Senior IT leadership for growing businesses: your roadmap, budget, security and suppliers, handled by someone with over twenty years in IT. Advisory only, never a helpdesk. From £325 a quarter.
A fractional IT director is a senior IT leader who works for your business part-time, for a set block of time each month or quarter. Most growing businesses reach a point where technology decisions are costing real money, but nobody qualified owns them. The owner decides between customer calls, the IT support company is asked to be a strategist as well as a fixer, and licences, tools and risks pile up quietly. A fractional IT director gives you the thinking of a full-time IT director, on a schedule and budget that fits a business your size.
I have spent over twenty years in IT, and I also run C4C Group, a technology consultancy working with large organisations on infrastructure, security and buying decisions. Page Forge brings that same experience to smaller firms, scaled to what you actually need. You get a half-day of focused strategy each month or quarter, a roadmap that stays current, and someone independent on your side when suppliers are quoting or a big decision is due.
This is deliberately not an IT support contract. There is no helpdesk, no per-user monthly fee and no lock-in. I make sure the right decisions get made and the right people carry them out, and if you need day-to-day support I will point you to a good provider and keep an eye on them for you. For one-off pieces of work, such as a Microsoft 365 migration or a security review, see IT & AI consulting.
What You Get
The same responsibilities a full-time IT director would own, sized to your business.
Where your technology is now, where it needs to be in twelve to eighteen months, and the order to get there in. Written in plain English, costed, and kept current at every session, so IT decisions stop being made in a panic when something breaks.
Most growing firms pay for licences nobody uses, overlapping tools and contracts that auto-renewed years ago. I review what you are paying for, cut what you do not need and plan the spend you do need, so the IT budget becomes a decision rather than a surprise.
Multi-factor authentication, sensible access, backups you have actually tested, and a plan for when a laptop goes missing or a supplier is breached. The right controls for a business your size, and preparation for Cyber Essentials if your customers or contracts ask for it.
If you already have an IT provider, I sit above them as your advocate: checking what they deliver against what you pay for, asking the awkward questions and translating their answers. The same goes for software vendors, telecoms and anyone quoting you for a big project.
Which AI tools are worth paying for, which are a data risk, and how to use them without leaking client information. I help you pick the few that will genuinely save time and set sensible rules around them, rather than chasing every new launch.
Every session ends with a short written summary: what we decided, what it costs, who is doing what and by when. Directors and owners get a clear picture of their IT without needing to speak the language, and nothing important lives only in one person’s head.
Is It Time?
If two or three of these sound familiar, it is worth a conversation. For a fuller answer, read when to hire a fractional IT director.
How It Starts
Half an hour on where your business is, what is worrying you and whether ongoing sessions or a one-off review is the better fit.
The first session maps what you have: systems, costs, security, suppliers and risks. You get a written picture of where you stand and the first priorities.
A half-day each month or quarter to work the roadmap, review spend and security, and make the decisions that are due, with a written summary every time.
Pricing
A fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Pick the rhythm that suits your business.
A strategic review every three months
Hands on the tiller all year round
Advisory only, with no reactive support or SLAs. Prefer to keep it simple? Everything here is also available at a day rate of £550, or £325 for a half-day.
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FAQ
Straight answers on what a fractional IT director does, and where the line is.
Tell us a little about your business and what is on your mind. We’ll arrange a half-hour call to see whether a fractional IT director is the right fit.