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A fully managed service. We deploy named Smart Assistants into the systems you already use, oversee them, and escalate to humans when confidence drops. You are not buying another chatbot trial—you are buying capacity with a clear monthly fee.

Those tools sell access to a voice bot. UK SMEs often stall on trust, time, and unclear ROI. Bureau desks sell managed outcomes—calls answered and booked, presence kept alive, leads followed up, invoices chased—with human escalation, UK data residency, and a free growth audit. From £350/mo you are buying capacity that protects revenue and cash, not another experiment tab.

Yes—BureauDesk™ is our managed AI receptionist and virtual receptionist desk: 24/7 call answering, qualification and diary booking with human escalation and UK data residency. From £350/mo ex VAT. Start with a free growth audit.

Yes in outcome, clearer in product. Instead of one generic virtual PA, you choose investable desks—reception, marketing, lead follow-up, credit control, CRM hygiene—staffed by named Smart Assistants. That is managed capacity, not another freelancer tab.

Your data is stored and managed in UK data centres under UK GDPR–aligned controls. Assistants escalate to a human when they cannot answer with high confidence. Data is never used to train public AI models.

Start with a free growth audit and a clear monthly fee from £350/mo ex VAT. Many desks include a 14-day cancel window. We measure ROI in hours reclaimed and revenue or cash protected—not in novelty pilots.

Assistants use confidence thresholds. If they cannot answer reliably, they politely transfer the call or ticket to a designated human on your side—so callers are never left in a dead-end bot loop.

They work primarily through the same interfaces your team already uses—CRM, email, diary, accounting—via secure credentials. No complex API project is required to go live.

Yes. For voice-enabled assistants, you can select from a library of regional British accents—from "Professional London" to "Friendly Northern".

You can pause or cancel under the terms of your desk—many include a 14-day cancel window after go-live, then standard notice thereafter. No long DIY build to unwind.

No. Assistants absorb repetitive admin—missed-call cover, chasing, scheduling hygiene, consistent follow-up—so your specialists reclaim time for delivery, clients, and growth.

None. We build, deploy, and manage the assistants. Your team works with them like additional colleagues—no coding, no configuration burden.

Most UK SMEs begin reclaiming meaningful capacity within the first 14 days. Typical gains show up as answered enquiries, faster follow-up, and fewer hours lost to routine admin.

No. The commercial shelf is for UK SMEs of all kinds—clinics, agencies, professional services, property, retail, and more. Sector playbooks show how the same desks apply in brokers, accountancy, R&D advisory, early years, social care, farms, waste, renewables and trades.

Request a free growth audit from any page. We map missed calls, visibility gaps, slow follow-up and late invoices to the right desks, then propose a clear monthly path—usually live within about 14 days.