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BureauCore Hosted Your AI Infrastructure on UK Hardware We Manage

BureauCore™ Hosted is The Agent Bureau's private UK AI infrastructure for UK SMEs who need trust and data sovereignty. Managed Smart Assistants run on servers we own—with human oversight and UK processing. From £345/mo ex VAT — reliable capacity, not another DIY AI experiment.

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Infra from /mo ex VAT
£345
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/02Sovereign infrastructure Blueprint

The Private UK Stack for Smart Assistants you already know — or ones we build

BureauCore™ Hosted gives you AI infrastructure on servers The Agent Bureau owns in the UK — Shared or Dedicated — then add AI Calling and modules. Bureau Smart Assistants (roster or bespoke) run on the stack; Bespoke Operations, BureauProducts and content workloads sit beside document and voice modules — not the whole story.

01The Real Question

How do I run AI without handing my customers' data to a US cloud?

Every mainstream AI service rents intelligence per minute from a US provider. Your cost rises with your success, your price is re-set quarterly by someone else, and your call recordings — personal data under UK GDPR — sit under US jurisdiction regardless of which region they're pinned to.

02The Bureau Angle

Pick a server. Add calling. Stack modules.

Pick a server. Add calling. Stack modules. Shared or dedicated UK hardware we manage for Bureau or bespoke Smart Assistants — built for firms that fear third-party data access. Step up to BureauVault™ when data must never leave the building. BureauSuite™ 360 adds modules and Complete bundles on the same private stack.

03The Result

A stack that fits, at a flat price

The entry stack — Shared with 250 calls a week — lands at £595/mo. Dedicated running 1,000 calls a week lands at £1,990/mo. 12-month minimum, then rolling. Ex VAT. Hardware never sold.

/04The economics

Cloud AI Platforms vs BureauCore™ Hosted.

When assistant volume grows, cloud platforms charge you for succeeding. BureauCore™ Hosted keeps infrastructure + calling as flat contracted fees with UK processing — model the sovereignty economics below.

Capability
Cloud AI platform
BureauCore™ Hosted
When volume doubles
Doubles
Barely moves
Marginal cost per call
~15p–90p
~1p–3p
Who sets your price
The provider, quarterly
Fixed by contract
Outage blast radius
Everyone down
Your hardware + cloud backup
Where data is processed
US-controlled infrastructure
UK
US CLOUD Act
Applies even to "UK region"
Does not apply
DPIA paperwork
Transfer assessments required
No international transfer to assess
Effective cost at entry stack
80p–£1.85/min retail answering / per-minute cloud
~18p/min on AI Caller (£595/mo ex VAT)
Dedicated + 1,000 calls/wk
36p–£1.38/min outsourced per-minute
~15p on AI Call Centre (Hosted) (£1,990/mo ex VAT)
  • Smart Assistants first

    Run Bureau roster assistants or bespoke builds on BureauCore™ — Bespoke Operations and calling are workloads among several

  • UK-processed by default

    Dedicated hardware smaller than a sheet of A4, fully managed — data never leaves the UK

  • Flat fee when you grow

    No CLOUD Act surprise and no bill that rises solely because volume doubled

Is private UK capacity worth it?

Infrastructure tier

3
18
20h
560
£35
2080

Net capacity value / year (illustrative)

+£16,020

Specialist time returned to higher-value work (~58% of 20h/wk across 3 assistant roles), minus Shared infrastructure at £345/mo. UK-processed. Live in days.

Specialist capacity / month
£1,680
Net capacity / month
+£1,335
Hours reclaimable / week
12h

Roles on box

3

Capacity / year

£20,160

Net / year

+£16,020

/05Infrastructure operations

From Survey
to Assistants Live.

Discover which Smart Assistants you need — desk roles and/or bespoke — configure them on BureauCore™, connect CRM and tools, go live, then manage. Bespoke Operations, calling and BureauProducts on the stack sit beside content and document workloads.

  • 01

    Choose roster or bespoke

    Reception-class, sales-class, finance/admin-class and custom assistants — the same patterns as BureauDesk™ and BureauReach™, or built for your workflows.

  • 02

    Connect the stack

    CRM, calendar and UK numbers wire into the box. Outcomes land where your team already looks — including BureauCRM™.

  • 03

    Run workloads, manage the fee

    Bespoke Operations, calling, content, image, document and website voice share one flat subscription. BureauProducts desks run on the stack from £149/mo. Excess calling at 5p/min.

04 / 04

Calling & more

  • Inbound & outbound
  • Content workloads
  • Document assist
  • Website voice

Fig. 05-A — Stack compatibilityAuto-rotating / click to pin

/06Private infrastructure

What runs on BureauCore™?

Bureau desks are Smart Assistants on this private UK layer. Most clients buy the desk. When you need your own capacity — Shared or Dedicated — you take BureauCore™ Hosted, add AI Calling and modules as needed. Fully managed subscription. Hardware is never sold.

