“Bringing Calm To Your Chaos” her tagline, in her own words

Set up properly. Run calmly. Handed over.

Laura Thompson sets up how a new business, a running business or a home runs: the diary, the inbox, the paperwork and the routines.

It starts with a free call
Start-upsFor a new business BusinessFor a running business HomeFor a home Gift TrixHer planned app

Start-ups

Before: a founder's kitchen table in the first week, receipts, unopened post, sticky notes and cables across it. After: the same table set up for the business, three labelled folder boxes, a closed laptop and a tray.
Drag the string: a founder's table in the first week, and the same table set up.

Foundations

Your operations set up properly from the start, before habits set in, then handed over with a guide to each.

Foundations

£695

  • For a business of one or two people
  • A kick-off
  • Up to five systems set up: email and folders, calendar and online booking, client database and enquiry pipeline, shared files, quote and invoice templates in your own tool
  • A written how-to guide for each
  • One on-site day, up to 5 hours on site
  • A handover call, and a check-in 30 days later

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

A business that is not trading yet is treated as a consumer here.

Software subscriptions are paid to the provider by you. A team of three or more is quoted in writing, at the same rate as this package. Taking items away is not offered.

The on-site day is in person across Bath, Bristol and the surrounding area, with no travel charge added: travel, parking and any clean air zone charge are inside the price.

Further afield, the set-up is offered remotely, at a price quoted in writing.

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Business

Her monthly hours keep it running, and The Inbox Detox, at her own prices.

Kept running, on her monthly hours

ESSENTIAL PACKAGE5 HOURS - £ 150 PER MONTH

PREMIUM PACKAGE10 HOURS - £300 PER MONTH

EXECUTIVE PACKAGE20 HOURS - £600 PER MONTH

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

An inbox, before and after

THE INBOX DETOXMini Detox - £195Full Detox - £295

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

An example of one inbox, before and after it is filed. What the Mini and Full Detox each include is set with Laura on the call.

An example

Business, the Inbox Detox

One inbox, before and after

The same messages, filed where they belong, with the rules and saved replies that keep them there.

Clients

  • Re: the proposal, a couple of questions
  • Thank you, and one more thing
  • Can we move our call?

Suppliers

  • Your order has been dispatched
  • New delivery days from next month

Invoices

  • Invoice attached for last monthflagged to pay
  • Payment reminderflagged to pay

Waiting on

  • Could I book in for next week?link sent
  • Do you have anything on a Saturday?link sent

Read later

  • This month's ideas and offers
  • News from the trade
  • You're invited: an online talk

Three rules, in plain words

  1. Anything from a supplier skips the inbox and goes to Suppliers.
  2. Anything with an invoice attached goes to Invoices, flagged to pay.
  3. Newsletters go straight to Read later, for one quiet look a week.

Two saved replies

  • New booking requestThank you for getting in touch. Here is the link to choose a time that suits you.
  • Invoice receivedThank you, this has reached us and is with the accounts.

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Home

The family year set up in one place, on-site days for a renovation or a move, and celebrations planned.

A living-room corner in morning light. The same corner in afternoon light. The same corner at night, a paper lantern lit.
The same room through a day, and what light and a lamp change.

Home Foundations

Home Foundations

£295

  • A family calendar on the app the family already uses, loaded with term dates, INSET days, bank holidays, birthdays and renewals
  • A renewals register
  • A household paperwork system set up in one on-site day, up to 5 hours on site

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

Storage and anything bought are paid to the shop by you. Taking items away is not offered.

The on-site day is in person across Bath, Bristol and the surrounding area, with no travel charge added: travel, parking and any clean air zone charge are inside the price.

Further afield, the set-up is offered remotely, at a price quoted in writing.

An on-site day

£175

  • Up to 5 hours on site

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

Storage and anything bought are paid to the shop by you. Taking items away is not offered.

