AI agent training for UK teams
James McAulay is UK-based and teaches your team to connect AI to the tools it already uses and build agents for real jobs. Everyone leaves with agents getting work done for them.
- At your officeanywhere in the UK, or online
- 10 to 200 peoplein one workshop
- Half-day, full-day, or two daysagreed on a scoping call
No coding needed in 
Claude, 
ChatGPT or 
Copilot
James has trained 500+ people from 200+ companies:
An AI upskilling programme for UK employees should end with agents doing real work
Government research published in January 2026 found only 21% of UK workers feel confident using AI at work. Skills England’s employer survey, published in July 2026, found 97% of organisations already train their staff in AI, and the gaps they named were flexibility (51%) and practical learning tied to real work (34%).
A workshop with James is the practical part: each person builds agents for jobs they would otherwise do by hand.
What to look for in AI agent training for a UK team: Skills England’s six tests
Skills England’s employer guide, What works for AI upskilling in the UK (July 2026), sets six tests for good AI training. Here’s how a workshop with James meets each one.
Practical
Training links to real tasks in each person’s role, and people practise on work they recognise.
In the workshop: Each person picks a job from their own week, builds an agent to do it, and demos it to the room.
Reachable
Training fits people’s time and format, suits different levels of digital experience and offers personal support.
In the workshop: No coding needed. James helps each person in the room.
Integrated
Training fits the systems people already use, so they can apply it straight away and use company data safely.
In the workshop: Your team builds its agents on your own Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, Slack and CRM. Each tool is connected read-only to start.
Modular
Training comes in short units and different formats: in person, online, hybrid or self-paced.
In the workshop: Half a day, one day or two, in person or online. Anyone who wants more can take the four-week Agent Accelerator, live or self-paced.
Expandable
Training scales across teams and roles, and the skills carry over to other tools.
In the workshop: A whole company can train at once, in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot for work.
Sustainable
Responsible use is built in from the start (confidentiality, data protection, human oversight), and learning carries on after the training.
In the workshop: Security and permissions come first. Afterwards James writes up what each person should build next, so the team can keep going without him.
UK companies that ran hands-on AI agent training with James
James comes to your office anywhere in the UK. Online days run on Zoom with the same hands-on structure as a day in the room.
The whole Huggg team spent two days building agents, with day two in person in London
Paul Wickers took the four-week Agent Accelerator on his own first. Then he booked the bootcamp, and the sales team built agents on their own Gmail, HubSpot, Slack and calendars.
300%productivity gain for some of the team, by Paul’s estimate“It’s probably the highest ROI thing I’ve done since the day I founded the company.”
Koru Kids’ CEO went through the course with four of her leaders
Six months later Rachel Carrell builds her own tools, including a hiring test she made in one evening with Claude and Twilio.
10 hrsof manual work automated every week, per person, reported by Koru graduates“The results have just been astounding, like transformational.”
Connectd sent its CEO and seven senior leaders at once
By the end of the four weeks, six of the eight had shipped something that runs on live company data. Two of them built custom MCP servers without being engineers.
4.5 hrssaved per week, per person“If you’re serious about doing this, take the plunge. Send all of the right people, all the right leaders.”
An in-house AI agent bootcamp for non-technical staff takes half a day, one day or two
James recommends in person, because the change is bigger and faster with everyone in the room.
Half-day workshop
For a department getting started. Each person connects one tool and builds one agent.
- Up to 50 people
- In person or online
One-day workshop
Set-up in the morning, agents working for each person by the afternoon, demos to close.
- 10 to 200 people
- A second facilitator above 30
Two-day bootcamp
The second day adds agents that run on a schedule, with no one needing to start them.
- Can mix online and in person
- For a whole company
James McAulay has been based in London and working in UK tech since 2014
He leads every workshop himself, in the room or on the call.
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