Claude AI implementation · UK

Your reference point for AI that works.

Meridian AI embeds Claude as a working operating layer inside UK businesses. Not a chatbot — a configured, connected system that runs processes, automates workflows, and replaces manual work.

Fixed-price scopeUK SME focusBuilt on Claude
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Trusted across UK industries
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Tech & SaaS
  • Healthcare
The reality check

Access to Claude is not the same as a working AI system

Laptop with an idle chat window sitting alone on an empty chart grid.

You have access to Claude

Most businesses have Claude subscriptions. Few use it for more than occasional chat. The gap between having access and having implementation is where productivity gains disappear.

Three desks with tangled, unconnected dotted paths above them.

Your team uses it differently

Every person uses Claude their own way — different prompts, different quality, no shared knowledge. There is no consistency, no connection to your actual business data.

An unplugged connector node floating apart from a connected cluster of tools.

Nothing is connected

Claude does not know your clients, your pricing, your processes, or your tools. Without configuration, it is a general-purpose assistant — not a business system.

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Not sure what Claude is — or why it matters?

Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic, and it is the foundation of everything we build at Meridian AI. If you are new to Claude or wondering how it compares to ChatGPT and Gemini, we have put together a plain-English guide that explains what it does, why we chose it, and what it means for your business.

Learn about Claude
What we do

We configure Claude. You run your business.

Meridian AI designs, builds, and embeds Claude across your business — connecting it to the tools you already use, building the workflows your team needs, and creating the automations that save the most time. We handle the technical setup. You get a working AI system.

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Connected to the tools you already use

Your AI assistant plugs directly into the platforms that run your business — no switching, no copying, no gaps.

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How it works

How It Works

Every engagement follows the same mapped route — scoped and priced before build begins.

Phase 01

Discovery

We learn how your business operates, where time is lost, and which processes have the highest automation value.

Phase 02

Design

We map your workflows, select your tier, and define exactly what we will build — with a fixed price before work begins.

Phase 03

Build

We configure Projects, Skills, MCP connections, Live Artifacts, Routines, and automations. Your team gets training. Everything is documented.

Phase 04

Optimise

On a monthly retainer, we continuously improve, add workflows, and adapt as your business changes.

Service tiers

Service Tiers

Start here

AI Discoveryfrom £499 (one-off)

A focused, fully-scoped discovery engagement that maps where Claude delivers the most value across your business — and exactly what your first deployment should look like.

Fully credited against your setup fee when you proceed to any tier.

Prices shown are indicative starting points. All prices are subject to a final quotation based on a complete understanding of the scope of works involved.

Tier 1

AI Starter

For sole traders, 1–9 people
from £695 setup
from £145/month retainer
  • 3 Claude Projects
  • 5 core Skills
  • Basic MCP integration
  • 1 Live Dashboard
  • 1-hour onboarding
Learn more
Tier 3

Full Integration

For growing SMEs, 50–249 people
from £5,500 setup
from £950/month retainer
  • Up to 10 MCP connections
  • 15 cross-system workflows
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Up to 5 custom Artifacts
  • Quarterly strategy review
  • Priority 4-hour SLA
Learn more
Tier 4

Enterprise

For businesses building AI products
From £12,000 project
from £1,500/month retainer
  • API-level development
  • Custom agent development
  • Custom MCP server development
  • White-label tooling
  • Architecture consultancy
  • Dedicated engineering
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Please note: Prices shown are indicative starting points. All prices are subject to a final quotation based on a complete understanding of the scope of works involved.

Live demo

What Could You Recover?

Move the sliders to estimate how much time and money your team could win back by automating repetitive admin with Claude. Everything updates instantly.

Your team today

12

People whose week includes automatable tasks.

8 hrs

Time each person spends on tasks Claude could handle.

£25/hr

Salary plus overheads, per hour, per person.

Your potential recovery

291

hours recovered per month, across the team

£7,274

estimated monthly value recovered

Suggested tier

Business Automation

For small businesses, 10–49 people

Monthly running costs (indicative)

Meridian retainer
from £450
Claude platform (to Anthropic)
~£250
Net monthly benefit
£6,574

After the Business Automation retainer and the Claude platform cost, estimated payback of the from £2,250 setup in 2 weeks.

