Supporting Coventry businesses
Coventry is the historic home of the British motor industry and is now one of the UK's leading centres for automotive research and electric vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters and engineering centre is at Whitley, the London Electric Vehicle Company builds electric taxis at Ansty Park, and the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre helps businesses scale up battery manufacturing. The Manufacturing Technology Centre, also at Ansty Park, supports manufacturers with new production methods.
Coventry has two major universities. The University of Warwick, on the city's southern edge, is home to WMG, which works closely with the automotive and manufacturing industries, and Coventry University has a large city-centre campus. The city was UK City of Culture in 2021, and the Friargate business district by the railway station is adding new office space. Westwood Business Park, Whitley Business Park and Ansty Park host engineering, technology and professional businesses, while gaming studios in and around nearby Leamington Spa form one of the UK's biggest games development clusters.
Automotive suppliers and engineering consultancies in Coventry are expected to protect design data carefully, and many face industry information security assessments from their customers. That means MFA, encrypted laptops, managed devices, patching, controlled access to CAD and project files, and reliable backups. Businesses linked to the universities want secure, modern cloud setups. Professional services firms need well-run Microsoft 365 and email security. Retailers, restaurants and student-focused businesses across the city need websites, ordering systems and payments that work reliably.
Who we help in Coventry
- Automotive and EV suppliers
- Engineering consultancies
- Manufacturing and battery technology firms
- University spin-outs
- Games and software studios
- Solicitors and accountants
- Student-focused retailers and hospitality
- Charities
How support works for Coventry
Almost everything we do is remote. You call or email, we connect securely to your website, Microsoft 365 tenant or computer, and fix it while you watch. If a job genuinely needs someone on site in Coventry, we tell you upfront and quote it before anyone travels. We're based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and have supported UK businesses since 2006.
Support plans for Coventry
Essential
Keep it updated, backed up and watched.
- Website software updates (core, plugins, themes) applied and checked
- Daily backups
- Uptime monitoring
- Security monitoring
Business
Updates plus an hour of fixes every month.
- Everything in Essential
- 1 hour of fixes or changes every month
- Priority support
Complete
Website and your team's IT, covered.
- Everything in Business
- 3 hours of fixes or changes every month
- IT and Microsoft 365 helpdesk for your team
No plan? The first 30 minutes are the minimum charge, then we bill in 15-minute blocks.
What we fix in Coventry
Nearby
- Birmingham
- Wolverhampton
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Worcester
- Walsall
- Dudley
- Solihull
- West Bromwich
- Telford
- Shrewsbury
- Hereford
- Stafford
- Nuneaton
- Rugby
Frequently asked questions
Can you help a Coventry automotive supplier protect design data?
Yes. We set up MFA, Intune-managed and encrypted laptops, controlled SharePoint or file server permissions for CAD files, patching and backups, and help you answer customer security assessments. Work is remote from Mansfield.
Do you cover Kenilworth, Nuneaton and Leamington Spa?
Yes. We support businesses across Coventry and Warwickshire, including Kenilworth, Nuneaton, Bedworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Rugby. Plans start from £25 a month + VAT. Ad-hoc help is £45 an hour + VAT, and any on-site work is quoted upfront.
What does it cost to fix a one-off IT problem?
Ad-hoc support is £45 an hour + VAT. The first 30 minutes is the minimum charge, then time is billed in 15-minute blocks. Bigger projects, such as office migrations, are quoted upfront.
Hand it over and stop worrying
Updates, backups, monitoring and fixes from £25 a month + VAT. Real UK people on the phone.