How important will AI be to your business in 2025?

Small businesses are finding more and more AI tools to save time, improve productivity, and communicate with customers in new ways - and much more! Explore your next steps with us in this short lunchtime session.

Our AI experts, James Crawford, Phil Gold and Dr David Fox will lead us through the possibilities of AI, showcase some of the remarkable low-cost tools that are available to us in 2025, and what to do with them.

You will come away with tangible ideas about:

• What AI tools could be useful to you right now;
• How other small businesses are using them;
• Where you could start;
• A live demo of Zapt showing how you can deploy it in your business;
• How to engage your team;
• Risks, limitations and issues to avoid;
• How to plan your next mini-project;
• A demo of Salford University's free to access AI business training portal.

Don't get left behind in the great AI race, start your journey in 2025 and get ahead of the game (and your competition).

More about our speakers…

James Crawford has been designing and implementing strategies in businesses large and small for over 25 years. His focus is now on the huge opportunities – and risks – of AI, helping organisations to understand the possibilities of the tech, and successfully redesign their services in this rapidly evolving arena.

Phil Gold and David Fox together own and run Zapt, an innovative app development platform which can create cutting-edge AI solutions for busines

Dr David Fox is CTO and co-founder of ZAPT.ai, is a highly accomplished tech leader and data scientist with over 13 years of experience in the industry. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Manchester and has a proven track record of building innovative products and leading technical teams.

Phil Gold is a seasoned management consultant with extensive experience supporting organisations across a broad range of sectors. In 2000, he founded Mpulse, a highly regarded consultancy specialising in professional project management, management consulting, and business support services.  With expertise spanning both business strategy and technology, Phil has brought invaluable insights to his role as co-founder of ZAPT.

Event contact

For enquiries regarding the event, please contact our Greater Manchester Development Manager Rob Downes.