Book a Discovery for Business Automation

Illustrative estimate based on your inputs and typical automation outcomes. The retainer and setup figures are indicative "from" estimates, and the Claude platform subscription is a rough mid-range figure paid directly to Anthropic, not to Meridian. Prices shown are indicative starting points. All prices are subject to a final quotation based on a complete understanding of the scope of works involved.

Meridian AI is an independent consultancy and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with Anthropic. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic PBC.

Illustrative example

What a Live Dashboard Looks Like

A snapshot of a Claude-connected operations dashboard. Yours connects to your live data — this one uses sample figures to show the idea.

Operations overview
Sample data · Consultancy
1,033

Tasks automated this week

+18% vs last week

164

Hours recovered

+22 hrs

98.6%

Routines completed

on schedule

61%

Manual steps removed

vs baseline

Tasks handled (this week)

Claude handledManual

Illustrative example — your dashboard connects to your live data. Figures shown are sample data for demonstration only.

Capabilities

What Can Claude Actually Do?

Operations & Workflows

Automate repetitive processes, generate reports from live data, route tasks between team members, and manage approvals — all triggered by natural language or scheduled runs.

Outcome: 60% fewer manual steps in daily operations.

Admin & Documentation

Draft contracts, summarise meeting notes, auto-populate templates, maintain knowledge bases, and keep documentation current — without anyone remembering to update it.

Outcome: 8+ hours saved per week on admin tasks.

Customer & Sales

Qualify leads, draft proposals, personalise follow-ups, analyse customer feedback, and generate sales reports — connected to your CRM and communication tools.

Outcome: 40% faster lead response, 25% higher conversion.
What we build

What We Build

Six service lines that turn Claude into working infrastructure for your business — built around the tools your team already uses.

Live Dashboards

Interactive Live Artifacts that pull from your real data and update on demand — reports, trackers, and overviews your team can open and act on, no spreadsheets to maintain.

Reports your team can act on

Automations & Routines

Scheduled Tasks that run on their own — daily summaries, weekly reports, recurring checks — so routine work happens reliably without anyone remembering to start it.

Recurring work that runs itself

Native Office Integration

Claude works directly inside Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft 365, and Outlook — drafting, analysing, and updating documents in the tools your team already lives in.

AI where the work happens

Custom Internal Tools & Embedded AI Apps

Purpose-built apps and internal tools with Claude embedded — calculators, intake forms, review tools, and assistants tailored to how your business actually works.

Software shaped to your process

Claude Design

On-brand documents, decks, and visual layouts produced to your style and templates — consistent, polished outputs without the manual formatting work.

Brand-consistent materials, faster

Connected Workflows

Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), we connect Claude to your CRM, databases, calendars, and internal systems so it reads and acts on live business data.

Claude joined up with your stack
Built to be dependable

How We Make Claude Reliable

A capable model is only half the job. The difference between an AI that impresses in a demo and one you can trust every day is the engineering around it. We design each system as a loop: Claude takes an action, checks the result against a clear definition of "done", and corrects itself before anything reaches you. Every workflow has guardrails, validation steps, and a fallback when something looks wrong, so the system fails loudly rather than quietly producing a bad answer. We test against your real data, document how each routine behaves, and tune it over time as your business changes. The result is AI you can leave running — not a clever tool you have to double-check.

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Who benefits most

Who Benefits Most

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Consultants & Freelancers

Reclaim 6–8 hours per week from repetitive document work, proposal generation, and client communication.

Outcome: More billable hours, higher rates, better work-life balance.
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Service Agencies

Reduce 2 days of account admin to 3 hours per month. Automate onboarding, invoicing, and reporting.

Outcome: Happier teams, more margin, better client retention.
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Operations & Facilities

Cut incident reporting from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes. Automate escalation, logging, and documentation.

Outcome: Faster response, better compliance, fewer errors.

Ready to embed Claude in your business?

Book 30 minutes with us. No pitch deck, no pressure — a focused conversation about your business and what a properly configured Claude system would do for it.

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