Cheshire-based agency working with London SMEs that want the work done properly without paying for someone's Shoreditch rent.
A few of the many businesses we've worked with, big and small
We work with London businesses across the city – West End, City, Hackney, South of the river, the lot. Most of the work is delivered remotely, the same way the agency next door to you would do it. The difference is our overheads are sensible, so more of your budget goes on the actual work.
We’re not a London agency in the sense that we have an office in Soho. We’re a Cheshire agency that’s been working with London clients for years. Most prefer it that way: same calibre of work, smaller invoice, no central London surcharge baked into every quote.
The work is the same standard. We build websites properly instead of using page builders, chase Core Web Vitals improvements down to the millisecond, and would rather tell you the campaign isn’t working than pretend it is. Less central London polish, more actual delivery.
London isn't one market, it's dozens. Search behaviour is hyperlocal, the competition is the fiercest in the country, and agency rates reflect the postcode more than the output.
Nobody searches "plumber London". They search "plumber Clapham" or "accountant Hammersmith". The map pack at that granularity is where the enquiries actually are, and it's far more winnable than the city-wide terms.
Paid search costs more here than anywhere else in the UK. That makes organic visibility worth more rather than less, because every position you earn is one you're not renting by the click.
Central London agency rates carry the office and the account-management layers, not the work. Most of our London clients worked that out the expensive way before they found us.
London’s the most competitive marketing market in the UK. Bigger agencies, bigger budgets, more noise. Most London SMEs paying central London agency rates aren’t getting better work for the premium – they’re paying for the office, the headcount, and a few layers of account management.
We do it differently. One small Cheshire team. Your contact is a senior team member who stays with you throughout, directly involved in the work. Same standard as a good central London agency, often without the overhead. Most of our London clients found us through referrals from other clients who’d left bigger agencies and wanted the work to actually get done.
The fundamentals win: a fast website, properly structured content, ad spend measured against return rather than vanity metrics, a Google Business Profile that gets attention. None of it requires a Shoreditch postcode.
Your main point of contact stays with you throughout - a senior team member who works directly on your project.
39 Google reviews. 15 Facebook recommendations. 100% positive. Read them - they're real.
Rolling monthly retainers. If we're not delivering, you can leave. We retain clients by doing the work properly.
We build properly, refuse to use page builders on principle, and chase 0.2-second LCP improvements. The boring nerdy work pays off.
Same process for every project. Boring, predictable, no surprises.
Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.
Honest scope. Clear pricing. No fluff.
We do the work. You see progress weekly.
Go live, then keep improving. Regular reporting with actual numbers.
A snapshot of the kinds of London businesses we've helped grow online.
Pick what you need or hand the whole thing over. Most local businesses we work with use two or three services together.
Properly built WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento. No page builders. Properly fast. The kind of site Core Web Vitals actually likes.
Technical SEO, content, local search, link building. The slow honest kind that compounds over years.
Campaigns built around what actually converts. Daily monitoring, monthly reports, no vanity metrics.
Posting, replying, knowing when your audience is online. Real engagement, not bots and stock posts.
Newsletters, welcome flows, abandoned cart sequences. The highest-ROI channel of the lot when it's done right.
Blog posts and landing pages written by UK-based writers who get your business.
Logos and brand systems that hold up everywhere they need to. Built once and built properly.
Turn up in the map pack when someone nearby searches. Profile, citations, reviews, local pages.
The whole lot for a smaller business: no long contracts, no jargon, and the work done properly.
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
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.
No, and we don’t pretend to be. We’re based in Northwich, Cheshire. We work with London clients regularly and visit when it helps. Most clients prefer the lower overhead more than they miss the in-person meetings.
Lower overheads, similar standard of work. Central London agency rates pay for office space, multiple layers of account management, and senior leadership margins. We’re a small team that does the work directly. Most clients find the maths works out comfortably in their favour for similar quality.
Yes, for project kickoffs and quarterly strategy reviews. Day-to-day work happens on Teams or Zoom because it’s faster and lets us focus on the work itself rather than the commute.
Professional services, legal, financial services, hospitality, ecommerce, tech and SaaS startups, charities, property. The mix is broad. What we have in common across clients is they want the work done properly without the central London markup.
Web design starts in the low thousands. Ongoing services like SEO, PPC and social start at a few hundred a month. We’ll tell you straight on the first call whether your budget fits.
Five-star rated on Google and Facebook. No filtering, no pay-to-play, just honest reviews from real clients.
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!
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.
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!
We work with London businesses across the city. The list isn't exhaustive - if your area's not here, get in touch anyway.
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