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Find the money your business is leaking.

A fixed-price, two-week audit of your admin hours, card fees and software. You get a signed ledger with a dollar figure on every line, then decide what to do about it.

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12%

of Australian businesses use AI. For medium-sized businesses it's 22%.

ABS, June 2026

of SMEs using AI say it has lifted profit. 58% say it lifted productivity. The tools are bought; the work hasn't changed.

NAB SME survey, July 2026

1 Oct 2026

Card surcharges were banned. Those fees now come straight out of your margin.

Reserve Bank of Australia

Card fee check

Put in last month's card turnover and total card fees from your merchant statement.

Small businesses pay anywhere from under 1% to over 2% to accept cards, and about three times more per transaction than large merchants, according to the RBA.

Card turnover last month ($) Total card fees last month ($)

Your effective rate

Cost of accepting cards each year

Have us audit it

Three ways to work with us

Start with the audit. Everything after it is optional.

Start here

Cost Takeout Audit

Fixed fee 2 weeks

Every repeat admin task mapped by role and hours
Merchant statements, pricing model and routing checked
Every software subscription and seat reviewed
A signed savings ledger and a 90-day plan

Credited in full if you go ahead with an Overhaul

Make it happen

Operations Overhaul

Project 8 to 12 weeks

3 to 5 workflows rebuilt end to end
AI agents with a human check on every output
Staff trained on the new way of working
AI-use policy and privacy wording included

Then optional monthly support

Ongoing

Fractional AI Operator

Monthly

A senior operator in your business each week
New automations shipped every month
Quarterly savings report against your baseline
Optional share of verified card, software and telco savings

6-month minimum

We never charge a share of wage savings. Decisions about roles are always yours.

We change the work, not just the tools

Most businesses bolt AI onto old processes and see no profit. We rebuild each workflow end to end, then decide what stays with a person.

People make the decisions

AI drafts, sorts, reconciles and reports. Customers, approvals, exceptions and anything that affects a person stay with your team.

Measured against a baseline

We sign off your starting numbers before anything changes, then report against the same months last year.

Ready for the new privacy rules

Privacy Act transparency rules for automated decisions apply from 10 December 2026. Every build includes the policy wording you need.

Book a 20-minute audit call

Tell us a little about your business. We'll call to understand where the time and money go, and tell you straight whether an audit is worth it.