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Marketing agency for Leeds businesses

Cheshire-based agency working with Leeds SMEs across professional services, finance, retail and tech. Properly built sites, SEO that works, no long contracts.

A few of the many businesses we've worked with, big and small

What we do for businesses in Leeds

Leeds is the biggest financial and legal centre outside London, with two large universities, a serious retail core and a fast-growing digital sector. It’s a competitive market, and the businesses that win online are usually the ones doing the fundamentals properly.

Marketing for businesses in Leeds

What Leeds businesses are working with

Finance, law and professional services at scale, plus universities, retail and a digital sector that keeps growing.

  • Finance and legal at scale

    Leeds has serious professional-services depth. For firms competing there, credibility and content that demonstrates expertise beat advertising spend.

  • Heavy search competition

    More competitors bidding on the same terms means paid gets expensive fast. Organic visibility and technical SEO usually give better returns.

  • Students and city-centre trade

    Two big universities and a busy retail core create a large young audience. That trade is won on mobile speed and reviews.

Why marketing matters for Leeds businesses

For Leeds businesses, the search competition is genuine. Professional services in particular face dozens of well-funded competitors bidding on the same terms, which makes organic visibility more valuable, not less.

Local search matters even in a big city. “Solicitor Leeds” or “accountant Headingley” still lean heavily on the map pack, and a neglected Google profile hands those enquiries elsewhere.

Technical fundamentals decide a lot here: site speed, proper structure, genuine content and a steady flow of real reviews.

Marketing work for Leeds businesses

Why Leeds businesses choose us

  • No account managers in the way

    Your main point of contact stays with you throughout - a senior team member who works directly on your project.

  • Five-star rated since 2016

    39 Google reviews. 15 Facebook recommendations. 100% positive. Read them - they're real.

  • No long tie-ins

    Rolling monthly retainers. If we're not delivering, you can leave. We retain clients by doing the work properly.

  • Weirdly into the technical bits

    We build properly, refuse to use page builders on principle, and chase 0.2-second LCP improvements. The boring nerdy work pays off.

How we work

Same process for every project. Boring, predictable, no surprises.

  • Free chat

    Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.

  • Proposal

    Honest scope. Clear pricing. No fluff.

  • Build

    We do the work. You see progress weekly.

  • Launch & iterate

    Go live, then keep improving. Regular reporting with actual numbers.

Sectors we work with

A snapshot of the kinds of Leeds businesses we've helped grow online.

  • Professional services
  • Legal services
  • Finance
  • Tech & SaaS
  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Property
  • Education
  • Creative & design
  • Ecommerce
  • B2B services
  • Charities

Marketing services across Leeds

Pick what you need or hand the whole thing over. Most local businesses we work with use two or three services together.

  • Web design in Leeds

    Properly built WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento. No page builders. Properly fast. The kind of site Core Web Vitals actually likes.

  • SEO in Leeds

    Technical SEO, content, local search, link building. The slow honest kind that compounds over years.

  • Google Ads & PPC in Leeds

    Campaigns built around what actually converts. Daily monitoring, monthly reports, no vanity metrics.

  • Social media in Leeds

    Posting, replying, knowing when your audience is online. Real engagement, not bots and stock posts.

  • Email marketing in Leeds

    Newsletters, welcome flows, abandoned cart sequences. The highest-ROI channel of the lot when it's done right.

  • Content marketing in Leeds

    Blog posts and landing pages written by UK-based writers who get your business.

  • Branding in Leeds

    Logos and brand systems that hold up everywhere they need to. Built once and built properly.

  • Local SEO in Leeds

    Turn up in the map pack when someone nearby searches. Profile, citations, reviews, local pages.

  • Small business marketing in Leeds

    The whole lot for a smaller business: no long contracts, no jargon, and the work done properly.

What it costs

Same prices wherever you are. We don't charge more because of your postcode.

Priced per account, because ad budgets differ too much for a menu: Google Ads , Social media , Email

Rhiannon and Darren Birch, founders of Cheshire Cat Marketing

Who you'll actually be working with

We founded Cheshire Cat Marketing in 2016 after watching too many small businesses burn through agency budgets and end up with a slow site and a stack of invoices.

We work with businesses across the UK and into Finland and Sweden, and every bit of it is done in-house. Whoever you speak to first is the person doing the work, and they stay with you. Nobody is passing your messages to a separate team.

  • Five-star rated, every review 57 reviews across Google and Facebook. Not one of them below five stars.
  • Award-winning Shortlisted more times than we can neatly list, and we've taken a good few home.
  • Everything done in-house No freelancers, no white-label, nobody you've never met touching your account.
  • Outspoken, honest support We'll tell you when something won't work, even when it'd be easier to take the money.
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Frequently asked questions

Are you actually based in Leeds?

No. We’re in Northwich, Cheshire, about two hours away. Most of the work is remote anyway, and our overheads stay lower than a firm with a Leeds office. Clients tend to prefer that.

Do you understand the Leeds market?

Yes. We know the local competition, the search patterns and what actually brings enquiries in Leeds rather than what looks good in a pitch deck.

Do you work with professional-services firms?

Yes, it’s one of our strongest areas. Accountants, solicitors and consultants usually need SEO, a fast credible website and content that builds trust before anyone picks up the phone.

How does the day-to-day work?

Zoom or Teams for anything that needs talking through, email for anything that doesn't. It keeps the hours you're paying for on the actual work. And you'll know exactly who your contact is, because it'll be the same person next month and the month after.

What's the smallest budget you'll work with?

Web design starts in the low thousands. Ongoing retainers start at a few hundred a month. We’ll be straight on the first call about whether it fits.

What our clients say about us

Five-star rated on Google and Facebook. No filtering, no pay-to-play, just honest reviews from real clients.

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57 five-star reviews
Shanel Nwosu
Shanel Nwosu 2 months ago

I just want to say, the guys over at Cheshire Cat Marketing are amazing! I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of people to constantly be in contact with. Whether it was checking up on me and my business or being open to listening to my ever changing ideas! Everything in between too! I would recommend them to anyone wanting, social media or anything marketing wise for your business!

Megan Lawrence
Megan Lawrence 4 months ago

I’ve just phoned and spoken to Rhi, who has been absolutely incredible! I phoned to cheekily ask for some advice, as I am fundraising for a charity event. She was incredible, offering advice, guidance and ideas. The support was truly incredible and has allowed me now to hopefully generate more publicity and support for the event I am supporting.I am in awe of her friendly disposition and her generosity of her experience.Her entire demeanour was approachable and supportive and offered a true unique perspective, whilst being situational and economically aware.So pleased, and touched to have had such a wonderful and postive interaction and would encourage anyone to use their services again.

Emma Radcliffe
Emma Radcliffe a year ago

The Cheshire Cat team are fantastic. They really care about understanding your business and doing a great job. Each time they send me some posts to approve I'm always thrilled with the results - and with 20+ years marketing experience, I'm not an easy person to please! We've seen our followers steadily grow whilst we've been working with them - recommended!

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