IT support and helpdesk services.

Our managed IT support services give you a helpdesk staffed by people who know your setup, monitoring and patching behind the scenes, and one accountable team that fixes problems instead of passing them on. Full IT department or co-managed alongside your own people, with managed detection and response included as standard.

Managed IT / IT support

What you get.

We measure whether the problem is gone and whether it comes back, not just how fast the ticket was closed. Here is what that means day to day.

  • A service desk staffed by engineers, from first-line questions through to system administration and senior architecture.
  • Monitoring, patching, and maintenance, so problems are caught and cleared before you notice them.
  • A named team that knows your systems and your history.
  • Managed detection and response included as standard on every managed plan, not sold as an extra.
  • Full or co-managed, so you can hand us all of IT or keep your own people and add depth where you need it.
01 · What is included

What managed support includes.

Pick the parts you need or hand us the lot. Either way, it runs to a defined standard.

01Support

Helpdesk and on-site support

Remote and on-site support for your people and devices. A quick question or a serious problem, you get a clear owner who sees it through to a fix.

Remote supportOn-site visitsUser onboardingDay-to-day requests
02Watch

Monitoring and patching

Monitoring of your devices, servers, and services, with patching and maintenance running quietly in the background, so issues are dealt with before they reach you.

MonitoringPatch managementMaintenanceAsset documentation
03Secure

Security as standard

Managed detection and response on every managed plan, with endpoint protection and the security controls switched on and configured, not left at their defaults. Certification and incident response are there when you need them.

MDR as standardEndpoint protectionManaged anti-malwareCyber awareness
04Advise

Reviews and advice

Regular reviews on performance, spend, and risk, with senior advice and a virtual CTO when you need to plan, scale, or modernise. Vendor liaison so you stop chasing other suppliers.

Business reviewsVirtual CTOVendor liaisonRoadmap planning
02 · The service desk

One service desk, from first line to architecture.

Our service desk works to defined standards and escalates cleanly, so the right person handles your problem, whether that is a password reset or the design of a new platform. Senior engineers take the calls that need them, including incident response.

L1First lineAccess, devices, email, and the quick fixes, answered by an engineer on the service desk.
L2Second lineDeeper troubleshooting across applications, networks, and Microsoft 365, owned until resolved.
L3System administrationServers, cloud, identity, and infrastructure, patched and maintained to a documented standard.
L4Architecture and advisorySenior design and a virtual CTO when you need to plan, scale, or modernise.
03 · How it works

How onboarding works.

Changing IT provider feels risky, so the move is planned in stages and agreed with you first. Here is how onboarding and ongoing support run.

01

Discover and audit

We document your estate, your contracts, and where the risk and waste sit. You get a clear picture before anything changes.

02

Onboard and secure

We take over access in a controlled handover, put monitoring and MDR in place, and fix the obvious gaps first, planned to minimise disruption for your team.

03

Run and improve

Support day to day, with monitoring and maintenance running quietly in the background and a named team who know your setup.

04

Review and report

Regular reviews on performance, spend, and security, with clear reporting so you always know where you stand and what comes next.

FAQ

Common questions

What does managed IT support include?

At a minimum, day-to-day support for your people and devices, monitoring and maintenance, and patching. Our managed support also includes managed detection and response as standard, endpoint protection, asset documentation, and regular reviews. Onboarding, software licensing, hardware, and major projects are usually scoped separately, and we are clear up front about what is in the monthly fee and what is extra.

Do you replace our IT team or work alongside it?

Either, your choice. Some clients hand us the whole of IT and never think about it again. Others keep an internal person or team and bring us in to do the heavy lifting, cover the gaps, and add senior expertise on demand. With co-managed support we agree clearly who owns what, so nothing falls through the gap.

How fast do you respond to a problem?

We agree response commitments with you in writing as part of your plan, and we are straight about what they mean, whether that is a target during business hours or cover outside them. Critical issues are prioritised, and the people who answer are the people who fix it. We will set out the specifics before you sign anything, not after.

Is cyber security included, or is it an add on?

Managed detection and response is included as standard on every managed plan, not sold as an upsell. Endpoint protection and patching are part of the service. When you need a Cyber Essentials certification or incident response, we provide it under our cyber security services, so there is no second supplier to manage.

How do you take over from our current provider?

We start by documenting your estate and your contracts, then take over access in a controlled handover and put monitoring and MDR in place before fixing the obvious gaps. The handover is planned to minimise disruption. We make the switch deliberately boring, because changing provider should reduce your risk, not add to it.

Let us run it.

Book a consultation or start with an audit of your IT, your spend and your risk.

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