I run businesses, work with like-minded companies, and build the AI that runs them.
Cleaning, logistics, property, software and marketing across Bristol and the South West — and the software and agents behind them.
The businesses
Companies I run or work with today. Each one is a real business with real customers, and where the team below tries everything first.
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Clean Bees
A Bristol-based commercial and domestic cleaning company acquired in May 2024, servicing over 150 properties.
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KS Cleaning
The commercial cleaning experts founded in 1980, based in Taunton and servicing the South West.
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Xota
Cleaning company software that runs the back office end to end — rota scheduling, a cleaner mobile app, payroll and a client portal.
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Kodie
A Bristol software development agency: web platforms, mobile apps, integrations, AI and automation, designed, built and looked after by one team.
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Bigg
A full-service digital marketing agency founded in 2006, servicing over 800 client campaigns every month.
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Opex Logistics
A Bristol-based logistics partner offering UK and European road freight, courier express, warehousing and customs support.
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FreightSource
Import and export sourcing tool for freight and logistics companies to find their next big client.
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CRGO
Freight and logistics systems support, including app development and process automation.
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P40
Nationwide commercial property services — M&E, plumbing and maintenance backed by 40+ years combined experience.
Previously 7 ventures that have run their course
- TechIT — Domestic computer and IT support across the Bristol region.
- Reptile Direct — E-commerce for reptile equipment and food.
- Freight Docs — Customs import and export documentation services.
- Social Exposure — Low-cost social media management for small UK businesses.
- Trademark Reg — Trademark applications across the EU and beyond.
- Bigg Retail — High street discount stores.
- Floreli — Same-day floral delivery across Bristol.
Working together
Alongside my own businesses, I work with a few like-minded companies. I bring the view of an operator, not just an adviser, and help put the change in place rather than leaving a report behind. More and more of it is AI, and it's all tried in my own companies first, by the team.
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AI agents
Custom agents built, hosted and looked after for you, end to end. You get the outcome without the overhead.
- Agents for enquiries, admin and reporting
- Built around your own systems and data
- Hosted and maintained, not handed over and left
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Workflow automation
Done with you: we map how the work really gets done, then automate the repetitive parts together.
- A plain-English audit of your processes
- Automating the admin nobody enjoys
- Connecting the tools you already use
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Company knowledge
A knowledge base built from how your business actually works, so people and AI find the right answer first time.
- Policies, processes and know-how in one place
- Kept up to date as the business changes
- Ready for your AI agents to work from
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Software and apps
Bespoke software when nothing off the shelf fits, built the way Xota was built to run cleaning companies.
- Back-office systems
- Mobile apps for teams in the field
- Client portals
Value over profit
Most companies are formed with profit as the goal. I've always started from value — for customers, through meaningful results and real relationships, and for teams, through a place where people can grow and take pride in their work.
Lead with value, and profit is the outcome, not the objective.
Meet the team
Most of the technical work across the businesses is done by a team of AI agents. Each has a name and a single job, and works where I can see what it's doing and step in. It started as an experiment. Now it's how things run.
- NormanRuns the servers and hands out the work
- CliveMy assistant: email, calendar and calls
- AidaManages agents for clients, and makes sure they have the right training
- WallyLooks after the websites, this one included
- MarthaWrites and runs the marketing
- Xander, Frank, Matt & co.Each owns one app, end to end
- MorrisBuilds the iPhone and Android apps
- StanScheduling and finance operations
- RogerReviews the code, and never changes it
The same approach is what I bring to the companies I work with, and what Kodie builds for clients.
About
Every business starts with curiosity: wanting to understand how things work, and how they could work better.
That's how this started. One venture turned into a group of businesses across cleaning, logistics, marketing and technology, connected by the same values and long-term thinking. Each plays its own part, and they share a purpose: to create value that lasts.
I look for places where experience, energy and a practical eye can make a difference — culturally and operationally as much as financially. Whether I'm starting something new or helping an established business change, I try to bring curiosity, care and conviction to it.
Get in touch
Great businesses start with great conversations. If you'd like to compare notes on running a business, or on putting AI to work in one, I'd like to hear from you.
- Emailjohn@geater.co.uk
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/johngeater