We’ve been creating, reimagining and growing brands
since 2002

2002-2024

David Luke brand refreshed 2014

Every Can Counts brand created 2009

Not only are we still here, but we’re thriving. We’ve ridden the economic ups and downs of the last two decades like a pro-surfer off Maui.

That’s because clients have kept coming. And they’ve kept coming because we help them ride out the storms – whatever’s been happening in their landscape. By continually positioning and communicating their brands, we can target the right customers with the right messages, and save our clients a lot of wasted time, money and effort.

From the ambitious start-up to the generations-old family business in need of a new lease of life, we’ve seen them all. And helped them all.

We’re an intelligent, nimble and creative team. We challenge and inspire; we help to relieve the executive burden. We’re a partner you can rely on at every stage of your brand’s journey.

Forever Manchester video with Tony Walsh

Prevent Breast Cancer brand
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Transform awards

The most awarded agency at the transform awards outside of London.

2010 : 3 awards won
2011 :
2012 : 2 awards won
2013 : 1 awards won
2014 : 1 awards won
2015 : 2 awards won
2016 :
2017 : 1 awards won
2018 : 1 awards won
2019 : 3 awards won
2020 : 2 awards won
2021 :
2022 : 1 awards won
2023 : 2 awards won

Celebrating 10+ years at the transform awards

Northern warmth served at the soup kitchen

Our values

We practice what we preach. It would be unforgivable of us not to live and breathe our own brand and our own set of values. It helps us find the right employees and the right clients, and to do the right work in the right way:

We’re thorough, we’re pragmatic, and we always dig deep to deliver beautifully crafted and considered creative ideas. We listen, we research, we explore, we test. Our solutions are simply smarter. And the golden rule is that they must create genuine business value for our clients.

We believe in empowerment, and in growth through continuous exploration. What more could be done; how could it be done better? Perhaps we’re not for the faint-hearted, and they need not apply for this exhilarating ride. After all, we sell big ideas, not modest suggestions.

We’re open. We’re friendly. We’re unpretentious. But more than anything we care about the people around us as much as we care about our work. It’s an inclusive and compassionate approach we call ‘Northern Warmth’, and it’s why we treat everyone equally.