Currently taking on new clients
Operating from the North West — GB
IT & cloud consulting · North West England

Safer in the cloud.
Steadier on the ground.

A one-person consultancy helping small and medium businesses move to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, get their email and storage in order, and lock the doors on the way in. I also pull cable, mount cameras, and configure the switch in your comms cupboard — whatever the job actually needs.

Coverage
North West UK
Specialism
M365 & Intune
On-site work
Cable, AP, CCTV
Engagement
Project or retainer
What I usually walk into

Most small businesses don't have an IT problem. They have five.

01

Email running through a free account

A Gmail or Hotmail address on business cards. No backup, no shared inbox, no protection against the obvious phishing attempt.

02

Files scattered across laptops

The quote is on Sarah's machine. The invoice template is on the old PC in the back. Nobody has the latest version of anything.

03

Wi-Fi from the router the ISP sent

Dead spots in half the building, the password's been the same since 2019, and the printer drops off every Tuesday.

04

No idea who has access to what

Old staff still in the email group. Shared logins on sticky notes. A subscription nobody can remember signing up for.

05

One bad day from real trouble

One ransomware email, one stolen laptop, one fired employee with the master password. No plan for any of it.

The starter bundle

Everything a new business needs, set up properly, in one go.

For founders launching, sole traders going legit, and small teams who've been winging it on personal accounts. One project. One handover. Optional ongoing support — or a one-off training session if you'd rather take it from there yourself.

Bundle / 01 Most-requested
The Up & Running Bundle
Domain, mailbox, storage, security — handed over working.

Domain name registration

Picked, purchased, and pointed at the right places.

Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace

Whichever fits — licence sizing, sign-in, users, the lot.

Business email on your own domain

name@yourcompany.co.uk, with proper SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

Cloud storage, structured

OneDrive & SharePoint or Google Drive — folders that make sense.

Anti-virus & mail protection

Advanced setup available — phishing filters, MFA, conditional access.

Hosting for whatever else you need

Website, booking system, small line-of-business app — hosted and pointed correctly.

One-off training session

If you don't want a retainer, I'll show your team how to actually use it.

Written handover document

Every login, licence, and renewal date — yours to keep.

Quoted per business — no two are alike.
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Beyond the bundle

Cloud work and cable work.

The bundle covers most new businesses. For everyone else — established teams who need a tidy-up, an upgrade, or a proper second pair of hands — these are the things I'm regularly called in for.

A /

Cloud & identity

A.01

Microsoft 365 administration

Tenant setup, licensing review, mailbox migration, Teams & SharePoint architecture.

A.02

Google Workspace administration

Domain verification, group structure, drive permissions, mail routing.

A.03

Intune & device management

Win32 app deployment, policy, detection scripts, firewall rules at scale.

A.04

Email security hardening

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, anti-phishing policies, MFA, conditional access rules.

A.05

Migration & consolidation

Moving from one provider to another without losing email, files, or your mind.

A.06

Hosting & web infrastructure

Domains, DNS, hosting for the website and any small apps the business runs on.

B /

On the ground

B.01

Structured cabling

Cat6 runs, patch panels, tidy comms cupboards. Labelled and documented.

B.02

Wi-Fi & access points

Surveying, AP placement, controller setup. No more dead spots in the back office.

B.03

Routers & switches

Configuration, VLANs, guest networks kept properly separated from the business one.

B.04

CCTV installation

IP camera systems, remote viewing, GDPR-conscious placement and signage.

B.05

Infrastructure audits

A walk-through, a written report, and a prioritised list of what to fix and when.

B.06

Ongoing support

Monthly retainer if you want a person to call. No retainer if you'd rather not — your choice.

How a project goes

A short, honest process.

No discovery workshops, no decks, no Gantt chart. We have a conversation, I look at what you've got, I tell you what I'd do and what it'll cost.

Then I do it. You get a single point of contact — me — for the whole project. When it's done, you get a handover document so the next person (or future you) isn't starting from scratch.

i.

Conversation

30 minutes on the phone or in person. What you've got, what's breaking, what you're trying to do this year.

ii.

Proposal

Written. Plain English. Fixed price where I can, day rate where I can't, with a clear scope either way.

iii.

The work

Done in agreed steps, with check-ins at the points that matter. No surprises on the invoice.

iv.

Handover

Working system, written documentation, optional training session. Retainer if you want one.

On-site visits across the North West — remote work anywhere in the UK
About

A small business helping small businesses.

I'm a solo IT consultant. I spent years inside larger organisations managing fleets of Windows machines, hardening Microsoft 365 tenants, and writing the kind of policies and scripts that keep things quietly running. Secure-Cloud is what happens when you take that experience and turn it toward the businesses that need it most — the ones where IT is one of fifty things the founder is trying to handle.

I'm not a call centre. You get me on the phone, me on the email, me on the day of the install. The trade-off is honest: I take on the clients I can do a proper job for, and I tell you up front if a project's outside what I can deliver on my own.

If you'd rather work with one person who picks up the phone, who'll be at your office in jeans not a branded polo, and who'll write down what they did so you're not locked in — that's me.

LewisFounder, Secure-Cloud
Common questions

Things people actually ask first.

Will you tie me into a long contract?

No. The bundle is a one-off project. Ongoing support is monthly and either party can give a month's notice. If you only want a one-off training session at the end of the project instead of a retainer, that's a normal, expected choice — not a downgrade.

Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace — which one?

Whichever fits your team. Microsoft 365 tends to win when there's serious Office document work, Teams calls, and Windows devices to manage. Google Workspace tends to win when the team's small, web-native, and collaborates heavily in shared documents. I'll give you a straight recommendation based on how you actually work.

I already have email and storage. Can you just tidy things up?

Yes — that's a big part of what I do. An audit, a written report, and a fixed-scope remediation project to bring things up to scratch. No need to start over.

Do you actually do cabling and CCTV, or just the laptop stuff?

Actually do it. I'll be on a ladder with a fish tape. For larger jobs I'll bring in a second pair of hands, but you'll know about that up front and it doesn't change who you deal with.

What does the bundle cost?

It depends on team size, which platform you choose, and whether you need the advanced security setup. I quote per business so you only pay for what you actually need. Most starter bundles land in a range I'll discuss on the first call — no surprises.

Are you insured?

Yes — public liability and professional indemnity. Documentation available on request before any on-site work.

Get in touch

Start with a conversation.

Tell me roughly what you're trying to do. I'll come back with a sensible first step — usually a half-hour call, no charge, no obligation.

Phone
Based
North West England
Hours
Mon – Fri, 8 till 6