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AI2026-10-08Training AI on company data: what to get right before you start
A practical guide to permissions, data preparation, retrieval, fine-tuning and evaluation before company information is connected to an AI system.
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AI2026-10-08AI consultancy in London: what should happen after the contract is signed
The practical work an AI consultancy should own after the pitch: baselines, data boundaries, evaluation, integration, staff enablement and handover.
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Studio2026-09-19Why choose M3CA: what a digital product studio in London should actually give you
Anyone searching for a digital product studio in London is choosing between hundreds of near-identical websites. Here is the honest checklist we would use, and how we answer it ourselves.
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IT2026-09-19A software studio in Mayfair: what you are actually paying for
Why a Mayfair address matters less than who sits in the boardroom when your roadmap is decided, and how to test that in a single consulting session.
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IT2026-09-19Choosing a digital product studio in London: how to read a pitch
Nine things to look for when a digital product studio shows you user flows and wireframes, and the three answers that tell you whether a first release will ship.
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IT2026-09-18What a first release should cost you in attention, not just budget
The client-side effort a London digital product studio should ask for up front: decisions, content, responsive review time, and who signs off on layouts.
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Process2026-09-16What a discovery week at M3CA actually looks like
Five days, one senior team, and a written scope at the end of it. Here is how the week runs, hour by hour, and what you get on the Friday.
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Studio2026-09-15Why we quote every engagement instead of publishing a price list
Studios that publish day rates are selling hours. We sell a decision reached and a system that holds. Here is how a scope is written, and what we need from you to write one.
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Technology2026-09-14Build it or configure it: choosing between bespoke software and a platform
Bespoke is not automatically better, and off the shelf is not automatically cheaper. The honest test is where your advantage actually lives.
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Security2026-09-12What it takes to keep clinical data safe in a working product
Security in a healthcare product is not a penetration test at the end. It is a set of decisions made early, about access, records and what happens on the worst day.
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IT2026-09-08Custom software development in London: what it really costs you
The three costs London buyers underestimate when they commission custom software, drawn from builds we have run across clinics, universities and professional services firms.
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AI2026-08-19Choosing an AI agency in London: eleven questions that separate the real ones
How to interrogate an AI agency before you commission anything, including the evaluation, permission and cost questions most pitches avoid.
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IT2026-07-22What a digital product studio actually does
The difference between an agency, a dev shop and a product studio, and how to tell which one your brief needs.
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IT2026-06-10Moving a London team off legacy software without losing a day
Cutover planning, data migration and the rehearsal discipline that keeps operations running while the old system is retired.
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Media2026-01-14What a production day actually costs
Crew, kit, insurance, post and contingency, broken down honestly so you can read a quote properly before you sign it.
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IT2025-12-02Your website is an IT system, not a brochure
Uptime, backups, patching and access control matter more to your pipeline than another hero animation.
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Media2025-11-08Podcasts that survive episode ten
Format discipline, a repeatable studio setup and a clip pipeline are what keep a show alive past the launch spike.
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IT2025-10-21Cyber essentials without the theatre
The controls that genuinely reduce risk for a 20 to 200 person business, and the ones vendors sell you anyway.
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