What sets us aside
Welcome to the Prestbury Marketing & Consulting website. We specialise in helping businesses and organisations improve the effectiveness of their marketing and PR either by offering them advice or arranging for one of our team to carry this work out on their behalf. If you think we might be able to help you then please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Prestbury Marketing was established in March 2010 and it has gone from strength to strength. We recognised that lots of businesses have a need for additional Marketing and PR resources or skills, but don’t necessarily have the budgets to stretch far enough to recruit the resource they need. We offer a wide range of Marketing and PR services, for some of our clients we are their only resource, for others we top up their existing resource or provide a skill set they do not currently have. No project is too small or too large.
What sets our consultancy aside from others is our total focus on practical solutions that deliver an excellent return on investment. Unlike some other agencies, Prestbury Marketing is not biased towards any particular media or service. This means that in each and every instance, recommendations will be designed around your needs and not what an agency has to offer.
Prestbury Marketing & Consulting can be hired by the hour or by the day either to complement your existing marketing resource or to give you access to over 30 years’ Marketing and PR experience. We work with everything from start up businesses to some of Gloucestershire’s top 150 businesses, we also have clients in the Midlands and London.
If you are wondering what it is like to work with us, then why not take a look at some of our reviews on Google or read our testimonials
If this sounds of interest then why not email us for an initial free, no obligation discussion.
Darren provides practical marketing advice, tailored to your business, no matter what size. I have worked with Darren for several years in various capacities and look forward to working with him for many more. Thanks for your on going support Darren.
John Barker – Operations Manager, Cheltenham Surfacing
“Prestbury Marketing are results orientated, brilliant marketers who add value across the business. Their measured, tactical approach to marketing and their disciplined, diligent attitude to their work makes them the ultimate professionals. Applying modern marketing techniques and maximising traditional methods to a clearly defined strategy. The benefit to our business is not limited to marketing as their commercial acumen and ability to see the ‘big picture’ means they add value throughout all aspects of the company.”
Gary Jones – Chairman, Glevum
“Darren has and continues to work on numerous projects for my business and community interests. He consistently delivers to a high standard on client service, creative input, expeditious public relations and often forms a corner stone of many of my project teams. Darren is a delight to work with and never fails to come up with innovative solutions and work-around’s to some sticky challenges”.
Michael Ratcliffe – Managing Director, MR Ratcliffe Consultants Limited
“Hughes Paddison started to work with Darren in 2010, and from the outset we have been impressed by his knowledge of his subject, and his enthusiasm for the job. He deals with all enquiries in a prompt and pragmatic manner, and has proved willing to go ‘above and beyond’ his brief – for example, by inviting us to events attended by friends and colleagues in the local business community, to broaden our exposure.
We are looking forward to tackling new challenges with him into the longer term future, and view him as an asset to our business.”
Rachel Stewart – Director, Hughes Paddison
“I’ve worked with Darren on a number of marketing projects and initiatives over the past few years and can say, without hesitation, that his approach is always professional, thorough, and creative.
Darren is a pleasure to work with, always delivers above and beyond expectations, and is someone I would have no hesitation in working with again and recomending to others.”
David Owen – Gloucestershire County Council
“You feel that Darren is working for your business even when he probably isn’t… He immerses himself in the business and its culture, and is never afraid to say the things that you may not want to hear, as well as those you do.”
Simon Daws – Gloucester Old Spot
“Darren’s understanding of business and his eye for recommending an opportunity that sometimes already exists within an organisation is a tremendous asset. His attention to detail doesn’t get in the way when it comes to his ability to get speedily to the issues that really matter.
Darren works for both large and small companies and the attraction is that a company can have its own (drip feed) sales & marketing department that is “on call” when it is required. This negates the permanent overhead and at a level of seniority and experience that is very cost effective. Or as Darren often says “What is the ROI, Martin?”
I would sincerely recommend Darren as I am sure any business would benefit.”
Martin Seccombe – Owner, am-pm Signature
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