PACK REVIEW ONLY. SMB is not on D55's named-sector list (Energy, Transport and Logistics, and Maritime are). This page runs on transferable-evidence framing. Do not publish without a separate decision.
Mid-market sector (pack-only)

AWS-native services sized for UK mid-market businesses, with funding to lower your upfront cost.

Cloud-native application development, data services, and managed services. Senior engineers on every engagement. AWS funding programmes where eligible: MAP Lite, MVA, OLA, POC, MMP, and VMP, applied to reduce your upfront investment.

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Pace and scale, not sector

This page is for UK mid-market businesses choosing an AWS partner. SMB describes engagement size and pace rather than a named D55 sector specialism; our sector experience sits in Energy, Transport and Logistics, and Maritime. The pattern described below is drawn from cross-sector mid-market work and from the SMB-relevant elements of our named-sector engagements.

Where the complexity shows up

A consulting market built for the enterprise. Large global system integrators set out engagement models that assume in-house programme management offices, hundred-person change teams, and twelve-month assessment phases. Your business has none of those things and can't fund them.

A vendor market that pushes platforms ahead of plans. Vendor pitches dominate the conversation, and the strategic question of what your cloud or data work is for sits underneath unanswered.

A skills market that doesn't match supply to mid-market pace. Hiring senior AWS engineers full-time into your team is expensive and slow.

How we think about mid-market UK businesses

Mid-market businesses don't need enterprise overhead, enterprise pricing, or enterprise pace. You need senior people who can make decisions in the room, an engagement model that matches the size of the work, and access to AWS funding programmes that reduce your upfront investment where they apply.

What we bring to mid-market UK businesses

AWS-funded entry points

MAP Lite, MAP, MVA, OLA, POC, MMP, VMP. We handle the application and compliance for you so the funding actually lands.

Engagement model sized for mid-market pace

Short scoping, small senior delivery teams, decisions made in the room rather than in a steering committee.

Senior people on the work

Solutions architects, DevOps engineers, data engineers, and security specialists. Direct access to the engineer doing the work.

Capability transfer, not dependency

Engagements are designed to leave your team able to own and evolve the platform after we step back.

Where we've done this

Our engagement set is mid-market UK by description, even where the named sector specialism is Energy or Maritime. A central data platform built for a mid-market UK energy supplier uses the same architectural pattern as a central data platform for a mid-market UK business in another sector. A sector-specific SMB case study isn't yet published.

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Jonathan Rothwell, CEO, D55
solutions@d55.co.uk · +44 161 399 0257

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