IT support in Crawley for businesses that cannot afford a day without it.
Managed IT, cyber security and Microsoft 365 for businesses in Crawley, Manor Royal, Three Bridges and the Gatwick corridor. Fixed remotely within minutes, set up so that site visits are the exception, and honest about what you do and do not need.
What we do for Crawley businesses
Managed IT support
A helpdesk that answers, proactive monitoring that fixes problems before you notice them, and an engineer on site in Crawley when remote is not enough.
Learn moreCyber security
Email security, multi-factor authentication, Microsoft Defender, Cyber Essentials, and 24/7 monitoring. Security is our baseline, not an add-on.
Learn moreMicrosoft 365 and cloud
Business Premium set up with the security switched on, migrations off the office server or Google Workspace, Intune for every device, and Copilot rolled out to the people who will use it.
Learn moreConnectivity, phones and hardware
Broadband, leased lines and business mobile, Teams Phone, laptops and networks, supplied and supported. Real prices and no lock-in.
Learn moreIT support for businesses in Crawley
Crawley is the biggest employment centre between London and the coast, and Manor Royal alone has more businesses than most Sussex towns. Logistics and aviation services around Gatwick, engineering and manufacturing on Manor Royal, and a large professional and financial services sector in the town centre. The common thread is that a lot of these businesses run shifts, run several sites, and lose real money when systems stop.
We are about 40 minutes down the A23 in Brighton. The helpdesk, monitoring, patching and Microsoft 365 work is remote and fixed within minutes; the rare on-site job is a planned visit up the A23. For Manor Royal businesses with warehouses and offices on the same site, that usually means Wi-Fi and network work, handheld devices in Intune, and backup that covers the systems the warehouse actually depends on.
Businesses in Crawley often have a head office here and sites elsewhere in the UK. One helpdesk and one contract for all of them, with on-site visits from Brighton here and through our nationwide engineer network where we cannot drive, is a normal setup for us.
Business IT support in Crawley: what is included
One monthly price per user, from £35, that covers the things a business of 10 to 250 people actually needs. No call-out fees for remote fixes, no surprise invoices for patching.
- Unlimited helpdesk, answered by an engineer, not a ticket queue
- Monitoring and patching of every laptop, desktop and server, 24/7
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace administration and licensing
- Email security, multi-factor authentication and Microsoft Defender
- Backup of Microsoft 365 and any servers, tested restores included
- New starters set up and leavers closed down the same day
- A named engineer who knows your setup, and a quarterly review
- Single points of failure removed, or written down with a price so you can decide whether to accept them
- The rare visit in Crawley or Manor Royal from our own engineers, planned rather than panicked
Why a Brighton company for Crawley IT support?
Set up so you rarely need a visit
Most call-outs are the symptom of a set-up that was never finished: a server everyone depends on, a laptop that cannot be rebuilt remotely, broadband with no backup. We remove those first, so an engineer in Crawley is the exception rather than the routine.
Single points of failure named, not hidden
Where a risk cannot be removed cheaply, we write it down, say what it would cost to fix, and let you decide whether to accept it. Nobody is surprised on the day it fails.
When something does need hands
Crawley is about 40 minutes from our Brighton office up the A23, so an office move, a network install or a batch of new laptops is a planned visit from our own engineers. Businesses in Crawley, Manor Royal and around Gatwick get the same helpdesk, monitoring, security and pricing as the ones on our doorstep. Multi-site firms with a Crawley head office are a common fit.
How it starts
- 1Free IT Health CheckA short online check that benchmarks your security and business risk and tells you where you stand.
- 2Discovery callAn engineer, not a salesperson. We look at what you have, what is broken and what it would cost to fix.
- 3OnboardingPasswords, licences, domains, backups and monitoring move across on a plan, with no gap in cover.
Comparing IT support companies in Crawley
Five questions separate providers on a call, wherever they are based:
Who answers the phone?
Ask whether your call goes to an engineer or to a ticket queue, and what the average time to a fix is, not just time to a first reply.
Is security included or an add-on?
MFA, Defender, patching and backup should be in the base price. If they are line items, the base price is not the real price.
Who owns your admin accounts and domains?
You should. If the provider is the registrant of your domain or the only Global Administrator, leaving becomes hard.
What is the contract, and what happens at the end?
Ask what the initial term is, what it rolls into, and what you can take with you if you leave.
How often will you need them on site?
A provider that visits every week is fixing symptoms. Ask what they would change so that you do not need them: managed devices that rebuild from the box, no single server everyone depends on, connectivity with a failover, and the remaining risks written down for you to accept or fix. Then ask what happens the one time hands are needed.
Our answers: an engineer, included, you, an initial term stated plainly on the quote with the handover written into our terms, and rarely, by design. The longer version is in how to choose an IT support company.
Areas we cover around Crawley
Remote support everywhere, set up so visits are rare. When one is needed across Sussex it is our own Brighton engineers; everywhere else in the UK it is our nationwide engineer network.
- Manor Royal
- Three Bridges
- Pound Hill
- Ifield
- Gatwick
- Horley
- Copthorne
- East Grinstead
- Pease Pottage
- Handcross
Nearby: Brighton and Hove, Worthing, Eastbourne, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill. All of them are on the locations page.
Questions Crawley businesses ask us
Do you have an office in Crawley?
No. We are based in Brighton, about 40 minutes away down the A23, and we are honest about that. Site visits are rare with us, not because of the distance but because the set-up removes most of the reasons for them: every device managed and rebuildable from the box, no single server everyone depends on, connectivity with a failover, and the risks we cannot remove cheaply written down for you to accept or fix. When something in Crawley genuinely needs hands, an office move, a network install, a batch of new laptops, our own engineers drive to you, and our nationwide engineer network covers anything urgent we cannot reach.
How much does IT support cost in Crawley?
Managed IT support starts from £35 per user per month, with security monitoring and backup included, and the price is the same whether you are in Crawley or next door to our Brighton office. We quote after a discovery call so the number reflects your setup, not a price list, and there is no lock-in.
Can you take over from our current IT provider?
Yes. Switching is a normal part of what we do. We start with a free IT Health Check to see where you stand, then plan the handover so passwords, licences, domains and backups move without a gap in cover.
Do you help with Cyber Essentials?
Yes. We prepare businesses for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, and the settings it asks for (MFA, patching, device management, malware protection) are the same ones we put in place as standard.
Can you support a warehouse as well as the office?
Yes. Warehouse Wi-Fi that actually reaches the racking, handheld scanners and rugged devices managed in Intune, label printers that stay on the network, and a plan for what happens to picking and despatch if the broadband fails. We treat the warehouse as part of the business, not an afterthought to the office.
Do you support Macs as well as Windows?
Yes. We support Windows and macOS, and manage both alongside iPhones and Android devices through Microsoft Intune.
We have offices in Crawley and elsewhere. Can you cover all of them?
Yes, and that is a common fit. One helpdesk, one monitoring platform and one contract covering every site, with on-site visits from Brighton where we can drive to you and through the engineer network where we cannot.