Birmingham-based digital marketing agency Creative Ideaz has opened a half-day, in-person AI Bootcamp for business owners, managing directors and chief executives, priced at £149 a seat. The programme targets the gap between awareness and implementation, helping leaders identify where AI could save time in their own operations.

Participants see live demonstrations on everyday work such as email, admin, enquiries, reporting and follow-up, examine the repetitive and slow parts of their own week, and try an AI assistant on a task of their own. They leave with prompts and examples, personal direction notes and a short list of areas worth exploring, and every attendee is offered a free Business Process Map follow-up, according to the programme page.

Creative Ideaz, operating since 2007 and based at Brindley Place in Birmingham, provides digital marketing, AI and automation services across sectors from construction and manufacturing to finance and food. The company positions the bootcamp as a low-cost first step before its one-day AI Discovery Day for larger businesses.

The launch follows the government’s AI adoption survey, published on 29 October 2026, which found 32% of UK businesses using at least one AI technology, up from 16% in 2025. The survey rests on 3,503 telephone interviews held between January and April 2026.

The structural driver is uneven AI adoption, with the survey putting larger firms at 52% against an overall 32%, which Creative Ideaz says leaves many leaders aware of AI but unsure where it is useful in their own operation.

Kash Sangha, group programme director and co-founder, said leaders need “a way to work out where it is actually useful in their own operation.”

He said the bootcamp gives leaders enough practical exposure to separate genuine opportunities from noise and leave with a short list worth exploring further.

The company says half a day will not transform a business and positions the session as a starting point that shows what is possible and points to sensible first steps.

For the sector, the bootcamp confirms that digital agencies are packaging short, paid AI training for local leaders as an entry point to wider consultancy and automation work.