. For a smaller team you get the same care and the same standards, scaled to what you actually need and can spend.
In practice, we become your IT team, or work alongside the person who already looks after it.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything a small team needs, sized to fit
We help businesses that want proper support without an enterprise budget or a contract built for a company five times their size.
Helpdesk support
Real people pick up the phone and fix the problem rather than reading from a script. Every request is owned until it's properly sorted, through our IT helpdesk service.
Proactive monitoring and maintenance
We watch your systems and apply updates in the background, so most issues are caught and fixed before anyone in your team notices anything was wrong.
Microsoft 365 management
Your email, files, licences and security settings are all managed properly, so you get full value from what you already pay for and nothing is left half configured.
Cyber security basics
The protections that keep out the most common attacks, set up properly from the start and kept current, with the option to extend into full cyber protection and compliance.
Backup and recovery
Your data is backed up automatically and tested regularly, so you can get back to work quickly if hardware fails or an attack gets through.
IT procurement
We source the right laptops, software and hardware at a fair price and set them up ready to use, so buying kit stops being a job you dread.
Onboarding and offboarding
When someone joins, we get their accounts and devices ready before their first day. When someone leaves, we close their access down cleanly, so nothing is left open behind them.
Onsite support when you need it
Most things are fixed remotely in minutes, and an engineer comes to you for the jobs that need someone in the room.
CHALLENGES WE HELP SOLVE
The IT problems that hold small businesses back
Most small businesses don't have an IT problem so much as an IT gap. Nobody set out to be the office tech expert, but someone always ends up with the job, squeezing it around their real role.
So the warning signs pile up quietly. One laptop issue stops the whole team for a morning. Nobody's quite sure whether the data and email are properly protected. The quotes that do land are enterprise packages built for a company far bigger than yours.
We bring the whole picture under one team, fix what's slowing you down and put the basics in place properly, so technology starts helping the business instead of tripping it up.
SIGNS IT IS TIME
When should you consider IT support for your small business?
Most small businesses don't go looking for IT support until it starts getting in the way. A few signs it's time:
If any of that sounds familiar, bringing in proper support is usually the point where technology stops being a worry and starts supporting growth.
- Your IT support is whoever in the office is best with computers
- One laptop or email problem can bring the whole team to a standstill
- You're not sure whether your data and email are properly backed up and protected
- You've been quoted enterprise packages built for a team five times your size
- A client or insurer has started asking harder questions about security
- You're taking on staff faster than anyone can get them set up
- You spend more time sorting out technology than running the business
THE COMMERCIAL CASE
Why small businesses choose to outsource IT support
Bringing in an outside team is usually a commercial decision as much as a technical one. Many small businesses reach a point where they wonder whether to hire someone in-house. One person can only know so much and can only be in one place at a time, and outsourcing gives you a whole team for less than the cost of a single hire.
You also get a team of specialists rather than leaning on one generalist, so cyber security, cloud, networking and backups are all properly covered, and your support carries on when someone's on holiday or off sick. Your costs stay predictable too, with one monthly figure instead of a salary, training and cover to manage. As the business grows, the support scales with it, so you're not recruiting again every time.
WHY BUSINESSES STAY WITH US
Good service is a choice we make every day
The technical side is the easy part. Clients tell us the difference is how we work, and a twenty-person company gets exactly the same engineers and response times as a client twenty times the size.
People come first, yours and ours, because IT is only ever as good as the humans behind it. We treat your goals as our goals rather than a queue of tickets to clear, and you get a named technical account manager who learns your business. You'll always get a straight answer from us, even when it isn't the easy one. And we stay restless about improvement, always looking for ways to make your setup better before you have to ask.
Get all of that right and the outcome takes care of itself. It's also why we grow mostly through referral, because the experience earns it.
HOW IT WORKS
How our small business IT support works
Switching or setting up IT support sounds daunting, so we make it deliberately smooth. Here's how getting started works.
1
Discovery
We learn how your business runs and what's currently held together with good intentions.
2
Setup
We get the essentials in place, including security, backups, email and devices, before day one.
3
Go live
Your team gets a direct line to the helpdesk, and support starts properly straight away.
4
Grow
We add services as the business needs them, at your pace.
BUILT TO SCALE
IT support that grows with your business
One of the biggest worries when choosing an IT provider is outgrowing them. We're built for the opposite. As your business changes, your support changes with it, without you having to start again with someone new.
When you take on new staff, we get them set up and ready before their first day, and when someone leaves we close their access down cleanly. When you add devices, open a new location or move more of your systems to the cloud, we plan it so nothing disrupts the team. You grow, and the support keeps pace.
CLIENT STORY
How Snape Group turned IT from a worry into an advantage
Not every client starts big, and the thing they value is usually the same one a smaller team cares about. Snape Group is a construction firm that came to us after a decade with a supplier that had gone quiet, wanting more than someone to keep the lights on. Managing Director Darryl Hawkins invited our MD, Iain Godding, to lead a review of the business.
Three years on, we support every company in the group and sit on the steering group that advises the board. What won them over is exactly what a growing small business needs: support that's responsive and proactive, and a provider you grow into rather than out of.
Day to day, our helpdesk supports staff across every site, we manage their Microsoft 365 and cloud infrastructure, and we look after procurement and installations. Because we took the time to learn the specialist software the sector relies on, support fits the way they work.
Top ways we've helped Snape Group:
“It was never about price. It was the responsiveness, enthusiasm and proactiveness that were the drivers of our change. Such is my trust in Iain that I sometimes use him as a sounding board for non-IT business issues too.”
