Hi, I'm Rory.

Based in Peterborough, working remotely with UK small business owners. 20 years of admin and technical experience, and a fairly opinionated Chihuahua.

Rory Manning
Dotty the Chihuahua

Rory and Dotty. One of them does most of the work.

You shouldn't have to hold all of this on your own.

Most people don't come to me because everything is running smoothly. Usually it's because things have started feeling a bit too much.

The inbox that hasn't been at zero in months. The website thing that's been on the list since spring. Admin spilling into evenings because there's no other time for it.

That's normally the point someone reaches out.

I've spent over twenty years in technical support and operations, the last twelve at SaaS companies in the UK and Finland. The job was always the same underneath. Something had gone wrong, someone was stressed about it, and I had to work out what was actually broken and fix it properly. Not patch it, not pass it on, fix it. I'm good at that, and I like doing it.

I started Virtually Rory part time in 2024 and went full time at the start of 2026. Same work, smaller businesses, fewer meetings.

What clients actually want, underneath the inbox and the website and the admin, is to stop thinking about it. To close the laptop on a Friday without a list running in their head. That's the thing I'm really doing.

No overcomplicated processes, no corporate fluff, no pretending something needs three days when it can be sorted in an afternoon. Just practical support that actually sorts things out.

How I work.

A few things worth knowing before we work together.

Things get fixed, not patched
I dig until I find what's actually wrong, then fix that. Stops you dealing with the same problem again in three months.
No surprises
You know what I'm working on, when it'll be done, and what it'll cost. No chasing, no guessing, no surprises on the invoice.
Quick to start
Contract signed, short onboarding form, access shared via LastPass. Most clients are up and running within 24 hours.
Your data is looked after
ICO registered, professional indemnity and cyber insurance, NDAs signed on request. Credentials shared via LastPass, not sent over email.

Sound familiar?

If that sounds like your business right now, drop me a message. No hard sell, just a conversation to see if I can help.