Mold, North Wales
Wingenious's home venue. Hosts the AI Breakfast Club + most regional cohort sessions. Easy reach for SMEs across Cheshire, Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales, North Midlands.
Productised training · Part of the Method
Hands-on AI training for UK SMEs.
Practical, hands-on AI training for UK SME leadership and operations teams. Foundations, LLM workshops, AI strategy, and tools-and-platforms training delivered by Gary Cheers: public speaker on AI, host of the AI Breakfast Club, founder of Wingenious. Cohort-based, regional in-person plus UK-wide remote. We do not teach theory. We teach what we build, every day, for real businesses. Your team leaves able to put AI to work the next day, not just nod along to theory.
● POA per cohort Half / full day cohorts 8–12 attendees Regional + UK-wide remote
§ Why AI training fails for most SMEs
Most AI training is academic, generic, and dated.
It teaches AI from a textbook. It uses generic examples that do not map onto your business. It is taught by people who do not build AI for real clients every day. It is delivered as a one-off lecture, not as a cohort that implements something real before the day ends. Wingenious training is the opposite. Gary teaches the exact prompts, tools and workflows he uses with paying clients, with attendees actually building something live in the room.
Five productised training programmes
From foundations to leadership.
Five cohort programmes, each priced per head, each designed for a different stakeholder. Mix and match per cohort. The typical SME runs AI Strategy for leadership, LLM Workshops for ops, and Tools-and-Platforms for everyone.
Programme 01 · Leadership
AI Strategy Workshops
Half-day or full-day. For SME leadership teams setting direction. What AI can/can't do, where to start, how to govern it, 90-day action plan drafted in the room.
See workshop detail → Programme 02 · Hands-on
LLM Workshops
Hands-on with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4-class, Google Gemini. Prompting craft, deployment patterns, the honest limits. Attendees leave with working prompts they wrote in the session.
See workshop detail → Programme 03 · Operations
AI Tools & Platforms Training
Hands-on with Make.com, Claude Code for bespoke builds, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini for Workspace. Operations teams leave with real automations they built themselves.
See workshop detail → Programme 04 · Board
AI Leadership Training
For founders, MDs, boards. The right questions to ask vendors. The right governance to insist on. The right investments to approve. Strategic, non-technical, board-ready.
See workshop detail → Programme 05 · Funded routes
Government-Funded AI Training
UK funding routes for SME AI training: Help to Grow, Made Smarter, Welsh Government, AI Growth Zone programmes. We map your eligibility and align our training to funded routes where possible.
See funding routes → Want to try before committing?
The AI Breakfast Club. £200 per session.
Three sequential half-day premium training sessions at Theatr Clwyd in Mold. Fortnightly. Cohort capped at twelve. The pipeline into Wingenious's larger training cohorts. Lowest-cost route to experience Gary's teaching style before booking a full SME cohort.
- AI Foundations: what AI actually is, what it can do for your SME, where to start.
- Practical AI Workshop: hands-on with Claude, GPT, Make.com, Claude Code. Real prompts, real tools.
- AI Strategy: how to think about AI investment, governance, sequencing for your business.
Format + venues
Cohort-based. Regional or remote.
Cohorts of 8–12 attendees. Regional in-person at Theatr Clwyd (Mold) plus client-site travel within Cheshire-to-M5-corridor at no extra cost. Further afield by agreement. Plus UK-wide remote cohorts via video. In-house cohorts for your team only run at reduced per-head rates.
Your site, your team
For in-house cohorts. We travel to you: Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Edinburgh by agreement. Per-head rate scales by cohort size.
Video cohort
UK-wide remote cohorts via Zoom or Google Meet. Same hands-on workshop format. Live Q&A. Recorded for anyone who needs to catch up.
Funded routes
UK government-funded AI training routes.
Many UK SMEs don't realise how much government-funded AI training is available. Below: the four main routes, who's eligible, how Wingenious aligns. Always covered as part of the Readiness Audit's funding-eligibility check.
Route 01 · UK-wide
Help to Grow: Management
90% government-subsidised at £750 per place. 12-week management programme that includes AI strategy modules. UK-wide.
Route 02 · Regional
Made Smarter
Match-funded grants up to £20,000 for manufacturing + construction SMEs in the Midlands and North. AI work explicitly eligible. We help with the application.
Route 03 · Welsh
Welsh Government / Business Wales
£2.1m programme for Welsh SME AI adoption. Tourism + events explicitly named. AI training included. See northwales.ai for regional pathways.
Route 04 · AI Growth Zones
AI Growth Zone funding
Local funding pots being deployed across the 12 designated UK zones. Wrexham–Flintshire is one. Targeted AI skills and adoption support for SMEs in zone.
Who runs it
Gary Cheers. He teaches what he builds.
Every Wingenious training session is led by Gary, founder of Wingenious. Thirty years in UK digital strategy. Two decades primarily in e-commerce. The last three years deep in AI as an early adopter, public speaker and hands-on practitioner. Speaks publicly to conferences, business events, schools and colleges across the UK. The teaching philosophy in one sentence: a video is a product, a person in the room is a relationship.