Fig. 06-A — Assistants on BureauCore™TAB / UK
  • 01

    Bureau roster + bespoke builds

    Run the Smart Assistants that already staff Bureau desks — reception, sales, finance admin, marketing, care and more — or commission bespoke assistants designed for your workflows, tools and tone.

  • 02

    Bespoke Operations

    Custom operational workflows on your private stack — triage, scheduling, admin processing, handoffs and the SOPs your team already runs — designed and managed by The Agent Bureau, not a generic chatbot.

  • 03

    UK-processed, private stack

    Shared or dedicated UK hardware we manage (hosted), or installed inside your building (on-prem). Voice and assistant data stay under UK residency — or never leave the premises on Vault.

  • 04

    Unbundled, flat contracted fees

    Infrastructure, AI Calling and modules are priced in clear steps — no per-token surprise bills when volume grows. Hardware is never sold.

  • 05

    Multiple workloads, not calls alone

    Calling and BureauReach™ Sales Desk run on the stack. The same infrastructure runs Bespoke Operations, content, image, document, website voice and other assistant work your business needs.

  • 06

    Step-up path: Core → Vault → Suite

    BureauCore™ Hosted for UK-managed go-live in days. BureauVault™ when data must stay in the building. BureauSuite™ 360 when you want assistants and modules on one box, one fee.

  • 07

    Human oversight included

    The Agent Bureau® configures, monitors and supports the stack. Warm escalation paths sit beside the assistants — not a black-box dialler you babysit alone.

/09Ecosystem spine

Available as
BureauProducts

Solutions explain the sovereign infrastructure outcome. Products are what you buy — staffed desks that write into BureauCRM™ so every touch shares one clean record.

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/06Evidence

The case for Flat UK-Hosted Economics is already in the data.

BureauCore™ Hosted is private UK capacity for Bureau Smart Assistants — roster or bespoke — with UK-processed data. The model shows net capacity value (specialist time reclaimed minus flat infrastructure) as you change roles, hours and rate; evidence plates below are supporting proof, not the whole product.

01

~18p

effective on entry stack

AI Caller £595 @ ~250 calls/wk ≈ 3,250 min → ~18p/min vs 80p–£1.85 retail answering; outbound + SMS + CRM that answering services don’t offer at that tier.

Source: 2026 BPO / answering-service benchmarks

02

~15p

hosted dedicated stack

AI Call Centre (Hosted) at £1,990/mo delivers ~15p effective versus 36p–£1.38/min outsourced per-minute.

Source: 2026 BPO / answering-service benchmarks

03

~21×

more likely to qualify under 5 min

Leads called within 5 minutes are ~21× more likely to qualify than after 30.

Source: InsideSales.com / Lead Response Management research (same citeable framing as the brief’s approved speed anchor).

04

UK

processed residency

Voice and assistant data never leave the UK on the dedicated hosted box — DPIA-friendly versus US-cloud default processing.

Source: BureauCore™ Hosted commercial posture / UK data residency

Private capacity vs specialist time

Infrastructure tier

3
18
20h
560
£35
2080
Hours reclaimable / week (~58%)12h
Specialist capacity / month£1,680

NET CAPACITY VALUE / YEAR

+£16,020

Shared infra (£345/mo)£4,140

Net / month

+£1,335

Capacity / year

£20,160

Net figure = modelled specialist capacity minus flat BureauCore™ infrastructure. More assistant roles raise reclaim coverage. Roster or bespoke builds; workloads include operations, content, documents and more. Illustrative — confirm before contract. Not financial advice.

/10Integrations

Lives in your Stack.

BureauCore™ and BureauVault™ connect CRM, calendar and numbers so roster or bespoke Smart Assistants work where your team already looks — with UK sovereignty and an optional cloud fallback.

Stack dossier / 01 of 06

Integrations

Your CRM

The pain

"Assistants that live outside your CRM leave notes in parallel systems — or nowhere — so specialists still chase context before every follow-up."

The solution

BureauCore™ and BureauVault™ Smart Assistants write attempts, bookings and outcomes into HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce or the CRM you already run — sovereignty without a second notebook.

Stack dossier / 02 of 06

Integrations

Google Calendar & Outlook

The pain

"Diary ping-pong stretches enquiry-to-meeting into days while warm leads cool — and out-of-hours intent never reaches a bookable slot."

The solution

Assistants book live into Google Calendar or Outlook with SMS confirm, respecting your calling windows and capacity rules on the private stack.

Stack dossier / 03 of 06

Integrations

Phone numbers

The pain

"New numbers, porting and provider juggling sit between “we bought AI” and anything actually ringing — especially when residency matters."

