Apparatus

Apparatus is a full-service creative agency in Bolton le Sands, in the North West of England. It pairs marketing strategy with design, acting as a creative partner from the first idea through to launch, and has been working with businesses for more than 16 years.

What Apparatus offers

• Branding — corporate identity and rolling a brand out across materials.
• Web design and management — building websites and looking after them afterwards.
• Print and packaging — print design with production management, plus packaging design.
• Content production — illustration, photography, video and animation.
• Search and paid media — SEO, search marketing, conversion rate optimisation and pay-per-click.
• Strategy and research — marketing planning and research that guides the creative work.

Who it works with

Businesses of many kinds. Its portfolio names Selfridges, Nike, Lancaster Brewery, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, Preston's College, Cumbria Crystal and Baylight Morecambe.

Key facts

• Based in: Bolton le Sands, North West England
• Experience: more than 16 years
• Blog: Chewing the Cud, with articles on marketing and retail