DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY · CHESTER
Digital marketing agency in Chester
R3 is a Chester-based digital marketing agency. We help businesses across Cheshire, the Wirral, Wrexham and the wider North West grow through strategy, marketing and technology that work together from the start. Our headquarters and full team are at 10 Queen Street in Chester city centre.
- Strategy, marketing and tech from our full team based at 10 Queen Street, Chester
- SEO, PPC, paid social, AI and technology under one roof
- Award-winning work: Northern Digital Awards, Prolific North, Big Chip
- Working with Cheshire and North West businesses including Neighbourhood Coffee and Castle Green
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320%
Revenue increase
£1m
Additional revenue generated
8.5/10
Customer experience rating
Digital marketing for the North West
Based in Chester
R3's office is at 10 Queen Street, Chester, CH1 3LG. Strategy, marketing, development and account management are all here, on your doorstep.
Serving the wider region
Our clients come from across Cheshire, the Wirral, Wrexham, North Wales, Liverpool and Manchester. Chester office. Not Chester-only.
Growth marketing, revenue operations and technology, connected from the start
We keep strategy, marketing and technology in one team because when they run separately the joins show up in your results. When they are planned together, they compound.
Three connected solutions. One Chester team. That's R3.
Growth Marketing
RevOps
CHESTER DIGITAL MARKETING
The channels are running.
The return isn't showing up.
We hear this from most businesses that come to us from across Cheshire and the North West. The spend is there. The activity is there. The line back to revenue isn't. If any of the below sound familiar, get in touch.
- A website that can't support the growth you are planning
- Marketing and dev run by separate agencies that do not talk to each other
- SEO or paid media that performs in isolation but doesn't convert
- CRM, ERP or PIM that doesn't talk to the rest of your systems
- Reporting that shows activity but not commercial impact
R3 has generated real, tangible results, bringing us miles closer to our vision of being the industry leader in the pump world. The online presence R3 helped us establish is something we are immensely proud of.
Gary Gardner, Sales and Ecommerce Manager, Anchor Pumps
The results have been fantastic with R3. We’ve loved getting to know everyone and I’ve felt a weight drop off my shoulders working with such an experienced and committed team.
Ben Parry, Founder, Chu Gummies
Results
How we've performed across marketing and technology for clients in Chester and the North West.
ANS Group
ANS Group is a fast-growing UK technology business with strong sales ambition but a fractured go-to-market setup. Marketing and sales were operating in isolation, campaigns lacked direction, and lead quality was inconsistent. R3 aligned the teams, rebuilt campaign strategy around customer pain points, and integrated HubSpot to connect lead flow, performance tracking and data into one view. The result was a 63% increase in qualified leads, a 4x return on investment, and a 26% uplift in revenue.
B2B TECHNOLOGY · REVOPS
4x return on investment. 63% more qualified leads.
LMF Energy Services
LMF Energy installs energy efficiency solutions across the UK, including ECO4 schemes. They were reliant on third-party lead generators with no owned digital pipeline and no way to scale independently. R3 built a paid media system across Google and Meta that generated over 4,000 qualified leads in three months, at a landing page conversion rate above 19%.
ENERGY · LEAD GENERATION
4,000+ qualified leads in three months.
Neighbourhood Coffee
Neighbourhood Coffee is a Liverpool-based speciality coffee roaster moving into high-end machine sales. Selling hardware to a new audience required different messaging, tighter targeting, and a disciplined test cycle, not just more spend. R3 built a paid social strategy from the ground up, growing machine sales by 153% and delivering a return on ad spend of 14.09.
FOOD & BEVERAGE · PAID SOCIAL
153% increase in machine sales. 14x ROAS.
Polly's Brew Co
Polly's Brew Co is Wales' leading craft beer brand, with a loyal fanbase that had been masking limited D2C growth. Wholesale dependence and a weak paid presence meant they were leaving direct revenue on the table. R3 built a multi-channel paid media strategy focused on new audience acquisition, seasonal activation and email database growth, delivering a 108% YoY revenue increase and a 15.56 return on ad spend.
CRAFT BEER · PAID MEDIA
108% revenue increase year-on-year. 15.56 ROAS.
What makes us different
There's no shortage of agencies offering marketing services in Chester. Here's why businesses that look around tend to choose us.
1. One team, not a handoff chain
The people you speak to in the first meeting will be involved in your helping drive your account throughout. No transition to a totally different team after sign-off.
2. Commercial focus from the start
We measure revenue, pipeline and cost per acquisition - not activity metrics. Every decision connects to a number the business cares about.
3. Strategy and delivery in the same room
R3 does not separate strategy from execution. The same team that plans the work delivers it.
4. Regional track record, national capability
Northern Digital Awards, Prolific North and Big Chip wins from our Chester base. The address is local; the capability is not.
5. Data and creative working together
Data without creative produces campaigns that perform on paper but do not connect. Creative without data produces work that looks good but does not scale.
6. Long-term relationships
We grow when our clients grow. That is a better commercial incentive than billing for work that keeps things ticking over.
The team
Around 35 people, all based in the North West. Here are the ones you'll likely deal with first.
Callum Reckless, CEO Founded R3 in 2007 and leads new business. Works in an advisory capacity across larger accounts.
Mike Griffiths, Managing Director Runs the business day-to-day. With R3 since the beginning, with a background in software engineering.
Karl Barker, Agency Director Leads strategy and product across R3's client base. Works with clients on the bigger strategic questions, often in a fractional CMO capacity.
Laura Wyatt, Client Services Director Leads client services. The person who makes sure everything actually gets done.
Jack Gibson, Digital Marketing Director Leads paid and organic strategy across R3's accounts. Joined in 2024 after time on the client side.
Talk to our Chester team
Whether you have a brief ready or are still working out what you need, the starting point is a conversation.