AI automation
Workflows that run themselves
Inbox triage, lead routing, document drafting, agentic workflows on top of the tools you already use. Quantified in hours saved, not features shipped.
Software, websites and AI that work for your business — not the other way round.
Practical, ROI-led technology for UK SMEs and the public sector. AI automation, custom software, websites and brand systems — quantified before we start, delivered without the agency markup.
Bourne, Lincolnshire · 72+ years combined NHS, Police & MoD experience · SC-cleared personnel · UK-hosted
Trusted by businesses across Lincolnshire and beyond
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On The Ball
Dog training & pet services
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Markeys Barber Shop
Trades & hospitality
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MSD Photography
Creative services
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Bourne Fireplaces
HETAS-approved trades
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Removals & logistics
Operations automation
Capabilities
What we build, end to end.
Six interlocking capabilities. Most engagements use two or three. We’re happy to start small — an audit, a single workflow, a marketing site — and grow into the work that pays for itself.
Custom software
When off-the-shelf is the wrong shape
Internal tools, customer portals, operational dashboards, full bespoke applications. Built to your data and your processes, owned by you, hosted where you choose.
Websites that earn their keep
Fast, search-friendly, conversion-led
Marketing sites, booking flows, content platforms. Built to convert, not just look pretty. Silver, Gold and Platinum maintenance tiers when you’re ready.
Branding & identity
Logo, palette, type, motion
Brand systems that hold together everywhere they land — logo lock-ups, type, colour, motion guidelines, business cards, vehicle livery, social templates.
Workflow design
Process first, tools second
Map current state, find the real bottlenecks, design the to-be state, then automate only what matters. Pilot, measure, scale. Saves a fortune in re-builds.
Managed services
Hosting, monitoring, support
UK-hosted infrastructure (UK GDPR by default), tiered SLAs, named engineers, monthly reporting. AI add-on modules billed on usage. We don’t disappear after launch.
Products & platforms
We don’t just consult. We ship.
A working portfolio of platforms in production, in pilot, and in active build — spanning private SME, NHS & public sector, and our own internal tooling. Many begin life as bespoke client engagements, then harden into reusable products.
Maintenance Management Systems
Operations & compliance
Maintenance management with Sage integration and MoD compliance. Silver, Gold and Platinum support tiers, plus optional AI add-on modules.
The Sovereign Monitor
Public sector · NHS AIOps + DSPT compliance
NHS-aligned AIOps and DSPT v8 compliance platform for Trusts, ICBs and Cat 2/3 suppliers. Air-gapped observability, regulatory-as-code.
KnowledgeForge
Public sector · LLM-powered knowledge wiki
Six-layer LLM wiki for regulated organisations. Planning department pilot live, with a standalone product line for wider public sector deployment.
Next Gen Autopilot
Content distribution
One content input, distributed across every channel that matters. Repurposes blog, video and audio into platform-native posts.
SignFlow
E-signature & document workflow
Lightweight digital signing and document workflow built around UK SME use cases. No per-seat lock-in, deploys on your stack.
Inbox Auto Sentry
Email triage automation
Automated email management and triage. Routes leads, drafts replies, surfaces what actually needs a human.
LuminaAI
Hospitality AI platform
Unified AI for hospitality venues across the UK and Algarve. Phase 0 spec locked, anchor sites in Bourne and the Algarve corridor.
Command Centre
Internal CRM & ops
Custom-built CRM and operations platform run internally. Hardens what we deploy for clients — we use it ourselves first.
Launchpad Drive
Sovereign cloud storage
UK/EU-hosted file storage and collaboration for teams — a managed, sovereign alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive.
Launchpad Vault
Team password manager
A fully managed, end-to-end encrypted password manager, standards-compatible, with no US-controlled provider underneath.
Launchpad Identity
Single sign-on (SSO)
Managed single sign-on and access management — one MFA-protected login across every app, instant on/off-boarding.
Launchpad Remote
Secure remote access
A private, managed remote-desktop and support platform on your own server — a self-hosted TeamViewer alternative.
