You run the business. Let an AI personal assistant run the admin.
Hire your first AI personal assistant for under £1 a day. It sorts your inbox, chases your quotes, finds wasted money and drafts next week’s marketing, even while you sleep. You keep the final say on everything.
Written for UK businesses, with UK prices. Updated October 2026.
The admin never stops. And it’s quietly stealing the business you started.
Source: American Express SME Business Barometer, July 2026 (1,000 UK business owners)
It piles up
The inbox at 9pm. Quotes you meant to chase. Invoices still unpaid. Reviews sitting unanswered. Subscriptions you forgot you were paying for. The competitor you keep meaning to check up on.
It wears you down
Another evening on the laptop instead of with your family. That nagging feeling you’re always behind. The “I’ll grow the business when things calm down” that never seems to come.
And it isn’t right
Big companies have assistants, admin teams and analysts. You’ve got you. You shouldn’t have to work a second shift every night just to keep the lights on.
You didn’t start a business to become its full-time, unpaid admin assistant.
Every busy owner deserves an assistant. Now you can have one.
I’m Kieron Penrose. I know what it’s like to juggle a day job, a business and a never-ending to-do list. And I spent 20 years training managers at Pepsi, McVitie’s and Cadbury, where the best lesson was simple: a good brief gets good work back, and a good manager checks it before it goes out.
AI personal assistants have finally made that kind of help affordable for one-person and small-team businesses. This guide shows you exactly how to hire one, brief it and keep it in check, in plain English.
Kieron PenroseFounder, AI Alchemist · creator of the CRAFT Method
Three steps to your first AI personal assistant
Get the guide
Instant PDF download. 21 pages of plain English, written for UK small businesses.
Set it up in 30 minutes
Follow the step-by-step walkthrough, with the real menu names, prices and safety settings.
Hand over your first job
Copy one of the 6 ready-made briefs. Your assistant does the legwork; you approve what matters.
If nothing changes…
- Another 11 hours a week lost to admin, every week
- Evenings and weekends swallowed by the inbox
- Quotes go cold and invoices drift past their due date
- Money keeps leaking on things you don’t use
- Competitors who’ve already delegated to AI pull ahead
With your AI personal assistant…
- Your inbox sorted and replies drafted before breakfast
- Every quote and overdue invoice followed up, ready for your OK
- Forgotten subscriptions and creeping bills found and flagged
- Weekly reports and next week’s posts ready on Monday morning
- Time back for customers, family and growing the business
The natural next step
If you’ve read my other books, you’re already two steps in. This guide takes you to the third.
CRAFT
AI: Frustrated to Fluent. You learn to ask, so AI answers properly.
Your AI Executive Team
20 specialists on call. You get expert thinking on marketing, money and people.
Your AI personal assistant
It does the legwork across your inbox, files and websites, around the clock. You approve what matters.
New to my books? You can start here. The guide explains everything you need.
21 pages. No waffle. Everything in the order you need it.
What it is, in plain English
The difference between a chatbot and an AI personal assistant, and what Grok Bot can actually do for a small business.
The honest cost
Every plan in pounds, the real weekly cost (about £6.92), and why it’s under 5% of the cost of a part-time employee.
UK must-knows
Where your data goes, what isn’t available in the UK yet, and what to check under UK GDPR before you start.
Set up in 30 minutes
Step by step, with the exact menu names, from download to your first safe test.
CRAFT + Rules
Your CRAFT Method, upgraded for an AI that can act: what it may do alone, what it must ask, what it must never do.
6 ready-to-use briefs
Inbox triage, the money finder, local SEO watch, a week of social posts, the quote and invoice chaser, and the growth scout.
Your Executive Team, with hands
Turn your marketing, finance and chief-of-staff personas into working assistants.
Prefer ChatGPT?
The closest ChatGPT equivalent, what it costs in the UK, and how to set it up for about £4.61 a week.
Your first 30 days
One step a week, plus a scorecard so you know exactly what your assistant is worth to you.
