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Serving Newcastle

Marketing agency for Newcastle businesses

Cheshire-based agency working with Newcastle SMEs across hospitality, retail, tech and professional services. 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 Newcastle

Newcastle is the commercial capital of the North East, with a strong hospitality and events economy, two universities, a busy retail core and a digital sector that has grown steadily.

Marketing for businesses in Newcastle

What Newcastle businesses are working with

A hospitality and events economy with real weekly rhythm, plus universities, retail and a growing digital sector.

Events drive demand

Match days, concerts and weekends create predictable peaks. Hospitality that plans visibility around the calendar does better than the ones reacting to it.

Strong regional identity

The North East backs its own, and being visibly local is an advantage. Reviews and an active Google profile are how that shows up in search.

Universities and young audience

A large student population means mobile-first search and social. A slow site loses that audience before it loads.

Why marketing matters for Newcastle businesses

For Newcastle businesses, the hospitality and events economy creates real peaks. Match days, concerts and weekends drive demand that can be planned for rather than reacted to.

Local search decides much of it. Someone choosing where to eat before an event is on a phone, and the businesses that show up with strong reviews get the booking.

The fundamentals do the work: an active Google Business Profile, fast mobile pages, accurate citations and a steady flow of genuine reviews.

Marketing work for Newcastle businesses
5.0★ Five-star rated by 50+ clients on Google & Facebook

Why Newcastle 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.

Sectors we work with

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

Hospitality
Retail
Events
Tech & SaaS
Professional services
Tourism & leisure
Property
Education
Trades & construction
B2B services
Ecommerce
Charities

How we work

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

01

Free chat

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

02

Proposal

Honest scope. Clear pricing. No fluff.

03

Build

We do the work. You see progress weekly.

04

Launch & iterate

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

Other areas we cover

We work with SMEs across the UK. If your town's not listed, get in touch anyway.

Frequently asked questions

Are you actually based in Newcastle?

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

Do you understand the Newcastle market?

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

Do you work with hospitality businesses?

Yes. For bars, restaurants and hotels it’s usually a fast mobile site with booking front and centre, local SEO, a properly run Google profile and review generation. That combination fills tables.

How do we keep in touch?

Calls over Zoom or Teams, booked when you actually need one rather than on a fixed schedule. You'll be talking to whoever's doing the work, not an account manager passing messages along. Most Newcastle clients find that quicker than setting aside half a day for a meeting.

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.

Rhiannon and Darren Birch, founders of Cheshire Cat Marketing
Meet the agency

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 54 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.
Read our full story

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.

5.0
54 five-star reviews
Shanel Nwosu
Shanel Nwosu Google · a month 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 Google · 3 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 Google · 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!

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

Ready when you are

Talk to a real person about your marketing

Free, no commitment. We'll listen, give you honest advice, and tell you whether we're a fit.

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