I'm Lilach Bullock, an AI trainer and implementation consultant, and this is my shortlist of UK AI trainers. The right one depends on the format your team needs: a day with someone in the room, a live online cohort, self-paced courses, or one-to-one for leaders. I've listed myself too, because this is the work I do.
The six names are Day Seven, General Purpose, The AI Works, Coaley Peak, AI Vision Consulting and Hartz AI, plus me. I read each one from its own site, and everything I say about them is what that site says, as of Nov 2026. Where a provider's own site gives no base, I haven't claimed one. It's a shortlist, not a ranking. And because I wrote it and I'm on it, weigh my entry with that in mind.
Most guides to choosing a trainer, including my own guide to choosing a UK AI training provider, describe the kinds of provider out there. This page names names, and sorts them by the thing that usually decides it in the end: how your team is going to learn.
Which format fits your team
| Format | Who fits | Trade-off | Names on this list |
|---|---|---|---|
| An in-person day | A team that learns best with someone at the desk, on its own tools | Everyone needs to be in one place on one day | General Purpose, Coaley Peak, The AI Works |
| A live online cohort | Spread-out or hybrid teams that still want a live trainer | Less hands-on help when someone gets stuck | Day Seven, AI Vision Consulting |
| Self-paced courses | The wider staff, once a core group has been trained | Nobody checks it lands on your real work | Day Seven Academy, by invitation |
| One-to-one for owners and leaders | An owner or manager who has to lead AI before the team follows | One person learns, not the whole team | AI Vision Consulting, Hartz AI, me |
An in-person day with a trainer in the room
General Purpose. Its site says every programme is built from scratch around the team's workflows, tools and problems. It says it teaches in person, at your offices in London, across the UK and beyond, in small cohorts with hands-on practice, and it describes the work as "Not a webinar, not a video course". Its instructors, it says, are founders and operators who use AI in their own work, and it measures change before, during and after with surveys and check-ins. The trade-off is plain from its own description: if your team is remote or scattered, this isn't its model. The real pro is the before-and-after measurement, which is the question I'd put to every other name on this list.
Coaley Peak. Its site lists in-person AI training for teams as one of four services, alongside AI implementation, GEO and AI search visibility, and Google Ads management. It says implementation is billed only from independently verified results, and it publishes a UK freephone number and even a note for AI agents on how to enquire. It suits a company that wants group training from a firm that can also do the build or the AI-search work afterwards. Because training is one service of four, ask who'll be teaching before you book.
The AI Works. Its site describes hands-on AI training workshops for teams, with real examples and practical exercises tailored to the business, alongside consultancy, strategy, automation and development. It says it's been working with AI since 1992, and that it's Cyber Essentials certified, which is a security certification rather than a training one. The workshops it lists are free to book and held at an address in Chorley, so an owner-led business can try a first session at low risk. Its site talks about UK businesses generally, so ask what it offers for in-house sessions where you are.
A live online cohort
Day Seven. Its site calls it UK-based and says it delivers practical AI training and consultancy for business teams, covering ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude and Gemini, built around the team's everyday work. It says training is for teams in UK organisations, from six people and ideally ten or more, at your offices or live online. It also lists AI strategy, adoption, agents and governance support, plus AI hackathons. It suits a team that already knows which tool it's standardising on. A founder who wants to learn alone isn't who it's aimed at.
AI Vision Consulting. Its site says it's Newcastle based and delivers corporate AI training across the UK: in person across the North East, and live online anywhere in the UK. The focus is Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude, taught on the team's own work rather than demo data, and it says teams leave able to build their own agents. If your team lives in Google Workspace rather than Microsoft 365, a Copilot-led session is less of a fit.
Live online works better than most people expect, as long as it stays small and hands-on. I've gone into the detail in online versus in-person AI training for employees. The test is simple: does everyone have their own tool open and a real task in front of them?
Self-paced learning for the wider staff
Here's the honest gap. Of the six UK trainers I read, only one describes a self-paced option. Day Seven says organisations can give staff self-paced Academy courses, including Claude and Copilot courses, by invitation, with a seat per person. That's an add-on for organisations it works with, not an open shelf you can buy from on a whim.
So in practice the route open to most teams is a live session first, then practice on their own work, in the tools they already pay for, which is where the habit forms.
One-to-one for owners and leaders
Sometimes the team isn't the problem. The owner or the manager hasn't used AI enough to lead it, and a team session lands on someone who can't back it up. Three routes here.
AI Vision Consulting has a separate individual training route alongside its corporate one, so a leader can learn before the team does.
