We don't advise your business. We redraw it.
5 Star delivers AI solutions and business transformation for logistics and B2B operations — and operates a trade plate driver recruitment arm across Glasgow, Coatbridge, Edinburgh and surrounding areas.
What we do: four capabilities, one engagement.
SHEET 02 / SOLUTIONSAI strategy & advisory
We assess how AI actually fits your operations, then build a prioritised roadmap tied to real outcomes — the technology decisions come after we understand what the business needs, not before. Most AI advisory starts with the technology and works backwards to a use case; we do the opposite, and rank what we find by effort versus return so you know what to do first.
AI solutions: deploy & manage
We build and deploy AI directly into the business — workflow automation, customer-facing tools, document and data handling — then keep running it as an ongoing service, not a one-off delivery. Every agent is installed GDPR-compliant from the outset. Once it's live we stay on as the team responsible for it: monitoring, fixing what breaks, and extending it as the business changes.
Business transformation
Project management, operational restructuring, or full business management — see the three engagement models below for how deep we get involved. Technology is rarely the actual constraint; how the business is structured around it usually is, and this capability covers everything from a single defined project through to running parts of the business directly.
Website build & maintenance
We build and maintain the web presence underneath everything else — kept in step with how the business itself is changing, not left to rot after launch. A site that goes eighteen months without a real update is working against you, not for you; this runs as ongoing infrastructure, not a one-off project.
How deep we get involved: as much as the situation needs.
SHEET 03 / ENGAGEMENTProject management
We take ownership of a defined body of work — planning it, running it, and seeing it through to a result, rather than handing you a plan to execute yourselves. This suits situations where the destination is clear but the business doesn't have the spare capacity, or the specific expertise, to drive it internally.
Operational restructuring
We redesign how the business actually runs — structure, process, and the technology underneath it — where the current setup has stopped matching what the business needs to do. We work through it the same way we'd correct a drawing: identify what's actually wrong, redline it, then rebuild that part properly.
Full business management
Where it's warranted, we step in and manage the business directly — not as an advisor on the sidelines, but as the team running it. It's the deepest level of involvement we offer, and usually where a restructuring engagement ends up once trust is established.
Technology is the tool, not the pitch.
SHEET 04 / APPROACHEvery engagement is built around deploying advanced technology directly into the restructuring work — not bolting software onto an old structure and calling it transformation.
That means the technology decisions come after we understand what the business actually needs to become, not before. The mechanism changes with the business; the standard — restructure it properly, then run it properly — doesn't. AI is often the right tool. Sometimes it's a smaller process change with no software in it at all.
There's no online checkout or automated sign-up here. Every engagement starts with a direct conversation, by email, and only turns into a written proposal once we understand what's actually going on in the business.
We stay involved after delivery rather than handing off and moving to the next client. Read more about how we work →
Guide pricing: every business is different, so is the number.
SHEET 05 / PRICINGEvery business is different, so a flat price isn't an honest one. Email us about yours and the team will get back to you with a tailored number.
Advisory
Monthly strategy sessions and a live AI opportunity map. No hands-on build work — a natural first step before Embedded or Full Partnership.
Embedded
Regular working sessions plus hands-on delivery on one active workstream — strategy and build together, not handed off in sequence. The most common shape of engagement.
Full partnership
A dedicated lead effectively running AI, transformation, or full management on your behalf — handled as if it were an internal function, not an external project.
Now recruiting trade plate drivers: Glasgow, Coatbridge, Edinburgh and surrounding areas.
SHEET 07 / LOGISTICSAlongside our consultancy and AI services, 5 Star operates a logistics arm recruiting self-employed trade plate drivers now — starting in Glasgow, Coatbridge, Edinburgh and all the surrounding local areas, matched to work close to home.
Trade plate drivers collect, inspect, and deliver vehicles between auction houses, dealerships, depots, and ports. Jobs are assigned locally, paid per job or mileage, and entirely self-employed — no fixed shifts.
Areas we are recruiting in: Glasgow, Coatbridge and all the surrounding local areas, plus Edinburgh and the Lothians. Not sure if you're covered? Apply with your postcode.
Tell us what isn't working.
Send a note and we'll start from there. No funnel, no automated follow-up sequence — just a direct reply from the team, usually the same day.
TYPICAL FIRST QUESTIONS
- — Where should we be using AI, and where shouldn't we?
- — We've grown but the process hasn't kept up. What first?
- — Can you take this off our plate entirely?
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
- 01 We reply with questions — or an initial view if it's clear enough.
- 02 Short call or back-and-forth to understand the real situation.
- 03 Written proposal with a specific scope and a number.