Priority ERP & IT Consultancy

30 years of IT. One person.

No hand-offs. No juniors. No agency overhead. Independent senior IT consultancy — Priority ERP, web design, and the full range of IT services, delivered by the person you speak to.

30+
Years in IT
7-ver
ERP migration
UK & EU
Remote-first
Fully commissioned server room — two racks, live infrastructure
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Server room day zero — bare walls and cable coils on the floor
Before — Day Zero
Fully populated server rack — live commissioned infrastructure
After — Live Infrastructure
Empty Mega Factory floor before IT deployment
Before — Empty Factory
Factory floor network cabinet — installed and commissioned
After — Factory Network
What I do

Two core specialisms.
Thirty years of everything else.

30 years of broader IT experience
Infrastructure · Microsoft 365 · VMware · MDM · Security · Project management — click to see the full skills inventory
03
IT Infrastructure

Network design and architecture, hardware procurement and rollout, multi-site consolidation, VMware server environments, and enterprise backup and DR.

04
Remote IT Management

Full remote administration of systems, ERP, service desks, and device fleets. Senior IT capability without a permanent in-house hire.

05
Microsoft 365 & Teams

Tenant administration, Azure AD, Intune MDM, Teams AV meeting rooms, call queues, and telephony — from initial deployment to ongoing management.

06
IT Strategy & Advisory

Technology audits, vendor selection, roadmapping, and honest independent advice — without the enterprise consultancy price tag.

07
Systems Integration

Connecting platforms so data flows automatically. ERP to e-commerce, CRM to back-office — practical integrations that solve real operational problems.

08
AI & Workflow Automation

Practical help implementing AI tools and automating repetitive workflows. Focused on what actually works — not what's being hyped.

The work

Real projects.
Real results.

Full case studies →
Priority ERP modern web dashboard — post-migration
Manufacturing — Priority ERP
7-Version ERP Migration. One Weekend.

An ageing Priority ERP environment — 7 major versions behind current — running on a thick-client interface from another era. The brief: migrate to v24.1 and the modern web interface with zero disruption to a live manufacturing operation. I booked a local hotel, stayed away from my family, and worked through the weekend to make sure it landed right. Staff arrived Monday morning to a system that just worked — cleaner, faster, and built for how people actually work today.

Priority ERPv18.2 → v24.1Web interface migrationZero disruptionManufacturing
Fully commissioned server room — two racks, complete infrastructure
Manufacturing — Infrastructure
Four Sites Into One. Built From Scratch.

A new Mega Factory site. Four existing factory IT environments to consolidate into it. I spec'd the infrastructure, project-managed the cabling contractors, coordinated equipment configuration with corporate HQ, and personally imaged and relocated 130+ endpoints from four sites — commissioning the full server room from bare walls to a live, labelled, fully documented environment. Multi-site. Multi-vendor. One person accountable for all of it.

InfrastructureMulti-site consolidation130+ endpointsServer room buildProject management
Priority ERP — the same system, transformed

Seven major versions. One weekend. The same menus, the same data, the same business logic — in a modern interface people can actually use without reaching for the manual.

Priority ERP legacy thick-client interface Before — v18.2 thick client
Priority ERP modern web interface After — v24.1 web interface
Windows thick client. Pixelated toolbar icons. No browser access. An interface that hadn't meaningfully changed in twenty years.
Modern web interface. Clean navigation. Works in any browser. Same business logic — delivered in a way people actually want to use.
Infrastructure — from empty room to live environment

Bare walls and cable coils on the floor. Then a fully commissioned, labelled, documented server room — and distributed network infrastructure installed across an entire Mega Factory site.

Empty server room before buildBefore
Fully populated server room after buildAfter
Empty Mega Factory floorBefore
Factory wall-mount network cabinet installedAfter
How it works

From first call
to live system

01
Discovery call

A free 30-minute conversation to understand your business, your current setup, and what's not working. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest look at the problem.

Free · 30 min
02
Written proposal

A clear written proposal with defined scope, timeline, and cost. For project work this is fixed-price or capped. For ongoing work the retainer terms are set out in full. Nothing starts until you're comfortable with every line of it.

No obligation
03
We get to work

You deal with one person throughout. No junior handoffs, no account managers, no re-briefing. The person who understood your problem delivers the solution — and puts the hours in to make it land. If that means a hotel room on a Saturday night to protect your Monday morning, that's what it means.

Direct · Senior
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Delivered and supported

Projects are signed off with documentation, training where needed, and a clear handover. Retainer clients have direct access for ongoing questions, monitoring, and reactive support.

Full handover
Pricing

Straightforward pricing.
No surprises.

Day rate
£XXX/day

For project work, on-site delivery, implementations, and consultancy days. Minimum half-day engagement. Travel and expenses quoted separately for work outside the South West.

ERP projectsInfrastructureOn-site delivery
Project
POA

Fixed-price or capped-cost quotes for defined project scopes. Full written proposal with scope, timeline, and cost before anything starts.

ERP implementationWeb designInfrastructure projects

All engagements start with a free 30-minute discovery call.  Get in touch →

About
James Sayers.
30 years.
Still hands-on.

I started in IT in the mid-1990s and I've never stopped being the person who actually does the work. For the last decade I was IT Manager at a UK manufacturing business — sole decision-maker across four sites, two countries, 130+ endpoints, and a Priority ERP environment that I migrated through seven major versions in a single weekend.

I moved into independent consultancy because the clients I work best with don't need a large agency — they need a senior pair of hands who understands their business, tells them the truth, and delivers without hand-offs. I graft hard to make sure things just work. If that means staying in a hotel on a Saturday to protect your Monday morning, that's what it means.

I work remotely, UK and Europe. Available for retained engagements, project-based work, and one-off advisory.

Priority ERPWeb designInfrastructureMicrosoft 365Remote-firstManufacturingSMEMulti-site
The full story →
Career snapshot
Years in IT30+
Priority ERP versions migrated7
ERP migration window1 Weekend
Endpoints managed (peak)130+
Factory sites consolidated4 → 1
Countries of operationUK & EU
Current availabilityOpen to enquiries
Get in touch
Let's talk
about your
project.

I work with businesses who need a senior IT person rather than an agency. If that's you, the best first step is a straightforward conversation about what you need.

Based
UK — remote-first, UK and Europe
First step
Free 30-minute discovery call — no commitment