The brief that finds money you didn’t know you were losing
Forgotten subscriptions. Bills that crept up. Renewals about to roll over. Your assistant digs through a year of emailed receipts and invoices, builds you a spreadsheet, and tells you the five biggest savings.
It can’t cancel anything, contact anyone or touch your bank. It finds; you decide. That’s the approach behind every brief in the guide.
CONTEXT: I run [business]. I suspect I’m paying for subscriptions and services I’ve forgotten about…
ROLE: Act as a sharp-eyed finance manager for a small UK business.
ASK: Search my email for receipts, invoices and renewal notices from the last 12 months. List every recurring cost and flag duplicates, price rises and renewals due in the next 60 days…
FORMAT: A Google Sheet sorted by yearly cost, plus the top 5 savings…
TONE: Plain English, no accounting jargon.
RULES: Read only. Never cancel, change a plan, contact a supplier or log into my bank.
Your assistant prepares. You decide.
The guide gives you a ready-made approval matrix to paste into every assistant, plus the settings that back it up.
Go ahead
- Read and sort email
- Research the web
- Draft replies and posts
- Build sheets and docs
Ask me first
- Sending any email or message
- Booking meetings
- Anything with customer details
- Changing shared records
Never
- Paying or buying
- Cancelling or deleting
- Publishing publicly
- Logging into the bank
A skilled assistant for under 5% of the cost of a part-timer
| Part-time employee (11 hrs) | AI personal assistant | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly cost | £139.81 at the National Living Wage, plus holiday pay, pension and employer’s NI | About £6.92 |
| Hours | 11 contracted hours | Any time, day or night |
| Time off | 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday, plus sickness | None |
| Getting started | Advertising, interviews, training | About 30 minutes |
Hire Your First AI Personal Assistant
The plain-English guide for UK small business owners
- The 21-page guide (PDF), readable on your phone, tablet or laptop
- 6 copy-and-paste briefs for real small business jobs
- The CRAFT + Rules formula and ready-made approval matrix
- A 30-minute setup walkthrough, with UK prices and must-knows
- The ChatGPT alternative, if you’d rather not switch tools
- Your first-30-days plan and scorecard
Secure checkout. Your download link arrives straight away.
Made for busy owners, not tech enthusiasts
This is for you if…
- You run a small UK business and admin eats your evenings
- You’ve used ChatGPT or similar, and want it to do more, not just say more
- You want to know the real costs and risks before you sign up to anything
- You want to stay in control of what goes out in your name
It’s not for you if…
- You’ve never used ChatGPT or any AI tool. Start with AI: Frustrated to Fluent instead
- You want AI to run your business with nobody checking
- You’re a developer looking for technical set-ups and code
Fair questions
Do I have to use Grok Bot?
No. The guide focuses on Grok Bot because it’s the most affordable always-on AI personal assistant in the UK right now, but a full chapter covers the closest ChatGPT options, including how to set up ChatGPT Plus as a part-time assistant for about £4.61 a week.
I’m not techy. Will I cope?
Yes. If you can use ChatGPT, you can do this. Every step uses the real menu names, and every brief is copy, paste, swap in your details.
Is it safe to let AI into my email?
That’s exactly why the guide exists. You’ll set up rules so your assistant drafts but never sends, finds but never cancels, and asks before anything that matters. You’ll also learn what not to give it, like passwords and customer data, and why.
Is it up to date?
It was written and checked in October 2026, with UK prices from that month. These tools change quickly, so the guide also shows you where to check the latest prices and limits.
Do I need your other books first?
No, but they help. If you know the CRAFT Method from AI: Frustrated to Fluent, you’ll get going faster, and if you own Your AI Executive Team, there’s a chapter on turning your personas into working assistants.
How do I get it?
Instant download straight after payment. It’s a PDF you can read on any phone, tablet or computer, and print if you like.
Picture Monday morning with your inbox already sorted.
Replies drafted. Quotes chased. Costs checked. Next week’s posts ready. All waiting for your OK while you have your first cup of tea. That’s what an AI personal assistant does, for under £1 a day.
Get the guide for £27Instant PDF download · 21 pages · UK prices and guidance