AI Training in Manchester, Liverpool and the North West
Hands-on training in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity, at your office, on your team's actual work. From Spinningfields to the Albert Dock, Chester to Preston.
In short:- The Oxford AI School runs in-person AI training for North West teams of up to 8, from £1,199 +VAT for a 90-minute session. Harry Lang leads every programme at your office in Manchester, Liverpool, Chester or anywhere in the region, using your own documents and tools. Travel is billed at cost and quoted upfront.
UK Businesses Doubled Their AI Use in a Year. Skills Didn't Keep Up.
The government's 2026 AI Adoption Survey spoke to 3,503 UK businesses. Use of AI doubled in twelve months. Two thirds of the businesses already using it said a lack of AI skills was holding them back.
The North has extra ground to make up. When ANS and YouGov asked IT leaders whether AI mattered to their long-term goals, 82% in London said yes. In the North it was 44%. That's not a talent gap. It's a head start, and it's catchable.
Sources: AI Adoption Survey 2026, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, October 2026; ANS and YouGov, survey of 1,000 UK IT decision-makers, April 2025.
Two Things Every North West Team Needs From AI
A day a week back
First drafts, meeting notes, reports, the inbox that never empties. We find the jobs your team does by hand every week and show them how to hand those to AI, on the day, on their own laptops.
Teams we train typically save 10 or more hours per person per week. That's a working day, every week, without a new hire.
No nasty surprises
Before anyone writes a prompt, we cover what must never go into a public chatbot, which tools keep data inside your systems and how UK GDPR applies to your work.
If you need it in writing, the AI Policy Workshop leaves you with a signed-off AI acceptable use policy in a day.
North West Programmes and Prices
Same prices as the rest of the UK. Travel is billed at cost and quoted before you book. Book two sessions on the same day and the travel is split across both.
Intro To AI (Team)
£1,199+VAT
AI Basics Deep Dive
£2,299+VAT
AI Policy Workshop
£2,999+VAT
Win More Business With AI
£2,299+VAT
Intro To GEO
£2,299+VAT
Claude Code for North West Teams
£2,299per module +VAT
AI Training Built Around North West Industries
The tools are the same everywhere. The work isn't. A Salford production company and a Warrington freight forwarder need very different Tuesday mornings.
- Professional Services
Law, accountancy and finance in Spinningfields, Liverpool's Commercial District and Chester.
- Creative and Digital
MediaCityUK, Ancoats, the Northern Quarter and the Baltic Triangle.
- Logistics and Maritime
The port, the M62 corridor, Warrington and Trafford Park.
- Manufacturing and Life Sciences
Lancashire engineering, Cheshire science parks and Merseyside health.
Where We Run AI Training in the North West
Manchester is one direct train from Oxford, and Liverpool is a short hop on from there. If it's in the North West and has a meeting room and a kettle, Harry will come to you.
- Manchester and Salford
From Spinningfields and Ancoats to MediaCityUK and Trafford Park.
- Liverpool and Merseyside
The Commercial District, the Knowledge Quarter, the Baltic Triangle and the Wirral.
- Chester
The city centre, the business parks and West Cheshire.
- Cheshire and South Manchester
Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Altrincham, Hale and Bowdon.
Also Preston, Lancaster, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Stockport, Blackburn and Cumbria. See every town we cover.
Your North West AI Trainer, at Your Office
Harry Lang founded The Oxford AI School after years as a CMO, which means he has sat through more bad training than most people have had hot dinners. He wrote Learn To Fly With AI and leads every North West programme himself, with specialists for Microsoft Copilot and AI search when your team needs them.
- Claude Academy: AI Fluency for Educators
- OpenAI Consultative Solutions Practitioner
- Google AI Educator: Intro to Vibe Coding
AI Coaching for the CEO Who Owns the Budget
Your staff are already using AI. Some of it you've approved. Start with a private session for the leadership team, or book one training day a month at £1,499 +VAT, covering every department in turn.
What Teams Say About Our AI Training
As a small business owner, getting your head round AI and feeling comfortable to step in and use it without fretting about all the choices this is an invaluable training session.
Harry's knowledge in this field is excellent and the session was delivered well paced and with great slide.
This is pitched perfectly. Flexes from being a straight forward 'dummies guide' approach for pure novices, to flexing to speak to an audience who have a decent grounding in the use of AI.
Locations
Best AI Training in North West, Area by Area
Each city and town below has its own guide for CEOs, MDs and founders: who works there, where we train, what good AI training looks like and what it costs.
AI Guides to Read Before You Book
Plain-English guides from the AI Learning Hub, for the person who likes to do their homework first.
- AI Training UK: Courses, Costs and How to Choose
What good training looks like, and what it should cost.
- AI Training for Business UK
How to roll AI out to a team without chaos.
- Claude AI Training UK
What Claude is good at, and how teams learn it.
- Copilot Training UK
For organisations that live inside Microsoft 365.
More in the AI Learning Hub, or take the free two-minute AI skills assessment to see where your team stands.
AI Training in the North West, Answered
Do you run in-person AI training in Manchester and Liverpool?
Yes. Harry Lang comes to your office in Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Chester or anywhere else in the North West, and your team works on its own laptops, documents and tools. If the team is spread across sites, the same sessions run live online and are just as hands-on.
How much does AI training cost in the North West?
Team sessions start at £1,199 +VAT for a 90-minute Intro To AI with up to 8 people. The 3.5-hour AI Basics Deep Dive is £2,299 +VAT and the full-day AI Policy Workshop is £2,999 +VAT for up to 10. Prices match the rest of the UK. Travel is billed at cost and quoted upfront.
Which towns and cities in the North West do you cover?
All of it. Regular stops include Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, Preston, Bolton, Stockport, Wigan and Lancaster, plus Altrincham, Wilmslow, Knutsford and the rest of Cheshire. Cumbria and the Lake District work too, usually as a full-day booking.
Which AI tools do you teach?
Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Perplexity, plus practical tools for documents, images and automation. We teach the tools your organisation allows. If IT has only approved Copilot inside Microsoft 365, the whole session runs in Copilot.
Can you help a North West business use AI without breaking UK GDPR?
Yes. Data handling comes before anyone writes a prompt: what never goes into a public chatbot, which tools keep data inside your systems, and how UK GDPR applies. The AI Policy Workshop goes further and leaves you with a written AI acceptable use policy. The Oxford AI School is ICO registered.
Who delivers the training in the North West?
Harry Lang, founder of The Oxford AI School, former CMO and author of Learn To Fly With AI, leads every North West programme. Specialists join where it helps: Natalie Luckham for Microsoft Copilot and Rob Stacey for AI search.
How quickly will my team see results?
Most people build their first working AI workflow inside the first 90 minutes. Teams we train typically save 10 or more hours per person per week once the habits stick, and everyone leaves with three specific tasks to hand to AI that week.
Ten Minutes Could Save Your Team a Day a Week
Book a free call with Harry. You'll leave with three tasks your team can hand to AI this week, whether you book training or not.