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Too Many Tools, Too Many Spreadsheets

Many businesses either have a new platform for every function, or another sheet in the spreadsheet they already know. Both become expensive once you account for duplicated work and the time spent trying to find the right data.

  • 27 Aug 2026
  • 10:30 – 11:15
  • Online
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Date 27 Aug 2026
Time 10:30 – 11:15
Where Online
Format Online
Registration Free, limited seats

Most businesses seem to end up at one of two extremes. There is a platform for finance, another for marketing, another for projects and several more silently renewing in the background. Or there is one spreadsheet doing the work of a CRM, a project tracker, a finance system and whatever else needed somewhere to live that week.

Neither option looks particularly expensive at first. A £20 monthly subscription feels manageable, and Excel is already there. The cost becomes clearer when you multiply subscriptions across the team, use only a fraction of the functionality and still spend productive time finding files, checking versions, and working around gaps.

In this webinar, we will look at the problem that using too many or not enough tools creates for businesses, map out the current software landscape, look at how to choose tools that fit the job and the budget, and share practical ways to introduce change without losing the team along the way.

Who this is for, and what you'll leave with

This session is for anyone whose software costs keep creeping up, whose shared drive is becoming a maze of spreadsheets, or whose team still relies on personal workarounds despite all the platforms already in place. Bring your questions for the Q&A at the end.

  • A clearer view of which pattern your business fits and how much it is costing you
  • A current map of the main categories of business software and what they are designed to do
  • A way to evaluate tools against the job, the budget and the people who need to use them
  • A framework for introducing a new platform or process without losing the team or disrupting day-to-day work
  • A worksheet to take back to your own operation and start on

Who's running it

AG Alena Gorb Systems Consultant
MM Millie Martin Marketing Manager

How the session runs

10:30
Too many tools, or not enough? Why businesses end up paying for multiple disconnected platforms, relying on increasingly complicated spreadsheets, or doing both at the same time.
10:35
Making sense of the software market An overview of the main software categories, what they are designed to do and where the gaps and overlaps usually appear.
10:45
Choosing right tools for the job How to compare established platforms, smaller providers and the growing number of AI-powered tools against the work you actually need them to do.
10:50
Case study: consolidating multiple platforms How we helped one of our clients remove several disconnected platforms and centralise their data and operations in one place.
11:00
Bringing the team with you Practical ways to introduce new processes and tools without disrupting day-to-day work or sending people back to their personal spreadsheets.
11:10
Questions and next steps Bring your own software tangle for the Q&A, and leave with a clearer idea of what to look at first.

Registration

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45 minutes, free, online. Bring the platforms, spreadsheets and workarounds you are trying to make sense of.

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