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About Blue Canvas
Blue Canvas is an AI consultancy in Derry, Northern Ireland, run by Blue Canvas AI Ltd (company number NI737502). Phil Patterson founded the business and is its director. We help businesses in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland decide where AI is useful, build the workflows and train the people who use them. Read about our AI consultancy in Northern Ireland.
Company details
| Legal name | Blue Canvas AI Ltd |
|---|---|
| Company number | NI737502 |
| Registered in | Northern Ireland |
| Incorporated | 31 January 2026 |
| Registered office | 22c Spacehub, Balliniska Road, Derry BT48 0NA |
| contact@bluecanvas.ai |
AI Consultancy. No Hype.
Blue Canvas starts with a simple premise: most businesses know AI matters, but they don't know where to start.
The AI space is noisy. Full of hype, buzzwords, and solutions looking for problems. We saw businesses being sold tools they didn't need, or doing nothing because it all felt too complicated.
Blue Canvas exists to cut through that. We help businesses figure out where AI actually fits, build the systems that work, and train the people who use them.
We're based in Derry, Northern Ireland, but we work with clients wherever they are. We're sector-agnostic because the opportunities AI creates aren't limited to one industry.
What We Believe
Practical over theoretical. We don't talk about AI in the abstract. We build things that work and save time.
Honest over salesy. If AI isn't the right fit for something, we'll say so. We'd rather give you good advice than sell you a service you don't need.
Results over hype. We measure success by what changes in your business — time saved, costs reduced and capacity gained.
Plain English over jargon. AI doesn't have to be complicated. We explain everything in terms anyone can understand.
The team
Practitioners who've built real AI implementations
Phil founded Blue Canvas after years in business development and venture capital. Since 2022 he has helped teams adopt AI with a clear business case, from consult to training.
Davy brings enterprise workflow and process improvement experience to local businesses. He implements and automates AI systems that fit your existing tools and operations.
Jess builds and teaches AI assistants and leads architecture and integration work.
Priyanka helps teams find useful AI opportunities and put solutions in place that fit their existing workflows.
Services and products we operate
Blue Canvas AI Ltd also operates two specialist services. UK Trade Jobs is a jobs and pay-guide site for the UK trades. Fairlode helps businesses in Northern Ireland and Great Britain find out whether their records could suit AI data licensing; the first review is free and there is no promise of a buyer, a valuation or a sale. Read about Fairlode.
How we write and check our guides
Blue Canvas AI Ltd is responsible for everything published on bluecanvas.ai. Our prices come from our current rate card, and the prices page is updated first when a price changes. When a guide mentions a grant, a law, a regulator or another company's product, we link to the official source and say when we last checked it. We do not mark up our own pages with review stars. A review date appears after an actual check. Where we cannot verify the original publication date, we leave it out.
Corrections
If something on this site is wrong or out of date, email contact@bluecanvas.ai with the page address and what needs correcting. We will check it and correct the page if we agree.
Have a conversation with our specialists
Talk to Blue Canvas. Bring one task that takes too long.
In a free 15-minute call we will tell you whether AI can help, and what a sensible first step would cost.
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