PPC agency · London

PPC for London businesses, judged on profit.

Google Ads, Shopping, Performance Max, Meta and Microsoft Ads for London brands, from West End retailers to firms in the City. One remote team runs your account on London time and reports on what it earned.

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Time zoneGMT / BST
CurrencyGBP
Ad languagesEnglish

Key sectorsFinance, retail, tech, professional services

$7.56MConversion value
$805KAd spend managed
9.40xAverage ROAS
16.83xBest single month ROAS

Live Google Ads data · updated monthly · through September 2026 Google Ads accounts we run, complete months only. Accounts run in GBP; figures converted to USD.

The platforms we work in every day

Google AdsMeta AdsMicrosoft AdsPerformance MaxTikTok AdsAmazon AdsMerchant CenterLinkedIn AdsGA4
Working with London

A crowded market rewards precision.

London auctions are busy in almost every sector. Budget goes further when it follows search terms, postcodes and margins rather than broad targeting.

01Retail and e-commerce

Shopping that holds up at peak

Oxford Street, Covent Garden and the online brands that compete with them all chase the same shoppers in November and December. We build Shopping and Performance Max on clean feeds, so peak spend lands on products that make money.

  • Feed titles rewritten around real searches
  • Brand kept out of Performance Max results
  • Budgets raised in steps into Black Friday
02Finance and professional services

Leads from the City and Canary Wharf

Law firms, consultancies and financial businesses sell to buyers who search with intent and compare carefully. Search, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn are judged on qualified enquiries, with offline conversions feeding signed work back into bidding.

  • Lead forms tracked to closed business
  • Microsoft Ads for desk based buyers
  • Negatives for job and training searches
03Local services

Borough by borough, not all of London

A clinic in Clapham gains nothing from clicks in Enfield. Targeting by borough, postcode or radius, plus Google Business Profile and call tracking, keeps local spend close to the people who can actually walk in.

  • Radius and borough targeting
  • Call tracking on ads and profile
  • Ad schedules matched to opening hours
Costs

How much does it cost to advertise on Google in London?

There are two parts to the cost of PPC in London: what you pay the ad platforms for clicks, and what you pay us to run the account.

01

Your ad budget, paid to the platforms

The money for clicks goes straight from your card to Google, Microsoft, Meta or TikTok, in GBP. You set it, you can see every charge, and it stays in your accounts.

02

Our fixed monthly fee

One fixed fee for running the account, agreed in writing once we understand your channels and goals. No percentage of spend, so we have no reason to push your budget up.

03

What decides the cost per click in London

Competition for your search terms, your margins and the area you target. Busy sectors and city-centre postcodes cost more per click, which is why we start with the searches and areas that already sell.

Want a starting figure? Try the Google Ads budget calculator or the ROAS and break-even calculator.

The local calendar

The London calendar, planned in advance.

The dates that move London demand, with budgets, feeds and copy ready before each one arrives.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
March

Mothering Sunday

Flowers, gifts and restaurant bookings build in the fortnight before. Promotions and delivery cut-offs go into Shopping and Search early, so the ads stop before orders can no longer arrive in time.

April

London Marathon

Running, fitness and sports nutrition brands use race weekend for launches and offers. Search and Meta budgets are planned around the date, not reacted to afterwards.

Late June to July

Wimbledon

Tennis, summer clothing, screenings and hospitality all have a reason to advertise during the Championships. Copy and budgets follow the fortnight.

Late August

Notting Hill Carnival

The bank holiday weekend changes footfall, transport and opening hours across west London. Local hospitality and retail ads are scheduled around closures and crowds.

Late November

Black Friday and Cyber Monday

The most competitive auctions of the retail year. Budgets rise in steps from early November, so bidding has learned before costs peak.

26 December

Boxing Day sales

Feeds switch to sale prices overnight and budgets stay up through the week between Christmas and New Year, when many Londoners shop from home.

Questions

Before you ask.

Do you have an office in London?

No. Serann Marketing is a remote team, and we have no London office and no staff based in the city. We work with London businesses over video calls, email and shared dashboards, on UK hours, so your working day and ours are the same.

Can you target only part of London?

Yes. Campaigns can target boroughs, postcodes or a radius around your premises, with bid adjustments where some areas sell better. For businesses that serve all of London, we still check location reports and pull back from areas that spend without converting.

Do you handle consent and UK GDPR?

We set up Consent Mode v2, check that your cookie banner sends the right signals, and make sure GA4 and Google Ads count each sale once. Your legal wording stays with you or your adviser; we handle the tracking that depends on it.

Who owns the ad accounts?

You do. Google Ads, Meta, Merchant Center and GA4 stay in your company's name. We work through access you grant and can remove at any time, and every login, pixel and file stays with you if we part ways.

What results have you had?

Across the Google Ads accounts we run, average ROAS is 9.40x, on $805K of ad spend managed and $7.56M in conversion value. The best single month reached 16.83x for a professional haircare brand. Accounts run in GBP; figures converted to USD. Individual results vary.

Is PPC the same as Google advertising?

Yes, mostly. PPC means pay per click: you pay when someone clicks your ad. Google Ads is the biggest PPC platform, but the same model runs on Microsoft Ads (Bing), Facebook and Instagram, TikTok and Amazon. For London businesses we usually start with Google and add the others where they pay back.

How much should a London business spend on Google Ads?

Enough to buy a meaningful number of clicks on the searches that sell, then more as the numbers prove themselves. We look at your margins, average order or lead value and the competition for your terms before suggesting a budget, and the budget calculator on our site gives a first estimate.

How soon will we see results?

Search ads can bring enquiries and sales within days of going live. The bigger gains come over the first two to three months, as tracking is fixed, wasted searches are cut and budget moves to what converts. You see every change and the effect in the monthly report.

Next step

Advertising in London? Send us the numbers.

Send a short brief and a specialist will read your account with read-only access, then reply with the three changes we would make first. They are yours to keep, whether you hire us or not.

01You send a short brief about the business.
02We read the account with read-only access.
03You get three changes in writing, yours to keep either way.
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