https://automancer.uk/field-notes/ Practical AI and workflow automation for UK small businesses. Cut admin, reduce errors, and improve operations with Automancer. en-gb https://automancer.uk/field-notes/self-storage-software-what-to-check-before-you-sign https://automancer.uk/field-notes/self-storage-software-what-to-check-before-you-sign Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Before you renew a self-storage platform, check three things: how it charges you as you grow, what your customers can do online, and how you get your data out. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/new-business-website-legal-compliance-checklist https://automancer.uk/field-notes/new-business-website-legal-compliance-checklist Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a new UK company's website needs: company details in the footer, a real email address, an up-to-date privacy notice, and an honest cookie banner. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/credit-hire-website-compliance-trust-checklist https://automancer.uk/field-notes/credit-hire-website-compliance-trust-checklist Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a UK credit hire website needs: the registration details that belong in the footer, the trust signals that win the enquiry, and the SEO basics templates skip. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/small-business-website-cost-2026 https://automancer.uk/field-notes/small-business-website-cost-2026 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A small business website should be a one-off cost, not a monthly rent, and not a five-figure project. What you are really paying for, and what to check. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/b2b-trade-portals-what-to-build-first https://automancer.uk/field-notes/b2b-trade-portals-what-to-build-first Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Phase 1 of a B2B portal should be the smallest thing your team can use on a Monday and trust. What to build first, what to defer, where to draw the line. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/manufacturing-order-processing-phone-and-memory-pricing https://automancer.uk/field-notes/manufacturing-order-processing-phone-and-memory-pricing Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trade pricing kept in someone's head is a single point of failure. What a B2B trade portal for a UK manufacturer actually needs, and in what order. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/five-signs-spreadsheet-problem https://automancer.uk/field-notes/five-signs-spreadsheet-problem Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five signs a UK small business has outgrown its spreadsheets: disagreeing numbers, a single point of failure, weekly re-keying and a 'do not touch' tab. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/cqc-compliance-evidence-stop-scrambling https://automancer.uk/field-notes/cqc-compliance-evidence-stop-scrambling Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How UK care providers stop scrambling before a CQC inspection: turn scattered training records and QA signals into one source of truth. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/automation-for-care-providers-where-to-start https://automancer.uk/field-notes/automation-for-care-providers-where-to-start Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A plain-English order of operations for automating a UK supported-living or domiciliary care business, based on real delivered work: canonical records first, then scheduling, then QA. https://automancer.uk/field-notes/what-does-an-ai-agent-actually-cost https://automancer.uk/field-notes/what-does-an-ai-agent-actually-cost Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Real published UK prices for AI agent and automation projects: audits from £450, not the five- or six-figure guess most vendors make you wait for.