Fewer directory fees, more of your own leads.
Websites, local SEO and Google Ads built for boiler engineers, sparkies, roofers and builders — so the phone rings and the diary fills without paying Checkatrade every month.
- Local SEO across every postcode you cover
- Google Ads for emergency & high-value jobs
- Simple sites customers trust in 6 seconds
- Missed-call and enquiry follow-up automation
From £295/mo· rolling monthly · 14 days' notice
Greater Manchester · UK-wide
Independent Manchester agency · Taprave Ltd · Companies House 15518364
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Local SEO by postcode
Landing pages for each service × area you cover, so you rank where you actually work.
Google Business Profile
Set up properly, kept current with photos, posts and review replies.
Google & Meta Ads
Emergency call-outs, planned work — different campaigns, both accountable to job value.
Simple, fast websites
Six-second trust: photos of your work, your team, and one clear call to action.
Missed-call automation
Every missed call gets an instant text back so you never lose the job.
Clear reporting
Leads by area, by service, by campaign. Not vanity metrics.
A simple, calm process.
Job audit
We look at your best and worst jobs to work out which ones to feed more of.
Local build
Site fixes, GBP set up, service × area pages, tracking wired in.
Turn on the tap
Google Ads for emergency work, SEO compounding for planned work.
Tune monthly
Real conversation, real numbers, no jargon dashboards.
Trade marketing that respects your time.
- Every plan tied to jobs and revenue, not clicks
- Rolling monthly from day one · 14 days' notice
- One WhatsApp thread, not five account managers
- No jargon, no dashboards you'll never open
- Straight advice on when to pause spend, not just when to add it
Build an owned lead route around the jobs you want.
Trade marketing packages.
Three tiers built around how many vans, engineers or crews you're trying to keep busy.
Local
One-van sole traders serving a single town or two.
£295/month
- Google Business Profile management
- Local SEO for top 5 services
- Missed-call automation
- Review request flow
- Monthly report
Growth
Small firms (3–10 engineers) covering multiple postcodes.
£595/month
- Everything in Local, plus:
- Google Ads managed (up to £2k/mo spend)
- Landing pages for 5 service × area combos
- SEO for 10+ postcodes
- WhatsApp enquiry flow
- Monthly strategy call
Multi-crew
Firms with 10+ engineers or multiple depots.
£1,195/month
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- Google & Meta Ads (up to £6k/mo managed)
- 20+ landing pages by area & service
- Dedicated account lead
- Bi-weekly reporting call
- CRM & lead scoring setup
All prices exclude VAT unless stated otherwise. Ad spend billed separately, direct to Google / Meta. We manage it, you own the account.
Add-on services
Bolt on extras alongside any plan. All prices exclude VAT unless stated otherwise.
from £799 + VAT
New website
The starting price covers a straightforward brochure website. Service × area landing pages, quote forms, click-to-call and photography are quoted to scope.
View website options£750 + VAT
On-site photography day
Half-day shoot of the team, vans and a live job — for use across web, ads and Google Business.
£450 + VAT
Full tracking setup
Call tracking, form tracking and revenue attribution so you know which leads paid off.
Taprave vs the alternatives
| Taprave | Typical agency | DIY / freelancer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Own the leads, not rent them | Included | Partial | Not included |
| Local SEO by postcode | Included | Partial | Not included |
| Missed-call automation included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| One team for site, SEO, ads & tracking | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Reports you can read in 2 minutes | Included | Not included | Included |
| Rolling monthly from day one · 14 days' notice | Included | Not included | Included |
Marketing you can actually trust.
Four of the six promises we make every client, in writing, from day one. Nothing clever. Just how it should be.
No jargon, ever
Plain English reports and calls. If we say it, we can explain it.
Fixed monthly pricing
You know what you pay before you start. No surprise invoices.
Manchester-led
Your account is led and managed from Greater Manchester, with a named account lead responsible for strategy, quality and results.
Report every month
One page. What we did, what worked, what we're changing.
Sectors we've done this work in.
Questions, answered.
Both. Our Local tier is built for one-van sole traders; Growth and Multi-crew are for firms with 3–20+ engineers or fitters.
Long term, yes — because those enquiries are yours, not rented. Short term we usually run alongside them and shift the mix as your own pipeline grows.
Boiler and heating engineers, electricians, roofers, plasterers, kitchen and bathroom fitters, builders, landscapers and specialist trades like EV charger installers.
Different funnels. Emergency work (boiler breakdowns, blocked drains) runs on Google Ads with a click-to-call. Planned work (rewires, kitchens, extensions) runs on SEO and quote request forms.
Yes — for most trades this is the single highest-leverage lever. It's included in every tier.
Free lead review for your trade business.
20 minutes. We'll look at your site, GBP and directory spend and show you how to shift more leads to your own name.