Small Business Automation · Kent, UK

Stop running your business out of your inbox

I'm Svet Petkov, a Kent-based automation consultant. I build simple systems that answer enquiries, chase follow-ups, and handle repetitive admin, so you and your team can get on with the work you actually do.

  • Kent-based
  • Start with one task
  • Remote UK-wide
  • Plain-English explanations
The problems I fix

Where small businesses lose time and customers

Four common problems, and the system that fixes each one.

Enquiries that arrive at the wrong time

Messages come in during evenings, weekends, or while you're on a job, and the business that replies first usually wins.

Fixed with AI Intake Systems

Follow-up that depends on you remembering

Quotes go unchased and past customers never hear from you again, because there's never quite enough time.

Fixed with Automated follow-up

Admin that eats your evenings

Invoices, bookings, and copying the same details between apps take hours that should go towards real work.

Fixed with Workflow Automation

Invisible when people ask AI

Customers ask ChatGPT and Google AI for local recommendations and never see your business.

Fixed with AI Search Visibility
Services

What I build for Kent small businesses

01

Enquiry handling

Website forms, emails, and messages are collected in one place, sorted, and acknowledged straight away. Urgent ones are flagged so you see them first.

02

Quote & follow-up reminders

After an enquiry or a quote, gentle nudges go out at the right time and stop as soon as the customer replies. You can add a review request once a job is done.

03

Admin & paperwork

Details are captured once and passed to wherever they are needed — your spreadsheet, calendar, or accounts — with no copying and pasting.

04

Local & AI search visibility

I set up your site so Google and AI tools like ChatGPT can find it, trust it, and recommend it to people looking for your service in your area.

Discuss your project
Is it right for you?

Signs it's worth automating

You answer the same questions again and again

Opening hours, pricing, availability, how it works. A system can handle the routine answers and pass on only the ones that need you.

You lose track of who has been followed up

If it lives in your head or in scattered notes, it will eventually slip. A simple system keeps count for you.

You do the same data entry every week

Anything you copy from one place to another on a regular schedule is a good candidate to automate.

Enquiries wait until you're back at your desk

If the first reply only goes out in the evening, an instant acknowledgement can keep the customer with you.

How it works

Start small, then build on what works

01

Pick one job

We find the one repetitive task or leaky process that costs you the most time. Starting small keeps things simple.

02

Build it, test it

I build a working version, often within a week, and we try it on your real enquiries before anything goes live.

03

Hand over and grow

Once it runs reliably and you trust it, we add the next piece. Most projects go live within two to four weeks.

My builds run on n8n, Claude Code, and Google's Agent Development Kit.

About

The consultant behind the work

Svetoslav Petkov, AI automation consultant based in Kent, UK

Svet Petkov

AI Automation Consultant · Kent, UK

I build AI systems that take repetitive work off your team — automated workflows, AI agents, and the integrations that connect everything together. The goal is always the same: fewer manual tasks, and systems that run reliably on their own.

My builds run on Claude Code, n8n, and Google's Agent Development Kit. I also built and run Storyhawk.io , a Google News monitoring tool, end to end.

  • 10+ years building large-scale web and data systems
  • Agents & workflows on Claude Code, n8n, and Google ADK
  • Builder of Storyhawk.io, a live AI monitoring product
Full background, experience, and tools I use →

Certifications & training

Claude Code in Action

Anthropic

AI Coding, Agentic Workflows, Claude Code

Building Scalable Agentic Systems

DataCamp

Agentic AI, LLM Pipelines, System Design

Prompt Design in Vertex AI

Google

Machine Learning and AI

Supervised Learning with scikit-learn

DataCamp

Machine Learning, k-means clustering

Intermediate Python

DataCamp

Matplotlib, loops, logic, control flow

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Coverage

Serving businesses across Kent and the UK

Based in Kent, I work with businesses across the county and remotely across the UK. Areas served include:

MaidstoneCanterburyTunbridge WellsAshfordMedwayFolkestoneDoverSevenoaksTonbridgeUK-wide (remote)

All consulting and automation work is delivered remotely. No on-site requirement.

FAQ

About automation for small businesses in Kent

What kind of automation makes sense for a small business?

The best place to start is usually the repetitive jobs: replying to new enquiries, chasing quotes, and typing the same details into several places. If you do something more than a few times a week and it follows the same steps each time, it can probably be automated.

Do I need to be technical?

No. I handle the setup and explain in plain English what it does. Day to day, you might only check a weekly summary or approve a message before it goes out.

Is it worth it for a business with only a few people?

Often more so, because every hour counts. I would rather start with one small system that gives you back a few hours a week than plan something big that takes months.

Will it make my business feel impersonal?

It shouldn't. The aim is to remove repetitive tasks, not the personal side of how you work. Anything that needs a human stays with a human, and automated replies can be set up for you to check before they are sent.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what you want automated, so I don't publish a fixed price. After an initial conversation I'll suggest where to start and what it would involve, so you can decide with the full picture.

Can you help a small business that is not in Kent?

Yes. I'm based in Kent, but all my work is done remotely, so I work with small businesses across the UK.

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Start with a conversation

If you're a Kent business losing enquiries, chasing quotes by hand, or buried in admin, send me a message and I'll get back to you.

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