The solution

UK numbers provisioned or ported onto the hosted or on-prem box. Calling is one workload; the same agents still own SMS, CRM capture and handoffs.

Stack dossier / 04 of 06

Integrations

BureauCRM™

The pain

"Without a shared spine, desk outcomes and infrastructure workloads drift apart — reception, sales and finance each keep a private version of the truth."

The solution

Every assistant attempt, promise and outcome can land on the Job Card and Callback Promise in BureauCRM™ — so BureauDesk™ and the rest of the Bureau share one honest book.

Stack dossier / 05 of 06

Integrations

BureauDesk™

The pain

"Teams that already trust the reception desk still hit a wall when volume, bespoke assistants or residency demand dedicated hardware."

The solution

BureauDesk™ Smart Assistants already run on this layer. Step up to BureauCore™ or BureauVault™ when you need the private box — same roster patterns, dedicated UK (or on-prem) stack.

Stack dossier / 06 of 06

Integrations

Cloud fallback

The pain

"All-or-nothing on-prem plans leave buyers nervous about continuity; all-cloud plans reintroduce the jurisdiction risk they came to escape."

The solution

Optional cloud fallback keeps continuity without making the US public cloud the default home for voice and assistant data. Primary processing stays on BureauCore™ / BureauVault™.

Showing integration 1 of 6: Your CRM

/11Build your stack

Choose your BureauCore™ infrastructure

Private UK capacity for your Smart Assistants — shared hardware, never shared data. Pick a server, add calling when you need voice, then stack modules. Every plan includes managed local models, updates and monitoring — cards show the differences.

Billing term

01Plan

Shared

£345/mo

12-month term · list price · ex VAT

  • Local models · maintained
  • Updates · monitoring · support
  • Smart Assistants · roster or bespoke
  • Hardware · managed, never sold
  • Shared UK server we manage
  • BureauProducts from £149/mo
  • Add-on from £275/mo (250/wk cap)
02Most popular

Dedicated

£995/mo

12-month term · list price · ex VAT

  • Local models · maintained
  • Updates · monitoring · support
  • Smart Assistants · roster or bespoke
  • Hardware · managed, never sold
  • Your dedicated UK server
  • BureauProducts from £149/mo
  • Add-on from £275/mo
03Plan

Custom

POA

12-month agreement · scoped to your stack

  • Local models · maintained
  • Updates · monitoring · support
  • Smart Assistants · roster or bespoke
  • Hardware · managed, never sold
  • Small rack or stacked boxes
  • Scale workload capacity
  • BureauProducts from £149/mo
  • Add-on from £275/mo

Bundle savings

Need it inside your own building? → BureauVault™ On-Premise. Want modules and Complete bundles? → BureauSuite™ 360.

/13Reviews & testimonials

Proof before you Commit.

Real UK engagements. Named operators. Measurable outcomes — so the 14-day probation isn't a leap of faith.

01Latest case studyPropTech

Reported outcome

~18 hrs/week returned · £12.4k found per building

We engaged The Agent Bureau to solve a real pain point in UK block management: out-of-hours communication and secure ticket logging. TAB delivered a smart assistant that operates as our frontline 24/7, with BureauGovern™ keeping the AI usage policy and human-oversight evidence behind every controlled action. What impressed me most is the reliable caller verification before anything is logged. The conversation quality is human-level; residents feel heard at any hour, and it bridges the gap between technology and human empathy.

Joel Nisbet

Chief Operating Officer, Residentive

Joel Nisbet, Chief Operating Officer at Residentive

£12.4k

Average savings identified per building

24/7

Verified call handling

+84%

Resolution speed since launch

94%

Resident satisfaction with live finance view

Read the full case study
/12Rapid deployment

From survey to live assistants In About 10 Days.

Hosted private stacks configure faster than enterprise programmes. We survey assistants and workloads, build on UK hardware, sandbox with your team, then go live — typically within 7–10 days.

  1. Day 1

    The Survey

    Numbers, lead sources, calling windows, scripts and which Smart Assistants (roster or bespoke) you need.

  2. Day 3

    The Build

    Assistants configured, voices selected, CRM connected on your hosted box.

  3. Day 5

    The Sandbox

    You test assistants and workloads in a safe environment.

  4. Days 7–10

    Go Live

    Numbers ported or pointed; assistants on the phones and other workloads live.

UK SovereigntyRef. TAB-UK

Private UK infrastructure. Human oversight included.

BureauCore™, BureauVault™ and BureauSuite™ run on a 12-month minimum managed term. Smart Assistants on your private stack stay under dedicated account management — not a self-serve black box.

Human Oversight Included

Every assistant comes with dedicated account management and human oversight. These aren't faceless bots—they're part of your team, backed by ours.

UK Data SovereigntyGDPR CompliantBuilt in BritainUK Legislation Ready
/16The record

Questions about BureauCore™

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