For UK small and mid-sized businesses
Operating packs you can put to work the same day
Plain-English policies, templates and toolkits, written by people who do this for a living. Fixed price, instant download, no consultants and no retainer.
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The AI Safe-Use Pack
Your team is already using ChatGPT, Copilot and the rest. This is not a single template: it is a complete, coherent system that lets you allow AI confidently. A clear acceptable-use policy plus the templates that make it real, from a data classification guide to a risk register and an approved-tools matrix.
- ✓ Built around UK GDPR and the EU AI Act, not US boilerplate.
- ✓ Editable Word and Excel files, plus polished PDFs.
- ✓ A working baseline in about 30 minutes.
Introductory launch price — rising to £99
What's inside
- AI Acceptable Use Policy
- Data Classification Guide
- Approved Tools Matrix
- AI Risk Register
- Prompting & Verification Guide
- Vendor Assessment Checklist
- Incident Response Plan
- DPIA Starter Template
- AI Disclosure & Privacy Clauses
- Employee One-Page Guide
- AI Literacy Tracker
- Verification Tiers visual
- Glossary of Acronyms
- Pack User Guide
Built for your sector
The full system, with seven core documents rewritten for how your industry actually works, around the regulators, terminology and risks that matter to you. Not a generic policy with your name pasted on top.
Training Providers
Your team already uses AI to draft learner feedback, build materials and answer queries. That is fine, until learner data ends up …
See the Training Providers pack →Recruitment Agencies
Recruiters live in candidate data, and AI now touches sourcing, screening, writing and outreach. That is a lot of personal data, a…
See the Recruitment Agencies pack →Accountants & Bookkeepers
AI bookkeeping and drafting tools are spreading fast through practices, and they are genuinely useful. The risk is client financia…
See the Accountants & Bookkeepers pack →Charities & Non-Profits
Charities adopt free AI tools fast to stretch limited budgets, and that is exactly how beneficiary or donor data can end up somewh…
See the Charities & Non-Profits pack →Schools & Colleges
Staff are already using AI to plan lessons, build resources and draft feedback. That is welcome, until pupil data ends up in the w…
See the Schools & Colleges pack →Healthcare Practices
AI scribes and assistants are spreading fast through practices, and they can genuinely cut admin. The risk is patient-identifiable…
See the Healthcare Practices pack →Local Authorities & Public Sector
Public bodies hold citizen data at scale and make decisions that change people’s lives, so AI here carries real legal and accounta…
See the Local Authorities & Public Sector pack →Which one do you need?
Start free, step up when you need the full system, or go straight to the edition written for your sector. One-off prices, no subscription.
| AI Starter Kit Free One-page starter |
Recommended
AI Safe-Use Pack £49 The complete system Introductory launch price — rising to £99 | Sector edition £149 Rewritten for your sector Introductory launch price — rising to £249 | |
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| AI Acceptable Use Policy | Ground rules | Full policy | Sector-specific |
| What data is safe in AI tools | Quick guide | Full guide | Sector examples |
| Risk register + approved-tools matrix (Excel) | — | ✓ | Pre-loaded for you |
| DPIA starter + disclosure clauses | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Incident, vendor & verification toolkit | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Seven documents rewritten for your sector | — | — | ✓ |
| Sector compliance briefing (regulators) | — | — | ✓ |
| Editable Word & Excel, instant download | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Best for | A quick start | Most UK SMEs | Regulated & specialist |
| Get the free kit | Choose your sector |
All prices one-off, UK VAT added at checkout. Not sure? Free vs paid, compared honestly.
Why Operating Bench
Written by practitioners
Built on more than a decade of hands-on data and AI work across regulated and commercial sectors. Practical, not theatrical.
UK-specific
Grounded in UK GDPR, ICO guidance and the EU AI Act where it applies, rather than generic templates that miss the detail.
No fluff, no lock-in
A fixed price, an instant download, and files you own and edit. No calls, no retainer, no upsell treadmill.
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