Guide · 23 October 2026
Running a Surrey Business Without the Admin Pile: A Visiting 2-Hour AI Session From a Hampshire Publisher
An honest look at how a one-to-one AI agents session works for Surrey owners when the person running it is based in Hampshire.
In short: Dean Keating, who publishes Surrey Directory and is based in Horndean, Hampshire, offers a 2-hour one-to-one AI agents session (£397 including VAT, for business use). For Surrey owners he can visit your business, or you can use Zoom. You choose two or three repeat jobs, set agents up on them live in Claude or ChatGPT, and keep your own setup and prompts.
Let's be upfront about the geography
Surrey Directory covers Guildford, Woking, Epsom, Reigate, Camberley and Farnham, and it sits over 1,634 listed businesses. The man who publishes it, Dean Keating, lives and works in Hampshire: his home base is Horndean and his office is in Waterlooville. He is not a Surrey local and this guide does not pretend otherwise.
What he offers Surrey owners is a visiting session, or a remote one, and the rest of this page explains how each works.
The offer in one paragraph
A 2-hour one-to-one session, £397 including VAT, for business use. You pick the two or three jobs that keep landing on your desk, Dean sets up AI agents on them live with you, in Claude or ChatGPT, using your own work, and you finish with your own setup and prompts saved in your account. It is not a course and not a slide deck.
Two ways to do it from here
At your business. Dean travels to you. For a salon, a garage, a practice or an office, working where the work happens means the examples are real: the messages in your inbox, the notes on your desk, the way you actually price and reply.
On Zoom. If a visit is awkward, or you are in the part of the county that is a long drive from the Hampshire border, the session runs on a video call and works the same way. Everything is set up in your own accounts either way.
Dean's Waterlooville office is also an option, but for most Surrey owners one of the first two will be easier.
Owner-run firms across the county
The biggest trades in the directory's data are restaurants, beauty salons, hairdressers and barbers, garages and cafes, followed by estate agents, pubs and bars, takeaways, gyms, plumbers, dentists and vets. The directory splits across the county's west and east, from Camberley and Farnham to Epsom and Reigate, and the borough pages show where each town sits.
What those firms often have in common is an owner or practice manager carrying the repeat work personally. That is where agents earn their place: they take on the repeat job, following written rules, and the person decides what goes out.
What it is not
It is not a promise of savings; none are claimed because they depend on your business. It is not an installation service either. You do the setting up, with Dean beside you, so you can run it when he has gone. If you would rather have something scoped, built and handed over, read the AI resources for Surrey owners.
Why Dean
Dean runs his web agency and his network of local directories on AI agents, with more than 100 defined agent roles. His rule: the AI does the repeat work, a person sets the rules and approves what matters.
Booking and the small print
The booking page shows the next available date, hides a taken slot and takes payment through Stripe. Dean confirms the time afterwards, including whether he is visiting or you are meeting on Zoom.
About this guide
Surrey Directory is published by Dean Keating, who also runs this session. It is his own offer, shown as such, and is not a paid placement. The directory itself does not rank the session against anyone else.
Book a 2-hour AI session with Dean Keating
£397 including VAT, for business use. In person at Dean’s Waterlooville office, at your business in Hampshire or Surrey, or on Zoom. From Dean Keating, who publishes this directory; this is his own offer, not a paid placement.
See dates and book →Questions people ask
- Is Dean Keating based in Surrey?
- No. He is based in Horndean, Hampshire, with an office in Waterlooville. For Surrey owners he visits your business or works with you on Zoom.
- What does the 2-hour session cost?
- £397 including VAT for two hours one to one. It is sold for business use, so you buy it as a business.
- Can Dean come to my premises?
- Yes. The session can be held at your business. If that does not suit, it can run on Zoom from anywhere in the UK.
- What will I leave with?
- Your own AI agents setup and prompts, built live on your own work in Claude or ChatGPT and saved in your account.
- Does the directory recommend this session over other providers?
- No. It is Dean's own offer, published by the owner of the directory and labelled as such. The directory does not rank or review providers.