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Technology partner for businesses on Alston Moor.

England's highest market town sits a long way from everyone else's service area: Carlisle, Hexham and Penrith are each an hour on a good day, and the firms based there price the drive accordingly. serow works the other way round. Based in the Pennines, on the moor often, with email, CRMs, custom software, networking and security built for exactly this kind of place. Fixes in minutes remotely, visits the same day, not when the van's next passing.

Covering Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill, the South Tyne farms and everything up to the tops.

Photo slot: real Alston Moor, working shot, no stock.

Credit where it's due

This moor did rural broadband before it was cool.

Alston Moor pioneered community connectivity with Cybermoor while most of rural England was still waiting for dial-up to improve. That changes what a technology partner should be here.

What I do here

Four services, one moor.

Everything serow does, delivered to the moor: the same systems a city firm would sell you, run by someone who's often up here anyway.

Software built around your business

All-in-one systems: CRM, bookings, jobs and invoicing on one screen, for shops, accommodation, attractions and every firm trading up here.

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Business IT & security

Email done properly, scams kept out, data backed up off the hill and tested, Cyber Essentials when the insurer asks, and support in minutes, not after the drive over Hartside.

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Networks & IoT

Business-grade networking through thick stone: secure Wi-Fi, wired backbones, guest networks kept separate, and links between buildings when the fell gets in the way.

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Practical AI & ML

Paperwork that handles itself and cameras that understand what they see, running locally when the job demands it.

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Who it's for

Built for how the moor earns its living.

Shops & hospitality

Tills, bookings and payments running smoothly through every season, with guest Wi-Fi worth reviewing.

Heritage attractions

Ticketing, bookings and visitor Wi-Fi for the moor's mining-history sites and railways.

SMEs & consultancies

A proper IT setup without hiring an IT department: security, backups and support on one plan.

Remote workers & practices

Serious setups for people who moved here to work from the moor: secure, backed up, and a connection you can stake a deadline on.

Questions

Asked often, answered straight.

Do you charge for travel on Alston Moor? +

No. Site visits anywhere on the moor, Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill and the farms between, are free, with no call-out fee for the first look at any job.

How does serow fit alongside Cybermoor? +

Neatly. Cybermoor got this moor connected years before most of rural England; serow builds the layer that runs on top of a connection: software, security, backup and support. Different jobs, same aim.

Can you work through an Alston winter? +

That's the point of most of what I build. Systems are designed assuming the roads over will close a few times a year, and most work carries on remotely when they do.

Do small jobs count? +

Yes. A booking form, a CRM tidy-up, moving the office onto proper email. Small jobs are often how the bigger ones start.

The first Alston Moor case study is waiting.

I've built for global brands and critical infrastructure; the proof is on the work page. What this page needs next is a business from the moor. If that's you, the write-up is free and so is the site visit.

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Tell me what's holding the business back.

Free, no-obligation site visit anywhere on Alston Moor. I'll tell you honestly if you don't need me.