AI automation for Durham businesses.
Full code custom AI for professional firms, NETPark, Aycliffe manufacturing, and the public sector.
County Durham runs on paperwork: client files in the professional firms around Durham city, quality and certification records at NETPark and Newton Aycliffe, and case files across the council, the NHS trust and the university. We build private AI software that reads, checks and routes that work automatically, integrated with the systems you already run. We are based in Newcastle, fifteen minutes up the line, so we do it with you in the room.
Built for the County Durham economy.
Durham is not one market. It is a cathedral city of professional firms, a science park, a rail and engineering town, and one of the largest public sector employers in the region. Each has a different document problem. We have built for all four shapes of it.
Professional and financial services
For the law, accountancy and advisory firms around Durham city and Aykley Heads, and the app-based banking and fintech base in the county: client onboarding and KYC, document review, precedent drafting, billing reconciliation, and regulatory reporting, built private and audit-logged.
NETPark science and electronics
For the detector, semiconductor and photonics businesses at NETPark in Sedgefield: technical documentation, test and calibration records, export-control paperwork, and quality system evidence, structured and validated before it reaches your QMS.
Rail, engineering and manufacturing
For the rail and advanced manufacturing cluster around Newton Aycliffe and the engineering firms across the county: specifications, certificates of conformity, inspection records and supplier paperwork, read and posted into your ERP with a full audit trail.
Public sector and higher education
For the county council, the NHS foundation trust and the university: subject access request and FOI automation, case document processing, and continuous compliance monitoring, built so personal data stays inside your own infrastructure.
Healthcare and care providers
For GP federations, dental groups and care providers across County Durham: referral and letter processing, scheduling, records and claims automation, built on device or on premise to meet UK GDPR and NHS data security standards by architecture.
Tourism, heritage and hospitality
For the hotels, venues and visitor attractions that serve the World Heritage Site and the Durham coast: booking and enquiry handling, supplier invoice processing, and guest intelligence, with the same engineering we use for hospitality groups on the Newcastle Quayside.
A North East team, not a remote vendor.
Durham is fifteen minutes from our New Bridge Street office on the East Coast Main Line, and Newton Aycliffe, Sedgefield and Bishop Auckland are under an hour by road.
Discovery is done in your building, with your team, looking at the real documents and systems. We come back on site at each delivery milestone. You get a named engineering lead with a Newcastle phone number, not a ticket queue.
- From our office
- 15 min by rail
- Discovery
- On site, in person
- Public sector
- CCS RM6200, RM6173
- North East Business Awards 2026 Winner
- ISO 27001:2022
- Cyber Essentials
- On CCS RM6200 and RM6173
Private, engineered, and owned by you.
For a Durham professional firm or a NETPark manufacturer, confidentiality is the whole business. We build private and on-premise systems where client files, technical designs and personal data never leave your environment and no third-party AI service ever sees them.
You own the code outright. No per-seat licences, no monthly cloud subscription that sends your documents elsewhere, and no vendor you cannot leave.
See AI for North East law firms and private AI for UK regulated businesses for the confidentiality architecture Durham firms ask about first.
For manufacturers, start with AI for North East manufacturing. For public bodies, see our public sector AI page.
Built to commitment, not to the hour.
A 12-month retainer with a dedicated engineering team, CTO strategy reviews, and monthly delivery sprints. Fixed written scope and fixed price within one week of the discovery call.
Support and extend
For teams running AI we have already built, or inheriting a system that needs a serious engineering partner.
Build from scratch
A full 12-month delivery pipeline scoped and architected on day one, with capacity for your team’s requests each month.
12-month minimum. Pricing is set on a call once we have sized the work. See our services page for the full retainer breakdown.
Relevant to Durham businesses.
AI for Newcastle Law Firms: Intake and Document Review
How Newcastle and North East law firms use custom AI integrated with case management to automate intake, document review, and bundle prep, compliantly.
AI for North East Manufacturing: QC and Paperwork
How North East manufacturers automate quality control, compliance paperwork, and shift handovers with custom AI. Built for Team Valley and Nissan Tier 2s.
AI Automation Pricing in 2026: What Drives the Cost for a Newcastle SMB
How Ayoob AI prices production AI on a 12-month retainer for existing systems and new builds. What drives the number and what sits outside.
Private AI for UK Regulated Businesses: A 2026 Decision Framework
How UK regulated firms in finance, law, healthcare, and defence should approach private AI: FCA Consumer Duty, UK GDPR Article 22, and ICO AI guidance.
AI for Compliance: Automating Checks Without Cutting Corners
How AI automates compliance checking, regulatory screening, and audit preparation. Faster, more consistent, and fully auditable.
How Finance Teams Use AI to Automate Reporting and Reconciliation
AI automation for finance teams. How custom AI handles invoice processing, reconciliation, and reporting without replacing your existing systems.
Common questions about AI automation in Durham.
Do you work with businesses in Durham and County Durham?
Yes. Durham is fifteen minutes from our Newcastle office by train and the whole county, from Chester-le-Street to Newton Aycliffe and Sedgefield, is within an hour by road. On-site discovery and delivery in County Durham are standard, not an exception.
Which Durham sectors do you work with?
County Durham has four distinct economies: professional and financial firms around Durham city and Aykley Heads, including app-based banking; science and electronics businesses at NETPark in Sedgefield; rail, engineering and manufacturing around Newton Aycliffe; and a large public sector made up of the county council, the NHS trust and the university. We build for the document-heavy and data-heavy functions in each.
What can AI automate for a Durham professional firm?
Client onboarding and know-your-customer checks, document review, drafting from precedents, time and billing reconciliation, and the compliance reporting that regulated firms owe the SRA, ICAEW or FCA. Each is built as a private pipeline on your infrastructure with a full audit trail, so client confidentiality holds by architecture.
Can you work with a public body in County Durham?
Yes. We are admitted to Crown Commercial Service frameworks RM6200 and RM6173, so public bodies can buy through further competition, and we are ISO 27001:2022 and Cyber Essentials certified. Typical public sector work is subject access request and FOI automation, case document processing, and continuous compliance monitoring, all built private so personal data never leaves your estate.
What does AI automation cost for a County Durham business?
We work on a 12-month retainer with a fixed written scope. Pricing scales with the size of the work and is set on a call once we have sized it. The retainer buys a dedicated senior engineering team, not per-seat licences or a cloud subscription.
Elsewhere in the North East
Bring us your Durham problem.
Fifteen minutes from Newcastle. Discovery in your office, in person, with the real documents on the table.