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What Can a Small Firm Offer Its Clients Now That It Couldn't Two Years Ago?

Services that once needed a bigger firm are now within reach of ten or fifty people. Six examples, from simple to ambitious, and where to start.

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What Should You Do With the AI Prompts Your Team Keeps in Folders?

Turn the ones that matter into shared skills with an owner and a version. Here's what skills can do, from simple to complex, and how to build them well.

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What Does the EU AI Act's AI Literacy Duty Mean for a Small Firm?

Article 4 still applies to any firm using AI tools, but the omnibus removed the 'sufficient level' test. Here is what a proportionate programme looks like.

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Can You Keep Client Documents and Meeting Notes Together in an AI Tool?

Usually yes, on a business account with the right agreement and access limits. The risk is a second client file nobody manages. Here is the structure to use.

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Who Should Write the DPIA When a Supplier Builds Your AI System?

Your firm owns it and signs it, but most of the facts come from the companies behind the system. Here's how to get it right without it taking over your team's time.

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Can You Upload a Client Document to an AI Tool?

Usually yes, but a file carries more than the part you need. Three questions decide whether you can upload it, and one of them is in the document itself.

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Is It Safe to Put Client Data into ChatGPT?

It depends on which tier of data you mean and which version of the tool you use. The tiered framework we use, and how to write your own in an afternoon.

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What the EU AI Act Means for a Small Irish Firm

The high-risk deadline moved to December 2027. What the EU AI Act asks of a small Irish firm now, and what it does not.

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Five Processes Worth Automating Before Your Next Growth Push

Automating the repetitive work first gives a growing team room to take on more clients. Five processes worth starting with, and why.

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What Transfer of Agency Automation Actually Involves

Transfer of agency is one of the most manual jobs in an advice firm. What automating it involves, and how to do it without creating compliance risk.

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Can a Regulated Firm Use AI Without Breaching GDPR?

Yes, a regulated firm can use AI within GDPR. The real risk is ungoverned AI. Here is what compliance actually requires and what good looks like.

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When Is It Worth Paying Someone to Automate a Process?

How to work out what a manual process actually costs your business, and the point at which paying to automate it pays for itself.

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