What this means in practice: every Wingenious cohort attendee leaves with something real. Not slides. Not theory. A working prompt they wrote. A live Make.com workflow they built. A 90-day plan for their own business, drafted in the room. The training pays back from day one because attendees leave with deliverables, not just notes.
- ConferencesUK business + AI events
- Schools + collegesFree training for North Wales
- CharitiesFree AI adoption support
- Breakfast ClubThree-session premium cohort, fortnightly
Pricing
Price on application.
Cohort training is quoted per engagement based on shape, cohort size, sector overlay and travel. Get a written quote on a 30-minute scoping call.
| Format | Duration | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Open cohort · in-person at Theatr Clwyd | Half day · 4 hrs | POA |
| Open cohort · in-person at Theatr Clwyd | Full day · 7 hrs | POA |
| UK-wide remote cohort · video | Half / full day | POA |
| In-house cohort · your team only (10+ delegates) | Half / full day | POA |
| AI Breakfast Club at Theatr Clwyd · 3 sessions | Fortnightly · 4 hrs each | £200 / £500* |
*AI Breakfast Club: £200 per single session or £500 for all three sessions. Capped at 12 attendees per cohort. Booked via aibreakfastclub.co.uk.
FAQ
The questions SME leaders ask.
What AI training is available to UK SMEs in 2026?
Wingenious runs five cohort-based programmes for UK SMEs: AI Strategy Workshops (for leadership teams setting direction), LLM Workshops (hands-on with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4-class, Gemini), AI Tools and Platforms Training (Make.com, Claude Code for bespoke development, Copilot, Gemini for Workspace), AI Leadership Training (for founders and boards making investment decisions), and pathways through Government-Funded AI Training routes (Help to Grow, Made Smarter, Welsh Government). Price on application, half-day or full-day cohorts, regional in-person at Theatr Clwyd or UK-wide remote.
Is there free or government-funded AI training in the UK?
Yes. Help to Grow: Management runs 12-week leadership programmes for £750 per place (90% government-subsidised) and includes AI strategy modules. Made Smarter offers match-funded grants up to £20,000 to UK manufacturing and construction SMEs in the Midlands and North, where AI work is explicitly eligible. Welsh Government has committed £2.1m to Welsh SME AI adoption via Business Wales, with tourism and events sectors explicitly named. Wingenious helps clients identify the right route, and runs free AI training sessions for North Wales schools and local charities directly. The audit always includes a funding-eligibility check.
How much does AI training cost for an SME?
Wingenious AI Training cohorts are priced on application based on cohort size, format and travel. Group cohorts are 8 to 12 attendees. In-house leadership cohorts (your team only) are priced for your specific delegate count and shape. Custom training designed around your specific stack, sector or use cases is quoted separately. Less expensive routes include the AI Breakfast Club at Theatr Clwyd at £200 per session or £500 for all three sessions.
Where do you run AI training in the UK?
Default regional venue is Theatr Clwyd in Mold, North Wales: host of the AI Breakfast Club and many Wingenious cohort sessions. For in-house cohorts we travel anywhere in the UK at no extra cost within reasonable distance (Cheshire, Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales, North Midlands). Further afield is by agreement. UK-wide remote cohorts run via Zoom or Google Meet with the same hands-on workshop format.
Does Wingenious offer AI training near me?
Regional in-person training runs from Theatr Clwyd in Mold (North Wales). UK-wide remote training is available for anyone with a stable internet connection. For local intent specifically in North Wales, see sister site northwales.ai which hosts the regional AI training calendar and the AI Breakfast Club programme.
What AI tools and platforms does the training cover?
The core toolkit Wingenious teaches: Anthropic Claude (Claude 3.5 Sonnet and successors), OpenAI ChatGPT and GPT-4-class, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, Make.com, Claude Code for bespoke development, plus specialist tools relevant to your sector (Gorgias for ecommerce, Clio for legal, Xero/QuickBooks integrations for accounting, etc.). Prompting craft is taught as a core skill across all sessions.
Who runs the training, and what makes it different?
Every Wingenious training session is led by Gary Cheers, founder of Wingenious. Thirty years in UK digital strategy. Three years deep in AI as an early adopter. Public speaker on AI to conferences, business events, schools and colleges. Hosts the AI Breakfast Club at Theatr Clwyd. The difference: Gary teaches what he builds, every day, for real businesses. Not theory. Not academic. The exact prompts, tools and workflows he uses with paying clients, taught back to your team.
Sectors where training lands
Training fit by sector.
AI for law firms
Solicitor + paralegal training on AI contract intake, document review, conflict checks. SRA-mapped controls included.
AI for accountants
Fee-earner training on Xero/QuickBooks-integrated AI workflows: invoice processing, bank rec, advisory reporting.
AI for manufacturing
Practical training on ERP-integrated AI workflows, document handling and admin automation for production-business teams.
Ready to train your team?
Five programmes. One Gary.
Book a 30-minute call to discuss the right cohort, format and venue for your team. We also check your eligibility for Help to Grow, Made Smarter, Welsh Government or AI Growth Zone funded routes.