In person across Bath, Bristol and the surrounding area, with no travel charge added: travel, parking and any clean air zone charge are inside the price.

Celebration Plan, an adult or milestone party

£245

  • A planning call with notes, a budget tracker, and a guest list and RSVP tracker
  • A shortlist of venues and suppliers for you to book and pay
  • Invitation wording, and a timed run sheet for whoever runs the day
  • One round of changes

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

The venue, food, drink, printing and every supplier are booked and paid by you direct, and whoever runs the day is booked and paid by you direct. Laura plans it; she does not run it on the day. Children's parties are not offered.

Celebration Plan, a wedding

£525

  • Two planning calls with notes, a budget tracker, and a guest list and RSVP tracker
  • A venue shortlist of up to five, and supplier shortlists for about six kinds of supplier, for you to book and pay, the person who runs the day among them
  • A planning timeline to the date, a run sheet for whoever runs the day, and invitation wording
  • One round of changes

Prices include any VAT due.

If you book as a consumer, you can change your mind up to 14 days after the day you agree the package. Work starts inside those 14 days only if you ask for it; if you then cancel, you pay for the work already done, in proportion. If you ask for work to start inside the 14 days and agree that you lose the right to cancel once it is finished, you can no longer cancel after the work is complete.

The venue, food, drink, printing and every supplier are booked and paid by you direct, and whoever runs the day is booked and paid by you direct. Laura plans it; she does not run it on the day. Children's parties are not offered.

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Gift Trix

Planned

Gift Trix, the app

The gift year, as a dial

It will hold every occasion round the year, each opening to its card: who, the list, what it cost, the card and the thank-you. Choose a marker.

  • Birthday
  • Anniversary
  • Easter
  • Christmas
  • Thank-you due

January

A thank-you due

Who
A neighbour, for a Christmas present; their address from the linked address book
The gift
A knitted scarf, received
Cost
None, a gift received

March

A birthday

Who
A colleague
Wish list
Theirs, linked: a walking guidebook, warm socks
Cost
Noted

April

Easter

Who
Two godchildren
Gift list
Chocolate eggs, a garden game
Cost
Noted

June

An anniversary

Who
Two old friends
Gift list
A framed photograph, a table booked for dinner
Cost
Noted

September

A birthday

Who
A best friend
Wish list
Hers, linked: a cookbook, a plant for the kitchen
Cost
Still to buy

December

Christmas

Who
The Christmas list, names and addresses from the linked address book
Gift list
One idea against each name, ticked off as it is bought
Cost
A running total, kept as you go

A whole year of giving, in one place

Gift Trix is the app Laura is planning for the year's gifts: birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas and Easter in one log, linked to your address book, with what each costs, gift lists and wish lists, and the thank-yous ticked off.

It is not open yet, and there is nothing to download until it is.

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01Meet Laura

Laura Thompson

One person, from the first call to the handover.

“bring calm to chaos, whether in business operations or daily life”

Laura, in her own words

The person on the free call is the person who sets it up, runs it with you and hands it over. Always Laura herself.

Meet Laura

02How she works

Three moves, and then it is yours.

  1. 01

    Set it up

    A kick-off first. Then she sets up the pieces, in your own tools.

  2. 02

    Run it with you

    For a business, on her monthly hours, she runs it beside you, so it bends to how you actually work.

  3. 03

    Hand it over

    She steps back when you are ready, and it is yours to run. If you would like her to keep a business running, her monthly hours are there.

03Where

At your table nearby, or on a screen anywhere.

A bright room with tall windows: one long table dressed in plain linen, with white cups, glass jugs of water and small plates set out.

In person

Across Bath, Bristol and the surrounding area.

Remote

Wherever she is needed.

Foundations and Home Foundations

Further afield, the set-up is offered remotely, at a price quoted in writing.

04The call

A free call, with Laura herself.

You say what does not run properly yet. She says which part fits, what it costs in full, and what happens next.

Book a free discovery call

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