> maker technologies · est. 1995
Dependable IT. Practical AI. One Trusted Partner.
We started out installing business software in 1995. 31 years later, we keep North West businesses secure, supported and using AI to eliminate inefficiency, save time and grow faster.
- Est. 1995
- Software, IT & AI under one roof
- Microsoft 365
- Datafile partner · Odoo specialists
- Liverpool · Merseyside · Lancashire
// services
What we do
Six services, one company answerable for all of it. We keep your systems running day to day, and build the automation that hands you time back.
AI Integration & Automation
We build automations around the way you already work. Most projects pay for themselves in saved admin time within a few months.
Learn moreIT Support
Call us and an engineer answers, usually one who knows your setup. We've done support this way since 1995.
Learn moreCybersecurity
Sensible protection for smaller businesses: endpoint security, backups, staff training and Cyber Essentials certification.
Learn moreCloud Solutions
Microsoft 365, migration, backup and disaster recovery, looked after by one partner rather than three suppliers.
Learn moreBusiness Management Software
Our founding service: we've installed and supported business systems since 1995. Datafile partners and Odoo specialists, with independent advice on what actually fits.
Learn moreSoftware Development
Bespoke tools used to be priced for enterprises. AI-assisted development changed that, and we now build them for small firms in weeks.
Learn more// why us
Experts in more fields than you'd expect
Most IT companies do IT. We've spent 31 years building practical, hands-on expertise across every layer a business runs on. That breadth is the difference between advice that sounds right and advice that works.
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We understand how businesses actually run
Installing and supporting business management software is what this company was founded to do in 1995. IT support came later. After three decades inside order books, stock systems and accounts, we understand business processes as well as most business consultants.
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We understand how AI actually works
We don't badge ourselves as an AI consultancy. But we understand the technology (models, data, integration, limits) better than most firms that do, and we've been applying it inside real businesses rather than in slide decks.
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We understand the web properly
We're not a web design agency, but we know development, hosting and DNS better than most of them. When your website, email and domain need to work together, or something breaks between them, that depth matters.
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We understand your phones too
We're not a telecoms company, but VoIP and IP PBX systems hold no mysteries for us. Phones are IT now, whether the phone company admits it or not.
This breadth is exactly what AI deployment needs. Putting AI into a real business touches processes, data, systems, security and people all at once. It goes wrong when the people deploying it only understand one of those.
// how we work
AI without the leap of faith
Most of the businesses we talk to don't want an AI strategy. They want to know which processes are worth automating, what that costs, and who supports it afterwards. So that's how we work:
Understand
We spend time on how the work actually happens, not the org-chart version of it. The hours usually go where nobody is looking.
Prove it
The first project is small, fixed-price and measurable. If it doesn't save the hours we said it would, that's on us.
Build on it
Once the first automation is earning its keep, the next candidates tend to volunteer themselves.
And because we already look after our clients' systems, networks, security and Microsoft accounts, the awkward questions that stall most AI projects are answered before they come up.
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How ready is your business for AI?
Eight scored questions plus two about your business. Your score and the process we'd automate first appear straight away, and we'll email you a 90-day starting plan if you want one.
// switching
Thinking of changing provider? It's more normal than you think
Businesses change IT provider for all kinds of reasons: the current firm has grown too big to feel personal, needs have moved past their expertise, or a merger means suppliers get consolidated. Good IT firms know there are reasons behind every decision, accept them and handle the switch professionally, and most do. The few who turn obstructive rather justify the decision to leave, and we've dealt with that situation enough times to plan around it and keep the move seamless. We've been on both sides of it over 31 years. Done properly, your team barely notices.
More about how our support worksTalk to someone who's seen it all since 1995
Half an hour on the phone. Tell us what's annoying you about your IT and where the hours go, and we'll tell you what we'd do about it. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
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