Scottish SMEs
Small teams that know AI matters and need a clear first move. A one-week audit names the three tasks worth automating, using tools you may already pay for.
Skirr AI
Microsoft for Startups PartnerAI consultant Scotland · Glasgow · Edinburgh · nationwide
Scotland's AI consultant for businesses that need a clear first move.
Fixed-price AI consultancy for Scottish companies and public bodies. We find where AI saves real time, then hand you a roadmap you can act on.
9,000
Hours of potential annual time savings identified for Scottish Futures Trust — hospitals, schools, prisons and public buildings across Scotland.
What Scottish clients say
Scottish Building Standards Hub
Drummond Roofing Consultancy Ltd
Fife Council
Scottish Futures Trust
RSE Water Technology
Microsoft for Startups“Skirr AI have provided vital support to our Public Sector Digital Estate Working Group. As AI develops at pace, they have provided reliable advice and are a trusted delivery partner.”
“Skirr AI built one structured AI workflow around our template and house style, and trained the team to use it. Reports are more consistent, they take less time, and the surveyor still checks and signs off every one.”
“With Scottish Government Building Standards Division funding, we set out to build an app bringing together fragmented building standards documentation, useful websites and direct contact with local authority teams, including at key construction stages. Skirr AI turned our brief into a clear, focused and user-friendly product, in a friendly, professional and no-fuss way. They kept us engaged throughout, and we look forward to developing the app further with them.”
“Skirr AI carried out an AI audit and AI analytics review that cut through complexity and gave us a clear, practical picture of where data and automation can add real capacity. They combined technical depth with a grounded understanding of our operations and reporting, and delivered insight we can act on while keeping the service personal and commercially focused.”
Who it is for
One consultancy. Three ways Scottish organisations usually start.
Growing firms
Professional services, construction, energy and technology businesses with work spread across departments. A two-week audit maps the workflows and ranks what to do first.
Public sector
Councils, NHS Scotland and government bodies. Engagements follow Scottish Government and Crown Commercial Service procurement routes, with a fixed contract price.
How it works
From first call to a written roadmap in as little as one week.
The same fixed process we used with Scottish public bodies, sized for a small firm or a multi-department organisation.
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Book and brief
A free scoping call. We ask about your organisation, explain the audit, and agree the right tier. Glasgow and Edinburgh clients can meet in person.
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Discover and map
Structured sessions with the people who do the work. We map processes, find the bottlenecks, and check the data and compliance constraints around them.
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Report and roadmap
A written report in plain English: opportunities ranked by impact and effort, compliance notes, and a readout call so the team can act.
Scottish work
Delivered in Scotland, for organisations that run Scottish services.
9,000 hours
of potential annual time savings identified
Scottish Futures Trust
An AI audit for the body that manages hospitals, schools, prisons and public buildings across Scotland. Workflow mapping, a compliance review, and a prioritised roadmap in two weeks.
“Skirr AI have provided vital support to our Public Sector Digital Estate Working Group. As AI develops at pace, they have provided reliable advice and are a trusted delivery partner.”
Paul Dodd, Senior Associate Director – Infrastructure Technology, Scottish Futures Trust
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On time
a product local teams can actually use
Fife Council and the Building Standards Hub
A Scottish Government-funded app that brings building standards guidance, documents and local authority contacts into one place for people working across Scotland.
“Skirr AI turned our brief into a clear, focused and user-friendly product, in a friendly, professional and no-fuss way. They kept us engaged throughout, and we look forward to developing the app further with them.”
James Whiteford MRICS BSc, Scottish Building Standards Hub Director
Read the case study →Audit packages
Fixed price. Fixed timeline. Right-sized for your organization.
From a £247 Quick-Win Review through Starter at £4,500, Growth at £9,300, and Enterprise custom. Full audits include a written report, compliance notes, and a readout call.
Entry
AI Quick-Win Review
Not ready for a full audit? Start here.
£247
Written plan in 48 hours
- ✓Send us your 3 most time-consuming tasks
- ✓Written 2-page plan in 48 hours
- ✓30-minute walkthrough call
- ✓£297 comes off a Starter Audit if you upgrade
Starter
Starter Audit
2–15 person organizations
£4,500
Delivered in 1 week
- ✓1 x 90-min discovery call
- ✓2–3 processes reviewed
- ✓Top 3 AI quick wins
- ✓4–6 page written report
- ✓45-min readout call
- ✓Compliance notes included
No obligation scoping call
Growth
Growth Audit
16–50 person organizations
£9,300
Delivered in 2 weeks
- ✓3–4 cross-department calls
- ✓5–7 processes mapped
- ✓Full workflow analysis
- ✓12–15 page report
- ✓Prioritized roadmap with scores
- ✓90-min readout with slides
- ✓Full compliance review
No obligation scoping call
Enterprise
Enterprise & Public Sector
50+ people · government · regulated industries
Custom
Timeline agreed on scoping call
- ✓Custom scope & stakeholder mapping
- ✓Multi-department audit
- ✓Procurement-aligned process
- ✓Executive-ready report
- ✓Board-level presentation available
- ✓Post-audit implementation support
- ✓Fixed contract pricing
No obligation scoping call
Value comparison
Starter audit — £4,500
Why it's good value:
A 10-person team losing just 3 hours each per week to manual tasks is losing over £54,000 in staff capacity every year. The audit costs £4,500. If it helps you recover even 10% of that (£5,400), it has already paid for itself — and recovering the full amount would pay for the audit over 12 times in year one.
