hubIT & AI Consulting · Across Sussex

Enterprise IT expertise, small-business friendly.

Straight-talking help with Microsoft 365, the cloud, security and AI, delivered as fixed-price projects, not monthly contracts. Big-company know-how for businesses your size, based in Hassocks and working across Sussex.

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Most small businesses get a raw deal on IT. The big consultancies won’t take you, and the managed service providers want to lock you into a monthly contract and keep you dependent. So the decisions that matter, moving to Microsoft 365, tightening up security, working out what AI can actually do for you, get made on a hunch or a sales pitch.

Page Forge is different. I’ve spent over twenty years in IT, and I run C4C Group, a technology business serving large enterprise clients. That’s the same expertise big companies pay for, brought to businesses your size and explained in plain English. You get honest advice from someone with no monthly contract to protect, and often that advice is to spend less than you were about to.

Everything is a fixed-price project or a scheduled advisory session with a clear start and finish. I set things up properly, document them and hand you the keys. What I’m not is a managed service provider, and that’s deliberate.

The expertise, without the baggage

Big-company IT thinking, brought down to earth for a business your size.

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20+ years in IT

Two decades across infrastructure, cloud, security and support. Not a career switcher, and not learning on your time.

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Enterprise-grade

I run C4C Group, serving large enterprise clients. You get that same standard of thinking, scaled to fit your business.

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Genuinely independent

No products to push and no retainer to protect. The advice is simply whatever is actually right for you.

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Local and real

Based in Hassocks. A real person who turns up, picks up the phone and speaks plainly, no call centre.

Fixed-price projects, clear outcomes

Each one is scoped, quoted up front and handed over when it’s done. Prices are a starting point and are confirmed before we begin.

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AI for Your Business

A half-day session and a written, prioritised plan for where AI genuinely helps, from Copilot to automating the boring jobs, without the hype.

£395 workshop
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IT Strategy Review & Roadmap

A proper look at your current setup and a plain-English roadmap: what’s working, what’s at risk and what to fix first. The best place to start.

£495 fixed
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Microsoft 365 Setup & Migration

Email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive set up or moved across cleanly, configured properly and handed over, with no downtime and nothing left half-done.

From £750
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Security Hardening

MFA rolled out, licensing reviewed and the obvious holes closed. A sensible baseline that protects your business and your data, without gold-plating.

From £650
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Azure & Cloud

Cloud set up the right way, or an honest review of what you already run. Often that means cutting a bill you didn’t know you could cut.

From £650
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IT Advice & Procurement

What to buy, what to avoid and what licences you actually need. Independent buying advice from someone with no product to sell you.

£550 / day

Consulting, not a support contract

The single most important thing to understand: we solve the problem and hand it back to you. We’re not another IT firm you’re tied to.

A typical IT contract

  • cancel Locked into a monthly per-user contract
  • cancel You depend on them for every little change
  • cancel Reactive support, billed by the ticket or the hour
  • cancel An incentive to keep you dependent
  • cancel Hard to leave once your setup lives with them

The Page Forge way

  • check_circle Fixed-price projects with a clear start and finish
  • check_circle We set it up, document it and hand you the keys
  • check_circle You own your setup, not us
  • check_circle Honest advice, with no retainer to protect
  • check_circle Day-to-day support? We refer you to a good local one

Your IT director, one day at a time

Too small to hire an IT director, too serious to wing it? Get the strategic head without the salary. This is boardroom-level, not helpdesk: roadmap, budget, security posture and vendor oversight, on a schedule that suits you. Already have an IT provider? I sit above them, on your side, making sure you get value.

Quarterly

From£325/quarter

A strategic review every three months

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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.

Common questions

Straight answers on how the consulting works, and where the line is.

Are you a managed service provider (MSP)?
No, and that’s deliberate. We do fixed-price projects and scheduled advisory work, then hand everything over to you. We don’t run a helpdesk or tie you into a monthly support contract. If you need day-to-day support, we’ll happily refer you to a good local provider and can keep an eye on them for you.
What if something breaks after you’ve finished?
We build things properly and document them, so most issues never happen in the first place. For ongoing cover we refer you to a trusted partner, so you’re never stranded. You’re just not locked in to us.
Why is an enterprise IT consultant working with small businesses?
Because small firms get a raw deal: overcharged by MSPs or ignored by the big consultancies. Having spent over twenty years in IT and running C4C Group for enterprise clients, I wanted to bring that level of expertise to local businesses, at a price and in plain English that actually fits.
How does the Fractional IT Director service work?
You get a set block of strategic time, a half-day a month or a half-day a quarter, spent on your IT roadmap, budget, security and suppliers. It’s advisory only: think of it as a part-time IT director in the room for the big decisions, not a support line to call when something breaks.
How much does it cost?
Projects are fixed-price so you know the cost up front, starting from £395 for an AI workshop and £495 for a strategy review. The Fractional IT Director service starts at £325 a quarter, and bespoke work is charged at a day rate of £550. Whatever the job, you get a clear price before we begin.
Which areas do you cover?
We’re based in Hassocks and work with businesses right across Sussex face to face, from Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill to Brighton and the wider county. Most of this work can also be done remotely, so we can help businesses further afield too.

Ready to get your business online?

Drop us a message or give us a call. No pressure, no jargon — just a quick chat about what you need.

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