AI automation for growing businesses
We build practical AI around the way your business already works: finding and warming up new customers, getting you recommended in AI search, and taking the repetitive work off your people. Your team stays in charge of everything that goes out.
UK-based, in Leicestershire. From owner-run firms to established manufacturers. Small business? Start here.
What we build
Each piece is scoped around one real problem in your business and built to plug into the tools you already use. Start with one, add more when it earns its place.
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A steady flow of researched prospects that fit your ideal customer, so your sales team spends its time talking, not searching.
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Buyers increasingly ask ChatGPT, Google's AI or Perplexity for a supplier. We help make sure you're in the answer.
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Already running a CRM, an MIS or your own AI agents? We build around them rather than adding another tool.
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The repetitive work behind every sale gets a first pass, so your people review and approve instead of starting from blank.
How we work
No big-bang transformation project. We start with one area, show you real output, and only scale what works.
STEP 1
A straightforward conversation about where time and opportunity are leaking: sales, quoting, inbox, systems. We agree the one area worth tackling first.
STEP 2
A short, fixed-scope pilot on real work, such as a sample prospect list for your market. You judge it on output, not slides, before committing.
STEP 3
What works gets built properly into your systems and handed over with plain-English notes, then extended one area at a time.
40-second example, sound on: a quote request handled end to end. Pretend job; real ones work the same way.
AI prepares the first draft: the outreach email, the quote, the reply, the CRM update. A person on your team checks it and says yes, changes it, or bins it. Nothing reaches a customer or prospect without that sign-off.
If it isn't in your data, we flag it as missing. We'd rather ask than guess, so the output stays accurate and on-brand.
Why Hours Back
Plain English, no jargon, and no pressure to buy more than you need.
Based in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. Real people you can meet for a coffee and pick up the phone to.
We work under UK GDPR, use only the access a job needs, and agree up front what data is used and where it lives.
Built around your CRM, MIS, inbox and website. No rip-and-replace, nothing entered twice.
You own what we build and the data it uses. Scoped work, clear prices, stop when you like.
Small business? Start here
For local firms around Mountsorrel and Loughborough: the bottleneck usually isn't the job, it's the emails, quotes, invoices and missed calls behind it.
Before you ask
No. We build around what you already run and feed leads, drafts and updates into it, so nothing gets entered twice and you're not tied to a new platform.
No. Emails, quotes and outreach are drafted for your team to approve. People stay in charge of anything that reaches a customer.
A short discovery conversation, then a scoped pilot on one area, such as a sample prospect list for your market, so you can judge it on real output before committing to a roll-out.
We work under UK GDPR, use only the access a job needs, and agree with you up front what data is used and where it lives.
Pilots and roll-outs are scoped and priced individually, and you get the number before anything's agreed. For small local businesses, the first two weeks are free and it's from £175 a month after that, no card taken up front.
It will, sometimes. That's why a person signs off everything that leaves the building.
No. We handle the build and explain it in plain English. Day to day, your team reviews and approves, usually from a phone or the tools they already use.
Contact
Tell us what's slowing you down, whether that's finding new customers, quoting, the inbox or the systems. We'll reply with a straight answer on whether we can help.
Call or text 01509 447392
Email nick@hoursback.org
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