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SEO retainers that have to earn their place

Three retainers, priced by how competitive your market is. Everything is reported monthly so you can see what changed and why. No jargon, and no spammy shortcuts we would not use on our own site.

Who it suits

Good for businesses that want enquiries, not a chart to frame

Search work pays off when there is a real service, a site that loads properly and someone who can answer the phone. If that is you, a retainer is worth the money. If your site is a mess, we would rather fix that first than bill you monthly for pushing water uphill.

You are a fit if

  • People search for what you sell
  • You can handle more enquiries
  • You can give us ten minutes a month for questions
  • You are thinking in quarters, not weeks

Probably not yet if

  • The site is slow, broken or about to be replaced
  • You need leads this week (Google Ads is the faster lever)
  • Nobody can approve new page copy

Start smaller

Not ready for a retainer? A one-off technical SEO audit is a sensible first step, and it tells you what is worth paying for before you commit to anything monthly.

The three retainers

Same discipline, different depth

Every retainer covers the basics properly. What changes is how much ground we cover each month and how often we come back to it.

SEO Local

Single location businesses, trades and local services that want to be found nearby.

£549 per month ex VAT

Included

  • Google Business Profile management
  • On-page hygiene: titles, headings, internal links
  • Local listings and consistent business details
  • Monthly report in plain English

Not included

  • New page copy and content briefs
  • Deep technical work across many sections
  • Regular strategy calls (by exception only)

SEO Priority

Bigger sites in tougher markets, where small gains are worth a lot and competitors are trying hard.

£1,995 per month ex VAT

Included

  • Everything in SEO Growth
  • Technical depth across multiple sections of the site
  • Fortnightly updates instead of monthly
  • Two 30 minute strategy calls with Adam each quarter

Not included

  • Google Ads management (that is a separate fee)
  • Unlimited development hours

Retainers are monthly. Guide prices are shown excluding VAT. We confirm fit after a quick look at your site and your market.

Not ready for a retainer?

Two one-off pieces of work that stand on their own. Both are useful whether or not you ever go monthly with us.

Technical SEO audit

£449

A proper look at what is holding the site back: speed, indexing, structure, duplication and the pages worth fixing first. You get a prioritised list in plain English that you can act on yourself or hand to us. It is also the natural step up into SEO Local, because the first month of work is already mapped out.

Google Business Profile setup or cleanup

£199

Your profile claimed and filled in properly, categories and service areas set sensibly, business details made consistent and any duplicate listings cleared out. If you would rather we kept on top of posts, photos and reviews afterwards, ongoing profile care is £49 per month.

One-off prices exclude VAT.

A month with us

What actually happens between invoices

01

Look at the numbers

Rankings, clicks and enquiries, checked against what we changed last month rather than in isolation.

02

Fix and improve

Technical fixes, page improvements, internal linking, profile updates. Real changes on the site, not a list of suggestions.

03

Add or sharpen content

On Growth and Priority, copy and briefs for the pages that can realistically win, written for customers first.

04

Report and agree next steps

A short report saying what changed, what it did, and what we are doing next. Ten minutes to read, no filler.

Straight answers

What we will not do

Buy links or use private blog networks

It works until it does not, and clearing up afterwards costs more than it ever earned. We build coverage that would still make sense if Google disappeared tomorrow.

Promise a position on Google

Nobody can, and anyone who does is selling you something. We will tell you what we think is achievable and how long it usually takes in a market like yours.

Publish thin pages for every nearby town

Twenty near-identical pages with the place name swapped is an old trick that ages badly. One strong page beats twenty weak ones.

Hide behind dashboards

You get a short report that a human wrote, saying what we did and whether it worked. If a month was quiet, we will say so.

Worth knowing

SEO works better on a site that is looked after

Speed, uptime and updates all feed into search performance, so most of our SEO clients sit on a hosting and care plan as well. It is not a requirement, it just stops us paying for the same problem twice. If you need enquiries sooner than search can deliver them, Google Ads is the quicker lever.

Find out if SEO is worth it for you

Send us your site and the work you want more of. We will tell you which retainer fits, or if you would be better off spending the money elsewhere first.