Start or Scale Your Business
An experienced UK support team for business start-ups and companies who want to scale and grow. With 30 years experience, we turn your vision into reality. Welcome to SOS, my name is Karl Neal and the founder of Start & Scale. I have spent my entire career launching and growing some of the biggest brands in the world as well as working with thousands of small medium sized enterprises and individuals. I am here with my team to support your journey to success.
Start a Business
We are here to help entrepreneurs and investment-backed start-ups lay the essential foundations to launch and grow their businesses, both online and offline. From registering your business and securing funding, to choosing the right website platform and developing a tailored marketing strategy, we ensure you’re set up for long-term success. Our approach is designed to establish a strong market presence while driving real results through the most effective online and offline channels. Whether your goal is to sell goods or services, build a loyal membership base, generate quality leads, or boost sales, we help you reach and engage the right audience to fuel sustainable growth.
Scale Your Business
We conduct a comprehensive audit of your business to develop a clear, data-driven strategy and marketing plan, enabling you to scale confidently, rather than a gut feeling. By introducing new initiatives and refining your existing efforts, we help you reach the right audiences, strengthen customer relationships, and elevate your brand visibility. As your business grows, we guide you in building the internal capacity and external network needed to support sustainable expansion. Our focus is on improving efficiency, maximising return on investment, and aligning every action with your long-term vision and success.
Audit your Business or Agency
Are your internal teams and marketing agencies delivering real value? Would you even know? We help you find out. Through a detailed audit, we assess the performance of your in-house team and external partners, providing you with a comprehensive report and clear recommendations for improvement. Whether you're launching a start-up or scaling an established business, we strongly recommend a tailored business and market audit as a first step. Each requires a different approach. Skipping this stage could put your business at unnecessary risk.
Marketing Services
Website/App design and build.
Setting you up on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay or B&Q.
Finding partners who can sell your products on your behalf.
Using influencers and collaborators to promote you.
Developing your brand, messaging and personality.
Setting up and managing paid advertising (Google, Meta etc)
Creating content to attract search engines and future customers.
Using AI to support aspects of your business inc customer services.
Bringing your business to life with video.
Investment and support to help you scale nationally or globally.
Print, TV, Radio, Bill Boards, Live Stream, Programmatic Ads.
Support for your sales team.
Exhibitions and road shows.
Retail and shop merchandising.
Visitor experience online and offline.
Cutting edge audio and visual effects.
This list is endless. We'll set up and manage the right ones for you and your budget.
30 Years Experience
My mission is to help launch and grow businesses without the big fees and jargon. With over 30 years of experience driving growth for leading global brands both agency-side and client-side, I've led hundreds of successful campaigns and built high-performing teams to deliver results across multiple channels. Trusted at board level, I bring a commercial, entrepreneurial mindset—driving growth for brands across multiple sectors. Businesses of all sizes welcome.