Hartz AI, in London, says it runs hands-on AI training workshops for UK SMEs, from half-day introductions to three-day intensive programmes. It also offers consultancy and a fractional Chief AI Officer service for UK businesses with 10 to 250 employees, and builds bespoke AI solutions. It suits a business that wants a workshop now and a part-time AI lead later. A micro-business may sit below its stated range.
Me. I coach owners one-to-one, and I'll often pair that with a team session so whoever will lead AI internally has had extra time first.
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Where I sit
I'm a British AI implementation consultant, AI trainer and fractional CMO with 23 years in marketing. I went all in on AI in 2024 and rebuilt my own consultancy around it, and I've spoken at more than 100 events, including TEDxBolton and Oxford University.
What I'm not: I'm one person, not a training company with a bench of instructors, and I'm not a certificate provider. I don't do engineering-led AI, such as training your own models or building large data infrastructure, and I say so on the first call. If that's what you need, Hartz AI and Coaley Peak both list build work.
How I train: I ask the team for the two or three tasks that eat the most time, then we build the workflow live on those tasks. Everyone gets hands-on time on their own work, we write the team's AI-use rules together, and people leave with a plan for the next week. I train in person or live online on UK hours. A session can be a 90-minute workshop, a 45 to 60 minute keynote for a larger group, or a series of shorter sessions over a few weeks, and it ends with a one-page agreement on safe AI use. My page on AI training for UK teams has the detail.
Why I'd trust myself on the practical side: I use all of this on my own business. Between January and September 2026, my site went from 1,322 Google clicks a month to 6,412, and visits sent by AI assistants went from 32 a month to 3,599. Those figures come from my own Search Console and GA4. They're not a client result, and I'm not promising you the same. They're proof I do what I teach.
Before you book: four checks
AI skills are now a stated national priority, so a team that trains now isn't early or alone. The UK government's AI Opportunities Action Plan says "Skills England will help ensure that British people are prepared for jobs in the AI age," and that the country needs a deeper pool of AI skills and talent to build, spread and use AI.
- Name the format first. Pick an in-person day, a live online cohort, self-paced courses or one-to-one from the table before you contact anyone, so you're comparing like with like.
- Ask what the session is built on. You want your team's own tasks and tools, not demo data. Most of the names here say they tailor; ask for a sample outline to see how.
- Ask who teaches. One named trainer, a bench of instructors, or a firm where training is one service among several. All can work, but you should know which you're buying.
- Ask what happens after. A follow-up, a measure of what changed, AI-use rules the team agreed. If the answer is a recording and a slide deck, that's a course, not training.
There's a longer checklist in my guide to hiring an AI trainer. My verdict: I'd choose the format first, shortlist two trainers who teach in it, ask each for an outline built on one of your real tasks, and skip anyone who can only show you a generic deck.
If your team wants hands-on AI training built on its own work, in person or live online, that's what I do. I run AI training and workshops for teams, and help businesses with AI enablement and workflow automation, so the busywork runs itself and people get time back. Most of that work is with SaaS marketing teams and small businesses. Here's how we can work together.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the best AI trainers in the UK?
My shortlist is Day Seven, General Purpose, The AI Works, Coaley Peak, AI Vision Consulting, Hartz AI and me, Lilach Bullock. I wrote the list and included myself, so weigh my entry with that in mind. It's a shortlist, not a ranking: the right one depends on whether your team needs an in-person day, a live online cohort, self-paced courses or one-to-one for leaders.
What's the difference between in-person and live online AI training for a team?
In person, the trainer can see every screen and help at the desk, which suits teams new to AI. Live online reaches spread-out teams and works well if it stays small and hands-on, with everyone using their own tool on a real task. General Purpose describes itself as in person; Day Seven and AI Vision Consulting both list live online.
How big does a team need to be for AI training?
It depends on the provider. Day Seven says its team training starts at six people and ideally ten or more. Hartz AI's consultancy is aimed at UK businesses with 10 to 250 employees. Smaller teams and solo owners can look at one-to-one routes, such as AI Vision Consulting's individual training or my own coaching for owners.
Can AI training be built around our own tools, such as Copilot or ChatGPT?
Yes, and it should be. Day Seven lists ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude and Gemini. AI Vision Consulting focuses on Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude, taught on the team's own work. General Purpose says it builds every programme around the team's own tools. Ask for an outline that uses one of your real tasks.
Should an owner train alone first or train the whole team?
If the owner hasn't used AI much, a little one-to-one time first helps, because the team will look to them for the rules. Then train the team on its real tasks and agree together how AI gets used. I often pair a team session with extra coaching for whoever will lead AI internally.
Is there a government view on AI skills in the UK?
Yes. The UK government's AI Opportunities Action Plan says Skills England will help ensure British people are prepared for jobs in the AI age, and that the country needs a deeper pool of AI skills and talent. A team that trains now isn't early or alone.
