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Why Cambridge

Dashboards for Cambridge companies that scale fast

Cambridge companies hit a specific wall: the reporting that worked at twenty people breaks at eighty. Silicon Fen tech firms and biotechs come to us when investor updates take a week to assemble and every department keeps its own version of the truth. The fix is structural rather than cosmetic. One governed data model underneath, certified datasets on top, and department dashboards that all read from the same numbers. R&D-heavy businesses get a second layer: experiment and pipeline metrics that scientists actually use, built with the people who own the data rather than handed down from finance. A model that mirrors how research runs, in cohorts, batches and programmes, survives contact with the lab. One built around cost centres does not. Investor and board packs then refresh themselves from the same model, which ends the monthly copy-paste and the arguments about which version went out. That matters more at Cambridge growth rates than it does elsewhere, because the reporting is being rebuilt while the company is still changing shape. If your team already argues about whose numbers are right, the model needs attention now. Every month of delay adds migration work later, and the rebuild is cheaper at eighty people than at two hundred. We work from Wellington House on East Road, and Ely, Huntingdon, St Neots, Newmarket and the science parks around the city are all served from there, with remote sprints between visits.
Power BI dashboard on a laptop with Cambridge in the background
Scale-ups and biotech

Who we work with in Cambridge

01
Scale-ups
Companies replacing departmental spreadsheets with one governed data model.
02
Biotech & deep tech
Firms building R&D pipeline and experiment dashboards.
03
Finance teams
Teams automating investor and board packs.
Power BI Services
Power BI is Microsoft's analytics platform for turning raw data into live, interactive dashboards. We connect your data sources, model the numbers and build the reports each team opens daily: sales, finance, operations and the board. One data model, connected to Excel, SQL Server, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and your CRM. It refreshes on its own, every morning.
Build
Dashboards & reporting
Reports people open every morning, fed automatically.
Foundation
Data modelling
One governed model so every department reads the same numbers.
Control
Governance & security
Workspaces, row-level security, certified datasets.
Run
Managed service
We keep it fast, accurate and current after go-live.
Enable
Training
From report readers to DAX, on your own data.
Spend
Licensing reviews
Pro, Premium and capacity matched to real usage.
what is power bi?
What We Build
Power BI is Microsoft’s analytics platform for turning raw data into live, interactive dashboards.
We connect your data sources, model the numbers and
build the Power BI reports each team opens daily: sales, finance, operations and the board.
One Power BI data model, connected to Excel, SQL Server, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and your CRM. It refreshes on its own, every morning.
How it works

How it works

Three steps from scattered spreadsheets to dashboards the whole company trusts.
01

Connect

We plug into your systems: finance, CRM, operations, Excel.

Discovery & scoping
02

Model

One governed data model. Every metric defined once.

Discovery & scoping
03

Visualise

Dashboards per team, refreshed automatically each morning.

Discovery & scoping
Our Cambridge office

Regus · Wellington House

Wellington House, East Rd, Petersfield, Cambridge CB1 1BH
0333 370 7000
faq

POWER BI
QUESTIONS

Answers to the questions UK businesses ask us most about Power BI.

We're scaling quickly. When should we bring in a Power BI consultant?

Before the second reporting rebuild, not after. The signal is disagreement: when two departments show the board different numbers for the same metric, the data model underneath needs professional attention rather than another dashboard on top. Bringing someone in at that point is cheaper than migrating a model that has had another year of workarounds built into it, and it avoids the rebuild landing in the middle of a funding round.

Can you automate our investor and board reporting?

Yes, and it is one of the most common first projects here. We build the pack to pull straight from your source systems, so the quarterly or monthly update becomes a review task rather than an assembly job. The work is mostly in agreeing one definition per metric, because a board pack that disagrees with a department dashboard costs more trust than it saves time. Once that is settled the pack refreshes itself.

Can the science team get metrics that match how research actually runs?

Yes. We model cohorts, batches, programmes and funding lines rather than forcing research data into a finance structure, and we build it with the people who own the data instead of handing it down. Row-level security keeps commercially sensitive programmes separated where several run side by side. Ely, Huntingdon, St Neots, Newmarket and the surrounding science parks are all served from the East Road base.

What is Microsoft Power BI used for?

Power BI is Microsoft's analytics tool for turning raw data into reports and dashboards your team can actually read. You pull figures from spreadsheets, databases and online systems into one place, then spot trends and answer business questions without waiting on a manual report.

Is Power BI difficult to use?

Reading a Power BI dashboard takes no training at all. Building one takes a little, and most people create useful reports after a short session. We handle the harder data work behind the scenes, so your team only deals with the parts they need.

Can Power BI connect to my CRM, finance system or Excel?

Yes. Power BI pulls data from hundreds of sources, including Excel, SQL databases, cloud services and most CRM and finance platforms. We bring those feeds together so one dashboard shows the whole picture instead of figures scattered across systems.

How long does a Power BI project take?

It depends on the scope. A focused first dashboard can go live in a few weeks, while bigger rollouts run in phases. We agree the timeline up front so you know what to expect at each stage.

Is Power BI secure?

Yes. You control who sees what with role-based access, your data is encrypted, and Power BI ties into your existing Microsoft security and meets recognised compliance standards. If you would rather keep data on your own servers, Power BI Report Server gives you an on-premises option.

Do you provide ongoing support and improvements?

Yes. We provide ongoing support, train your users and keep refining your dashboards as the business changes, so your reports stay accurate and useful rather than going stale after launch.

Can Power BI connect to SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Azure DevOps?

Yes. We build Power BI dashboards on SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Dynamics 365, Google Analytics, Snowflake and SQL, and we can embed live dashboards straight into SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

Can you export a Power BI dashboard to PowerPoint?

Yes. You can export any Power BI report to PowerPoint for board meetings, and embed the live version in SharePoint and Teams so everyone works from the same current numbers.

Do you offer Power BI consultancy in London and across the UK?

Yes. Intouch Tech is a UK Power BI consultancy and Microsoft Solutions Partner. We support organisations in London, Fleet and across the UK with consultancy, implementation and managed Power BI services.

Can Power BI replace Excel for reporting?

Yes. Power BI swaps manual Excel reports for live dashboards that update on their own, so everyone reads the same current figures instead of passing conflicting spreadsheets back and forth.

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