wealden growth agency

Hothouse helps Wealden based businesses expand locally, nationally and internationally.

Passionate about contributing to the success of local enterprise in the heart of rural Kent, we work alongside start-ups and established businesses to identify best routes to market, develop effective strategies, harness technology and devise multi-media approaches, to secure sales from their target audiences, to drive growth and profitability.

Sometimes our projects involve modernising, rebranding and re-launching a company as part of a stimulus or turnaround process.

Top tips to take your business international

With industry gurus stating that exporting goods abroad makes small businesses more competitive, innovative and raises productivity by up to a third in the first year alone, winning trade overseas can be a key way for Weald based companies to kick start growth and prosper.

We have already examined how local businesses can compete more effectively when they harness the power of the internet, but how can they crack international markets? Given the various demands companies need to satisfy to ship their products abroad, expanding can often be a complex and time-consuming process, but if you get it right there can be great rewards.

HOW TO DRIVE CUSTOMERS TO YOUR WEBSITE

The New Year is almost here and if you want to boost your business from the start, then invest some time and resources in optimising your position in search.

Working with small businesses and start-ups one question I am regularly asked is…“How do I get on the first page of a Google search?”

The answer to this question is fairly simple, in fact much more simple than the process of actually doing it! It is…Targeted keywords, regular content, regular updates.

You don’t need to rely on customers walking past your shop or office door

I WANT to share with you just how important a website and the internet is to any business, particularly in rural areas such as ours. The World Wide Web has transformed the way that businesses trade regardless of just how remote some might be.

Whilst numerous businesses have risen to the challenge of harnessing the web, there is often apathy from some small and even large business owners to having a website and putting their business online. Here are my reasons why it is so critical to do so.

Three steps to launching a Weald business with Emma Wood

IN THE past few years the business population in the Weald has altered significantly, with more than 86% of last year’s increase created by the registration of trading entities which do not employ people.

The impact of e-commerce, insecurity in traditional job markets and the ability to work remotely has led to record numbers of people wanting, or having no choice, to set up on their own.

Amazing day with the team at the new Google London HQ at Pancras Square. Thank you to Tulio Secches and his colleagues for their hospitality and for leading the way on strategic thinking for all the great insights to help Hothouse clients grow.

Inspiring debate around ‘moonshot thinking’ and fascinating to learn about all the evolving tools available to drive sales on search.

Check out ‘Moonshot Thinking’ video here

The importance of broad advice for entrepreneurs and the ever-present subject of Brexit and beyond were aired at another of NatWest’s regular round table sessions.

Accountants Creaseys played host to the discussions at its modern of office, high on a hill above Tunbridge Wells. Its CEO Emma Roberts was among the delegates.

Representing the banking profession were NatWest’s regional MD Tim Boag, one of his relationship managers Matthew Newman and executive director with Coutts John Goss.