Be Astute
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REVOLUTIONARY BUSINESS CONSULTANTS

Who are we?

We started as a husband and wife team combining our individual talents to create a business support company with a difference. We are business focused IT specialists but our starting point is not the technology, or selling you cool gadgets. 

Why use us?

Without any unnecessary ego, we’re bloody good at what we do. We took a company with 100 staff which was 90% paper based, with staff who were highly reluctant IT users, and over a period of 8 years made it 99% paper free with staff who were happy and engaged and loving their new paper free lives.

The astute new system created a more engaged and productive staff team. Customer satisfaction and communication were dramatically improved, and the systems saved money for the business. We have now dedicated our professional lives to help others achieve similar benefits through the astute application of technology.

Why do we do this ? Because we find this stuff cool and interesting and have a love of both making people happy and helping them solve their problems.

Julia Stock

Julia has 20 years experience running a vocational training business. She is also a qualified Management and Leadership trainer. Julia is great at collaborating to help teams identify and describe the business issues that they face, and then work to create an innovative cost effective solution that brings the whole team along for the journey.

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Email: julia@be-astute.co.uk | Tel: 07767 261 161

Data is fun and cool. It is a framework for intelligent decision making.

Bill Stock

Bill has 30 years experience as a database God. We don’t use the term lightly. Bill can see your IT and data needs in relation to your whole business. To him, data is the blood supply of your business. Better data, better business. And he has the skills to make it happen.

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Email: bill@be-astute.co.uk | Tel: 07768 893 321

I take a practical approach to implementing plans that transforms the way businesses operate, maximising growth and profit.

Sues Duncan

Sues is a highly experienced Skills Operations expert, supporting business development and sales success in competitive markets. Her remit includes developing profitable programmes, contract mobilisation, budgets, and financial and risk management to help businesses and their teams to maximise and grow profitably in an ever-changing marketplace.

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Email: sues@be-astute.co.uk | Tel: 07287 445 006

John is driven by seeing companies succeed in the realisation of products in efficient and cost effective ways, culminating in their acceptance by the final customer.

John Forshaw

John is an Electronics and Technology specialist who works with companies to help them achieve the commercial objectives they set for their products.

As a chartered engineer, with a broad range of experience in design, product development and manufacturing, he has worked with a wide range of organisations from multinationals to SME’s across a breadth of market sectors. John has been involved with the development of a number of ground breaking products including working with Motorola in the early days of mobile phone development.

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I thrive on developing intricate systems, integrating APIs, and databases to solve complex queries and enhance website functionality. My passion for development drives me to create innovative solutions that enhance user experience.

Nathan Snook

Nathan has twenty years’ experience working with customers to get the most out of their businesses.

Making a business stand out online is what he loves to do, but on top of that, he really enjoys helping businesses get the most out of their technology.

But what does “getting the most out of their technology” mean?  In terms of web design & development, that’s all those finicky little integrations. 

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