14 managed service providers based in Preston. Most list help desk / IT support, cybersecurity and cloud / Microsoft 365 / Azure; 4 offer a NOC or monitoring service, 4 a SOC or MDR service and 1 co-managed IT alongside an in-house team. The industries they most often name are manufacturing, financial services and healthcare.
7 publish 24/7 support, 0 extended hours and 0 business hours only; the rest don’t say. None publishes a per-user price yet. Filter this list by service, stack, industry, size or 24/7 support.
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Good places to start in Preston
The six most fully documented MSPs here (most sourced facts, then name: no paid placement), and what each publishes that you can check.
CMS Group Ltd · Preston publishes 24/7 support · states a response time (18-second average response) · Google rating 4.2 from 10 reviews · names Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 · Microsoft partner badge
Impact Computing · Preston publishes 24/7 support · states a response time (response time is less than 20 seconds) · Google rating 4.9 from 89 reviews · names NIST, PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials · holds Cyber Essentials
AMP Information Systems Limited · Preston Google rating 5 from 7 reviews · names Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus · 12 services listed
Celerity Limited · Preston Google rating 5 from 4 reviews · names PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and GDPR · 9 services listed
Infinium IT Ltd · Preston Google rating 3.5 from 8 reviews · names GDPR · Microsoft partner badge
Techn22 Limited · Preston publishes 24/7 support · Google rating 5 from 5 reviews · names GDPR · Microsoft partner badge
Support hours in writing. 7 of 14 here publish their hours (7 24/7), and 1 mention an after-hours line. Ask who answers at night, and whether that’s the same team.
A response time. Only 2 state one (14%). Ask for it in the contract, by priority.
Security and compliance. The frameworks named most here are GDPR (7), ISO 27001 (5) and Cyber Essentials (4). Naming a framework isn’t a certification: ask for the audit report or certificate.
Partner status and price. 4 show a Microsoft partner badge. Ask what’s included per user and what’s billed hourly.
How many managed service providers are in Preston?
14 MSPs in the directory have their HQ in Preston. Each has a profile with its services, the tools we could see, industries served and published support hours, every fact with its source. Many also serve clients outside their home area.
How much does managed IT cost in Preston?
None of the MSPs here publishes a per-user price yet; they quote after a call. See published MSP pricing for what MSPs elsewhere charge.
Which MSPs in Preston offer 24/7 support?
7 publish 24/7 support, and 7 advertise 24/7 monitoring (systems watched around the clock, which is not the same as people answering the phone). See the 24/7 list in North West England.
Which MSPs in Preston offer cybersecurity or a SOC?
Can an MSP in Preston work alongside our in-house IT team?
Yes: 1 offer co-managed IT, where the MSP covers the help desk, monitoring or projects while your own IT staff stay in charge. See them in North West England.
Which MSPs in Preston specialise in manufacturing?
6 name manufacturing as an industry they serve; GDPR is the framework named most often here (7 MSPs). See them in North West England.
What should I check before hiring an MSP in Preston?
Published support hours and who answers out of hours, a response time in the contract, proof behind any compliance claim (an audit report or certificate, not a logo), what the per-user price includes, and how you leave (notice period, handover of passwords and documentation). Only 2 of 14 MSPs here state a response time on their site.