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Branding & Identity in Sawston
A Sawston life science company and a trade park supplier need to say something different about themselves before either needs a new logo. One is proving credibility to a technical buyer who researches for months. The other is winning a same-week decision on price and lead time. We work from Hills Road, about fifteen minutes down the A1301, and start with that commercial question before any design begins.

About us
Clickscope is a small branding team based fifteen minutes away in Cambridge. We work on positioning, naming and identity for Sawston businesses selling to international technical buyers and to local trade customers. We're a Cambridge digital marketing agency ten minutes up the road, so Sawston businesses get branding from people who actually know the village.
Our MISSION
Fix the positioning, then let the identity follow
We start with who a Sawston business is actually for, a research buyer abroad or a trade customer down the road, and what it deliberately gives up by choosing. The identity that comes out of that gets applied and checked against the real situations it has to survive, not judged on a mood board.

Measured on more than preference
A baseline goes down before the work starts, and branded search, direct traffic and conversion get tracked afterwards, so the rebrand is judged on evidence rather than taste.
How we run branding and identity for Sawston businesses
01 / How we work
Positioning before polish
We work out who you're for and what you deliberately give up before a single logo concept, then apply the identity across the website, a technical data sheet and a trade stand, because systems fail at the edges.

Tested against real buyers, not taste
A baseline is set before the work starts, with branded search, direct traffic and conversion tracked afterwards, so evidence decides the rebrand, not preference.

Every source file transfers to you
You take ownership of the vector artwork, colour values and a usable guidelines document on final payment, with font licences bought and documented in your name.
Client Results
An extra £239,000 a month showed up for one client once proper tracking was in place, a 132% increase year on year across search and paid together. The baseline existed before the identity work started, which is the only reason that comparison means anything.
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Revenue increase, year on year
For a building brand we grew year-on-year revenue by 132%. SEO up 363%, PPC up 55%. That's £239,000 more every month, and not a seasonal product.
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Agencies we've trained
We've provided training and consulting to over 60 other digital marketing agencies and freelancers. A number of them now refer their own SEO clients to us.
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Years on Google Ads
Nearly two decades of combined Google Ads experience, and over ten years running SEO campaigns, including work alongside brands like Costa Coffee.
FAQ
The questions you actually want answered
Where's your studio, and would you visit a Sawston business?
9 Hills Road, Cambridge, about fifteen minutes down the A1301. Come in for a positioning conversation, or we'll come to you first.
How is a branding project for a Sawston business priced?
Once we've had a scoping conversation the price is fixed and staged, not billed hourly. Ongoing design support afterwards runs on a rolling monthly retainer if you want it.
How long is a typical branding project?
Timelines typically run six to twelve weeks, depending on the research and application involved, plus naming if it's needed. We settle who signs off at the outset and keep that group small.
How many logo concepts does the project include?
One recommended, properly applied direction is presented with the reasoning and the alternatives we explored and rejected. Four finished options would only invite a decision based on taste rather than fit.
We sell internationally from a Cambridgeshire village. Does the identity need to reflect that?
It should acknowledge it honestly rather than hide it. A location like Sawston can be a credibility point for a research business, close to Granta Park and the Babraham Research Campus, rather than something to disguise.
Which Sawston sectors do you position and brand most?
Life sciences and laboratory services, and trade and construction supply, are sectors we work with here. A brand trying to reassure both a scientist and a builder at once tends to convince neither.
Do you only work with Sawston businesses?
No. We work from Hills Road in Cambridge and also take on branding projects in Royston and Bury St Edmunds. Being close to Sawston is about how we work, not a limit on who we brand.
Might rebranding hurt our search visibility?
Only if a domain or name change is mishandled. Where a domain change applies, the migration is planned alongside the design work, with redirects and monitoring.
What happens across the first 90 days once a branding project starts?
First comes research, including interviews with your customers and team, then positioning, naming if it's needed, and identity development. That usually runs six to twelve weeks depending on scope.
How do you find out if a rebrand actually worked?
We measure branded search volume, direct traffic, click through rate on the same ad creative with new messaging, and conversion rate, all against a baseline set before the work began.
Nobody else seems to have written branding content for this market. Is that a gap worth using?
It genuinely is. We haven't found another agency building branding content specifically for Sawston's research and trade mix, which makes clear positioning here more of an advantage than it would be in a busier market.
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