We help mid-market businesses across the UK and Ireland turn fragmented data into governed analytics and AI that actually changes decisions. Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure and applied machine learning.
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Average cost saving from reduced manual analytics work per engagement
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Why Hopton
We define success in business terms before writing a single line of DAX or SQL. Every metric traces back to a decision that matters.
Certified datasets, defined metrics, and role-based access baked into the architecture - not bolted on at the end.
No timesheets, no scope creep. You know exactly what you're getting, when you're getting it, and what it will cost.
Every consultant works exclusively in data and analytics. Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure. One stack. Deep expertise.
Services
Five areas where we consistently deliver measurable outcomes for UK organisations.
Define what good looks like - clear metrics, governed reporting, and the data foundations your organisation can rely on.
End-to-end platform delivery - from lakehouse architecture and pipeline build to executive dashboards and self-service analytics.
Scalable Azure pipelines that move data from source systems into a clean, trusted analytics layer - fully automated.
AI-powered decision intelligence for organisations that need governed self-service analytics at scale. Built on Pyramid Analytics - now part of ServiceNow.
Proven in practice
Eight years of governed analytics delivery for UK organisations.
Estimate the annual cost of manual reporting at your organisation.
Ready to recover these costs?
Book a free analytics auditBased on a typical 65-70% reduction in manual reporting time across Hopton client engagements.
Structured delivery
A programme-based approach to building and maintaining analytics that organisations can rely on over time. Three stages, clear governance, predictable progress.
Bringing analytics into a healthy, trusted state
Agree metrics and definitions. Improve reliability and trust in reporting. Reduce manual workarounds and spreadsheets. Establish clarity on priorities and ownership.
Moving analytics forward deliberately
Expand reporting into new areas. Improve models, data structures or platforms. Deliver step-change capability aligned to business priorities. Planned, time-bound and governed.
Keeping analytics aligned as the business changes
Refine metrics as the business evolves. Maintain data quality and usability. Respond to change without repeated restarts. Protect confidence and prevent gradual decay.
What clients say
“We finally have a single source of truth. Our leadership team trusts the numbers and spends its time on decisions rather than debating whose spreadsheet is right.”
Sarah M.
CFO, Professional Services Firm
“Hopton transformed how we use data. The platform they built is genuinely used every day - not just by analysts but by the whole leadership team.”
James T.
Operations Director, UK Retailer
Insights
Practical perspectives on data governance, Microsoft Fabric, and analytics strategy for UK organisations.
The most expensive AI mistakes are not technical failures - they are buying something AI cannot actually do in your situation. Understanding the genuine limits of the technology is more useful, right now, than any capability list on a vendor slide.
Business Central holds a substantial part of your operational truth: sales, purchasing, inventory, and more finance. Power BI is where that truth becomes visible and usable. Getting it right first time avoids a category of report reliability problems that are genuinely hard to unpick later.
Power BI Copilot can write DAX, summarise reports and build visuals from a prompt, but whether that saves your team meaningful time depends almost entirely on how mature your semantic model is underneath it. The feature is real; the value is conditional.
Practical guides, templates and checklists from the Hopton team. No fluff - just the frameworks we use with clients.
FAQ
Everything you need to know before starting a conversation with us.
Contact
Tell us where you are and what you’re trying to achieve. We’ll come back within one working day.
Based in
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Working across the UK
Response time
Within 1 working day
Initial scoping calls are free and carry no obligation. We’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
Work with us
Fixed scope, fixed price, defined outcomes - in a timeframe you can plan around. We are a Microsoft Partner and a Level 3 accredited Pyramid Analytics partner.