Growth audit — £9,300
Why it's good value:
A 30-person organisation losing 3 hours per person per week is losing over £187,000 in annual capacity to tasks AI could handle. The audit costs £9,300 — roughly two months of one mid-level UK salary — for a roadmap that could recover months of it.
Included with Starter, Growth & Enterprise
Post-Audit Support
The Audit Is the Beginning — Not the End
Most AI consultancies deliver the report and disappear. We don't.
Every Starter, Growth, and Enterprise audit includes a full 12-month After-Audit Programme at no extra cost. We stay with you because your success is our success.
12 months
of ongoing support after your audit
What's included
Structured 1:1 Progress Calls
First 2 months: One 1-hour call every 2 weeks (4 calls). Months 3–12: One 1-hour call every 3 months (at months 3, 6, 9 & 12).
Dedicated WhatsApp Support Group
Message us anytime for quick questions and guidance throughout the full 12 months.
Tailored Roadmap & Report Updates
At the Month 6 and Month 12 reviews we will update your specific audit report and roadmap as new AI technologies and tools emerge that are relevant to your business and sector.
All follow-ups are optional. You can switch to async email updates at any time. No pressure — just genuine ongoing support.
Scotland-specific
Advice that already fits how Scotland buys and governs AI.
Scottish policy and procurement
Recommendations sit alongside the Scottish AI Strategy, NHS Scotland data rules, and the procurement routes public bodies already use.
Funding that can pay for the work
Scotland-based SMEs can often fund an audit through Scottish Enterprise, SMART: SCOTLAND, Innovate UK or BridgeAI. We check eligibility for free.
Based here
In-person sessions in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Remote delivery across the rest of Scotland, with the same fixed price.
Free for Scotland-based businesses
Fund the consultation through Scottish Enterprise, Innovate UK or BridgeAI.
Grants from £5,000 to £50,000 are open to many Scotland-based SMEs. We review your business before the call, support the application for free, and deliver the AI work once you are funded.
Frequently asked questions
Is an AI audit actually worth the cost?
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The average 10-person business losing just 3 hours per person per week to manual tasks is losing over £54,000 in staff capacity every year — work that AI could handle using tools they already pay for. Our Starter audit costs £4,500. If it helps you recover even 10% of that (£5,400), it has already paid for itself — and recovering the full amount would pay for the audit over 12 times in year one.
Our audit for Scottish Futures Trust identified 9,000 hours of potential annual savings — equivalent to over £225,000 of recoverable capacity. The audit cost a fraction of that.
We can't guarantee every audit finds the same. But we can guarantee you'll know exactly where your opportunities are — and have a prioritised plan to act on them.
Why work with a Scotland-based AI consultant?
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We already deliver for Scottish Futures Trust, Fife Council and the Scottish Building Standards Hub. That means the audit starts from Scottish Government frameworks, NHS Scotland data rules, and the budgets and team sizes common in Scottish SMEs and public bodies.
What does the consultation include?
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A structured look at how work gets done, a written ranking of where AI can save time or money, and a readout so you can decide what to implement. After the audit we can activate tools you already pay for, build a custom workflow, or run the change with your team.
How much does an AI consultation cost in Scotland?
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Pricing is in GBP and fixed before we start. A Quick-Win Review is £247. Starter audits are £4,500 and delivered in one week. Growth audits are £9,300 and delivered in two weeks. Public sector and enterprise work is scoped to a fixed contract, aligned with Scottish Government and Crown Commercial Service routes.
Do you work with Scottish public sector organisations?
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Yes. Public sector work is a core part of the practice. We are familiar with Crown Commercial Service and G-Cloud, and with the governance public bodies need before AI is used on live services.
Can a grant cover the audit?
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Often, yes. On a free identification call we check SMART: SCOTLAND, Innovate UK and BridgeAI against your business. If there is a real route, we support the application at no charge and deliver the consultancy once the project is funded.
Tell us where the time goes. We'll tell you where AI fits.
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