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Professional Services

Protect fee-earner and director time by building a dependable operating layer around client delivery.

Best fit

Consultancies, accountancy practices (non-reserved support), engineering/design firms, agencies and small professional practices needing administrative capacity.

Typical triggers

Fee-earners handling admin; high client load; new office; partner growth; a single administrator as a point of failure; billing delays.

Workstreams

What we run for you.

Each workstream is a documented process with an owner, a queue and an escalation route.

Executive & diary support

Inbox triage; diary management; meeting preparation; travel research; action tracking; contact follow-up.

Client coordination

Onboarding checklist; document requests; status updates; meeting scheduling; deliverable reminders; feedback collection.

Billing & WIP administration

Timesheet chase; WIP report preparation; draft invoice data packs; PO chase; debtor reminders; query routing.

CRM & project administration

Pipeline hygiene; project setup; milestone tracking; resource/calendar updates; document control; reporting packs.

Practice operations

Supplier administration; recurring reports; policy/document control; training coordination; leave/coverage trackers.

Packages

Professional Services packages.

Pricing position: confidentiality and fee-earner leverage premium. Every package includes management, reporting and backup cover.

Executive Assist

£449

per month / 40 hours

≈ £11.23 per hour

Structured support for a director or small leadership team.

  • Inbox/diary plus one workflow
  • Weekly priorities review
  • Confidentiality controls
  • Backup cover
Recommended

Practice Support

£625

per month / 80 hours

≈ £7.81 per hour

Daily client and practice administration.

  • Up to three workflows
  • Client-facing coordination
  • Weekly KPI report
  • Named success manager

Embedded Practice Ops

£899

per month / 160 hours

≈ £5.62 per hour

A near full-time operating partner.

  • Five+ workflows
  • Billing and CRM administration
  • SOP ownership
  • Monthly process review

Firmwide Pod

From£1,499

per month / 320 hours

≈ £4.68 per hour

Two-seat capacity shared across teams.

  • Pod lead
  • Department work queues
  • Cross-trained cover
  • Custom governance

30-day paid pilot — 20 hours — from £199

A tightly scoped 20-hour paid pilot, setup included. One defined workflow for 30 days — evidence before a larger commitment.

Setup is included in every 20-hour pilot. Standard onboarding is £149 for 40/80-hour plans, £299 for Embedded and £499 for Pods — waived when you choose a 6-month commitment.

Why priced here

  • Client-facing polish and confidentiality expectations are higher
  • Fee-earner and director time has a high opportunity cost
  • Billing, WIP, diary and client workflows require judgement-aware escalation

Prices in GBP, exclusive of VAT.

What we measure

  • Inbox items within response window
  • Meeting conflicts and reschedules
  • Client onboarding completeness
  • Timesheets submitted by cut-off
  • WIP/invoice packs issued
  • Overdue actions by owner

Not included

  • ×Reserved legal, audit, tax or regulated financial work
  • ×Professional advice or technical sign-off
  • ×Client-money handling
  • ×Final invoice/payment authorisation
  • ×Unsupervised access to highly sensitive systems without controls

The payoff

Releasing only a small number of billable or business-development hours can pay for the package; the rest becomes capacity gain.

Example setup

What a typical engagement looks like.

Client

Consultancy / 9 fee-earners

Need

Client onboarding, diary coordination, WIP and invoice packs.

Move to Embedded when the queue needs full-day coverage.

Recommendation

Practice Support, 80h

£625 / month

Prices in GBP, exclusive of VAT.