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IT/ — Business IT

The IT your office runs on, done properly — remotely.

Most small businesses do not need a big managed services contract. They need the network configured correctly, the backups to be real, the email to arrive, and someone competent to call. All of that can be done remotely, and this is the part of the practice that does it.

RMT/ — Read this first

We work remotely. Always.

BLR Code does not do onsite visits. There is no engineer who comes to your office, and we would rather say that plainly at the top of the page than have you discover it after a conversation.

In practice this matters less than it sounds. Configuration, monitoring, patching, backup, email and user support are all remote work already. What it does mean is that anything physical — pulling cable, mounting an access point, plugging in a switch — is done by you or by a local contractor, working to a specification we write.

So, concretely

We do — design, specification, remote configuration, documentation, monitoring, support, vendor coordination
You or your contractor do — cabling, mounting, physically installing and powering equipment
We need — remote access to the equipment, which for most modern kit means a cloud controller or a management VPN
We won't — quote for a survey, a site visit, or an installation, because we cannot deliver them

SVC/ — What we do

Six things, done well.

IT/SET

Office IT design & configuration

Moving, opening a second location, or outgrowing what you started with. We produce the design, the equipment list and the cabling specification, then configure everything remotely once your contractor has installed it.

IT/NET

Networks & Wi-Fi

Network design, firewall policy, and guest and camera traffic kept away from your accounts machine — configured remotely on equipment that supports it.

IT/BAK

Backup & recovery

Backups that have actually been restored from, sized against how much data you can afford to lose and how long you can afford to be down.

IT/AI

AI booking & reception

WhatsApp-first booking, reminders and enquiry handling for appointment businesses — so a 9pm message does not become a booking somewhere else.

IT/WEB

Websites

Fast, secure, static-first sites with no plugin treadmill and no database to breach — plus business email that actually reaches the inbox.

IT/SUP

Support plans

Ongoing remote cover — monitoring, patching, backup verification, and someone to call when something breaks.

WHO/ — Who this is for

Sized for the business you actually are.

This side of the practice is built for offices of roughly 3 to 50 people — agencies, clinics, professional firms, small manufacturers, trading businesses. Places where IT has to work and nobody's job title includes it.

The same engineer who designs networks for larger clients does this work. The difference is scale, not the standard applied.

Signs it's time to call

Your backup is a drive somebody remembers to plug in
Everything is on one network — cameras, guests, accounts, all together
Your quotes and invoices land in customers' spam folders
The person who set it all up left, and nothing is written down
You have equipment that could be configured properly and never was
You're opening a second location and want it specified right this time

HOW/ — How we work

What you can expect.

Plain language

You will get explanations you can act on, and a written recommendation with the reasoning in it. Nothing sold through jargon you have to take on trust.

No hardware margin

We do not resell equipment. You buy it directly at market price, so there is no incentive for us to specify more than you need — which is the most common way small IT budgets get wasted.

Documented and yours

Passwords, network diagrams, addressing and account details are handed to you, in your own password manager. If you replace us, your next provider can pick it up in a morning. We are not interested in being difficult to leave.

Honest about the limits

Some work genuinely needs hands in the building. When that is the case we will tell you directly, write the specification your contractor needs, and coordinate with them — rather than taking the job and improvising.

Scope agreed before we start

What we are doing, what you are responsible for, and what it will cost — written down and agreed before any work begins. Pricing depends entirely on the work, so it is discussed per client rather than published as a tariff.

RD/ — Worth reading first

CTA/ — Get in touch

Tell us what's not working.

Describe the problem in a few lines — how many people, what you're running, and what prompted you to look. You'll get a straight answer about what's involved and whether it can be done remotely.

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