Business IT experts who build the things your teams need.
ML2 Consulting is a business IT and software consultancy, registered in Scotland and working with UK businesses. We build bespoke software, run IT projects and help teams use AI where it saves real time, so the working day runs on systems that fit. Our own suite of business apps, Thing.team, grew out of that work.
Ready-made apps through Thing.team, and the people to set them up, connect them and build anything extra you need.
What we do
Software is the part people see. Underneath is the work that makes it useful: understanding how your business really runs, then changing it carefully.
Bespoke software
Apps and tools built for the way your business works, from a full system to a small tool that fixes one slow job.
IT projects
Migrations, roll-outs and supplier changes, planned and delivered without stopping the business.
AI adoption
Find the jobs where AI saves real time, set it up safely, and leave it alone where it doesn't help.
Systems and integration
Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, and the connections between the systems you already pay for.
Process and growth
Map how work flows, remove the double entry, and give directors numbers they can trust.
Where we know the work
We have a strong background in five industries. We know their regulations, their shift patterns and the jobs that eat people's time, so less needs explaining before we can help.
- WarehousingStock you can find, labels that scan, and storage charges that match the floor.
- FleetDriver licences and CPC hours in date, vehicle incidents reported from the roadside, and working time watched.
- LogisticsQuotes from agreed rate cards, one timeline per customer, and data exchanged with customers without retyping.
- HealthcareIncidents and near misses reported quickly, staff records and absence in one place, and data handled carefully.
- HospitalityHoliday and hours for shift teams, accidents logged properly, and numbers that compare one site with another.
If teams need a thing, we have it.
Thing.team is our own suite of business apps, in development now. Each customer gets their own system of things: the apps their teams need, on one platform.
- One sign-inEvery app, one account, with two-factor authentication.
- One admin consolePeople, departments, roles and licences, set up once.
- One set of field namesEvery app names its data the same way, so reports agree.
- Apps that talkThe incident, the holiday and the customer complaint all know who and where.
How we work
Small steps, plain English, and nothing left that only we understand. More about how we work
Listen
We spend time with the people who do the work, not only the people who manage it.
Map
We write down how things run today and agree what better looks like, in numbers.
Build small
We change one thing, measure it, and keep what works.
Hand over
Documented, tested and trained, so your team can run it without us.
What you can expect from us
- Built to stand on its own. Everything we make is documented and handed over, so you are never locked in to us.
- Honest about AI. If a spreadsheet or a simple rule does the job, we'll say so.
- Plain English. No jargon in our proposals, our software or our invoices.
- People first. Work shouldn't be the worst part of anyone's day. The tools we build are judged by the people who use them.
Tell us what's slowing your team down.
Email info@ml2consulting.com or call 07920 050366.