- An initial review to understand the full requirement
- Day-to-day helpdesk support across multiple sites
- Microsoft 365 management
- Procurement and installation
- Cloud services
- Specialist construction software support
IN THEIR WORDS
What clients say
PROOF YOU CAN TRUST
Credentials that do the talking
We hold the standards that matter, and small clients get exactly the same ones as our largest: We're trusted by more than 200 UK businesses, with 24/7 monitoring and an average response time under 30 minutes. South West HQ, UK-wide reach.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022, certified by UKASCyber Essentials PlusMicrosoft Solutions PartnerB Corp certification in progress
200+
UK businesses trust us
<30 min
average response time
24/7
systems monitoring
SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Industries we support
We support small businesses across legal, fintech, construction, renewables, charities and professional services. The list matters less than the fact that each sector comes with its own pressures, and we tailor the service to them.
That might mean the safeguarding and data rules a charity works under, the client security questionnaires a fintech has to pass, or the specialist estimating software a construction firm depends on. We take the time to learn how your industry works, so support and advice fit your world rather than a generic template.
WHERE WE WORK
Supporting small businesses across the UK
We're based in the South West and support small businesses right across the UK. We handle most day-to-day work remotely, so help is quick wherever you are, and our engineers come to you onsite when a job needs someone hands on the hardware.
We work with businesses in legal, fintech, construction, renewables, charities and professional services, from teams of ten upwards, so we understand the pressures different sectors face and the rules some of them have to meet.
WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM
Co-managed IT support
Not every business wants to hand over IT completely. Some have an internal IT person who's stretched, or who needs backup for the bigger jobs. Co-managed IT support lets us work alongside them rather than replace them.
We can take on the day-to-day tickets so your IT person can focus on projects, provide cover during holidays and busy spells, and bring in specialist knowledge for security or infrastructure work when it's needed. Your internal expertise stays, and ours is there to lean on. Read more about our co-managed IT support.
EXPLORE MORE
Explore our other services
Managed IT Services
Technology should power your ambition, not drain your energy. 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.
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.
Cyber Protection & Compliance
Technology should power your ambition, not put it at risk. We protect your business from attack and give you the documented compliance your clients and regulators now expect, so you can grow with confidence.
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
We're only a handful of people. Are we too small for you?
No. A good number of our clients are exactly this size. Small teams often benefit the most, since one bad week of IT problems can hit a small business harder than a big one.
What size of business do you usually work with?
We mainly support organisations from around 10 to 500 staff, across sectors including legal, fintech, construction, renewables, charities and professional services. Smaller teams are very much part of that.
What is IT support for small business?
It means having an experienced team look after your technology for a predictable monthly fee, sized for a smaller team. We handle the everyday help your staff need and the behind-the-scenes work that keeps everything running, so you get a proper IT function without building one in-house.
What is the difference between small business IT support and break-fix support?
Break-fix support only steps in once something has already gone wrong, and you pay each time. Small business IT support is proactive. We monitor and maintain your systems to stop problems happening, for one predictable fee, so you're not paying more the worse things get.
What is the difference between IT support for small business and managed IT services?
They are the same idea at different scales. Full managed IT services suit larger organisations that need deep strategic planning and a wide supplier estate managed as one. Our small business support gives a smaller team the same care and standards, scaled to what you need and can spend.
We already have someone who does bits of IT for us. What happens to them?
That's fine. Plenty of clients keep an internal person for day-to-day things and bring us in for the rest, including security and strategy, through our co-managed IT approach.
How much does small business IT support cost?
It depends on your team size and what you need, but pricing is simple and per person, so you can work out the monthly cost before you commit to anything. A short discovery call is the quickest way to get an accurate figure.
Do we need to sign a long contract?
We'd rather earn your business every month than lock you in. We can talk through the options on a call.
Can you make us more secure without a big budget?
Yes. Most of the protection that matters is about doing the basics properly and consistently rather than buying expensive extras. We hold ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and Cyber Essentials Plus ourselves, and we can extend dedicated cyber protection and compliance support if you need it.
What happens as we grow?
Your support grows with you. We add users and new systems as you need them, without switching providers or starting again.
How quickly do you respond to support requests?
Our average response time is under 30 minutes, and your systems are monitored 24/7, so we often fix issues before you even report them. Anything stopping someone from working jumps the queue.
Do you provide both remote and onsite IT support?
Both. Most issues are resolved remotely in minutes, and we send an engineer onsite whenever a job needs someone in the room.
Can you support Microsoft 365?
Yes. We manage Microsoft 365 for many of our clients, including email, file storage, licences and security settings, so you get full value from what you're paying for.
Can you help us move to the cloud?
Yes. We plan and manage cloud migrations so your team keeps working throughout, and we make sure the setup is secure and easy to use once you're there.
Do you back up our data?
Yes. Your data is backed up automatically and tested regularly, so you can recover quickly if hardware fails or an attack gets through.
Do you handle setting up and removing staff accounts?
Yes. When someone joins, we get their accounts and devices ready before their first day. When someone leaves, we close their access down cleanly, so nothing is left open behind them.
What does getting started look like?
It begins with a review of where you are now and where you want to go, exactly how our relationship with Snape Group started.
Give your ambition the IT support it deserves
Technology should power your ambition, whatever size your team is today. A short conversation is the fastest way to see what proper support would look like for a business your size. We'll look at where you are now, show you what good looks like and give you a clear view of your IT, with no obligation.
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