Launchpad Agent
AI teammates that stick
Custom AI agents built around a real job description with a 90-day reliability gate, not a demo that dies on day 30.
Automated Marketing
Sales engine on autopilot
Managed content, lifecycle email, CRM and ROI dashboards in one engine for UK SMEs.
GEO & LLM SEO
Get cited by AI
Generative Engine Optimisation — get your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, not just ranked by Google.
Workflow Reliability Audit
De-risk your AI
An independent audit of any AI workflow against a 3-defence checklist that catches the silent failures that kill 90% of them.
SpaceMap
Mac disk visualiser
A free, open-source macOS disk-space visualiser — see where your storage went with a fast native treemap.
Spatial Capture
Photoreal 3D, in a browser
Photoreal 3D scans of properties, showrooms and venues, viewable in any browser. Built on 3D Gaussian Splatting.
Personal AI OS
Your private second brain
A productised second brain for founders and leaders — custom CLAUDE.md, memory layer and daily-brief workflow.
Multiple pilots and deployments underway across private SME, public sector and our own internal tooling. Talk to us about yours →
How it works
From conversation to live system in weeks, not quarters.
No three-month discovery. No 80-page slide decks. Most projects go from first call to live in four to eight weeks because we’ve done this work before in regulated environments where the bar was higher.
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the business, the pain points, and whether we’re the right people for the job. No sales script, no obligation.
ROI assessment
We map the hours you’re losing to manual work and quantify what a solution would save. If the numbers don’t stack up, we’ll say so.
Build & deploy
Build, test thoroughly, deploy with training for your team. Most projects go from sign-off to live in four to eight weeks.
Ongoing support
We don’t disappear after launch. Pick a Silver, Gold or Platinum tier for hosting, maintenance and continued development as the business grows.
About Launchpad
Built by people who’ve done the job, not just consulted on it.
Launchpad Technology was founded by an ex-military engineer with nearly two decades of public sector experience across the Police and NHS. The founding team brings 72+ years of combined experience across regulated, mission-critical environments and creative industries — including SC-cleared personnel.
We’re based in Bourne, Lincolnshire and trade as Launchpad Technology Ltd — serving UK small and medium businesses, with separate practice areas for public sector and robotics work. We also have a north-west office near Manchester.
20yrs
Public sector experience
72+
Combined years across the team
SC
Cleared personnel on the bench
In their words
What clients say when nobody’s grading the answers.
Direct quotes from the businesses we’ve worked with — trades, hospitality, creative services, logistics. No marketing polish, no edited-for-the-website softening.
We were drowning in booking enquiries coming through three different channels. Launchpad built us a central booking system that handles everything automatically. We’ve gone from losing enquiries to having a waiting list.
I needed a portfolio site that loaded fast and looked as good as my work. The team delivered something that’s had other photographers asking who built it. The integrated booking and gallery system saves me hours every week.
Launchpad understood the removals industry straight away — the quoting, the scheduling, the customer communication. They built us a system that handles all of it. Our office admin has gone from chaos to clockwork.
Outcomes, not output
We measure projects in time saved and revenue protected.
A representative engagement we use as the reference standard for every new quote and proposal. Real business, real numbers.
Removals operations platform
Custom quoting, scheduling & job tracking
- Problem
- Quoting and admin all on Shelly’s shoulders — phone, paper, double-handled spreadsheets — while Robbie and the team were on the vans. Quote turnaround was hours, sometimes a day.
- What we built
- A quoting and operations platform around how Shelly actually works: lead in → instant quote → confirmation → job pack — with the inbox, calendar and customer record kept in sync.
~75%
Reduction in quote turnaround
~15 hrs
Returned to admin per week
1
System replaces 4 tools
Free assessment
How much time is your business losing to manual work?
Eight questions, two minutes. You’ll get a personalised automation score and specific recommendations for your business — no email gate, no sales follow-up unless you ask.
Start a project
Tell us what you’re trying to fix.
Most projects start with a 30-minute call to understand the problem, quantify the impact, and decide if we’re the right people for the job. No sales script, no obligation.
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Bourne, Lincolnshire