Local listings

Where we work, and the venues we work with

HMRA works with independent pubs, restaurants, boutique hotels, inns and event venues across the UK, Ireland, North America and Australasia. Below are 31 live engagements grouped by area, described by venue type and scope of work. Find the area closest to you to see the kind of venue we already support and the work we do there.

How to read this page. Clients are listed by area and venue type only — they asked not to be named, and we respect that. We also publish no performance figures here: a result you cannot attribute to a named venue is not evidence. Where a client has given written permission for their numbers to be published, they appear on our results page instead.

United Kingdom

London & the South East

The most competitive local search market in the UK — map-pack position and review velocity decide who gets the walk-in.

  • Independent gastropub

    South West London

    Google Business Profile rebuild, dish-level local SEO and a midweek covers campaign capped to a three-mile radius.

  • Boutique hotel, 18 rooms

    Brighton & the Sussex coast

    Direct booking journey rebuilt, rate parity tidied across OTAs and a shoulder-season demand plan.

  • Wedding and events venue

    Surrey

    Enquiry-to-viewing follow-up sequence, venue landing page and paid search on dated wedding intent terms.

  • Neighbourhood restaurant group, 3 sites

    Kent

    Per-site Google Business Profiles, location pages and one shared review response routine.

United Kingdom

The Midlands

Strong private-hire and function demand; a lot of it never gets captured because enquiry handling is slow.

  • City-centre bar and kitchen

    Birmingham

    Local pack optimisation, private hire enquiry form and daypart-specific paid social.

  • Country inn with rooms

    Warwickshire

    Website rebuild around direct booking, plus seasonal room and dining packages.

  • Family-run Italian restaurant

    Nottingham

    Menu SEO out of PDFs into indexable pages, and a review request routine at the table.

United Kingdom

Greater Manchester & the North West

Dense venue supply, so suburb-level search terms convert far better than city-wide ones.

  • Craft brewery taproom

    Greater Manchester

    Event-led content calendar, taproom local SEO and a quiet-Tuesday offer campaign.

  • Lake District guest house

    Cumbria

    OTA commission reduction plan, direct booking incentives and a demand forecast by week.

  • Suburban brunch café

    Cheshire

    Suburb-level keyword map, Google Business Profile photography and walk-in review flow.

United Kingdom

Yorkshire & the North East

Tourism-led peaks with sharp quiet weeks — pricing and calendar planning matter more than ad spend.

  • Market town gastropub with rooms

    North Yorkshire

    Combined dining and room packages, midweek pricing plan and local link building.

  • Independent hotel, 24 rooms

    Leeds

    RevPAR reporting, direct-versus-OTA mix work and metasearch presence.

  • Coastal seafood restaurant

    Northumberland

    Seasonal demand calendar, booking deposit setup and off-peak campaign planning.

United Kingdom

Scotland

Festival and events calendars swing demand hard; Google Business Profile accuracy carries most of the discovery.

  • City-centre whisky bar

    Edinburgh

    Festival-period content and pricing plan, plus full Google Business Profile checklist rollout.

  • Highland inn with rooms

    Highlands

    Direct booking rebuild, touring-season packages and review response routine.

  • Neighbourhood bistro

    Glasgow

    Local SEO for area-plus-cuisine searches and an email programme for repeat covers.

United Kingdom

Wales & the South West

Heavily seasonal. The work is filling the shoulder months rather than the obvious summer weeks.

  • Harbourside restaurant

    Cornwall

    Shoulder-season campaigns, no-show reduction with deposits and a visitor-intent keyword plan.

  • Coaching inn

    Pembrokeshire

    Room and dining bundles, direct booking incentives and off-season events promotion.

  • Rural pub and dining room

    Somerset

    Google Business Profile rebuild, Sunday lunch campaign and local partnership outreach.

Ireland

Ireland

Strong tourist and returning-visitor demand — direct booking usually beats extra ad spend here.

  • Traditional pub with live music

    Dublin

    Events-led local SEO, visitor-intent search terms and review velocity work.

  • Guesthouse, 12 rooms

    County Kerry

    Direct booking journey, seasonal rate plan and OTA commission reduction.

North America

United States & Canada

Discovery is split across Google, Apple Business Connect and Yelp, so listings work has to run on all three.

  • Neighbourhood restaurant

    New York metro

    Multi-platform listings management, weeknight daypart campaigns and marketplace commission review.

  • Boutique hotel

    California

    Direct booking rebuild, metasearch presence and demand forecasting by week.

  • Brewpub, 2 locations

    Ontario

    Per-location profiles and landing pages, plus a shared review response routine.

Australasia

Australia & New Zealand

Suburb-level search wins here; aggregators dominate the generic city terms.

  • Harbourside bar and kitchen

    Sydney

    Suburb keyword map, Google Business Profile optimisation and function enquiry handling.

  • Café and roastery

    Melbourne

    Local listings cleanup, review cadence and weekday trade campaigns.

  • Lodge with restaurant

    South Island, New Zealand

    Direct booking rebuild, seasonal packages and demand calendar planning.

Wider markets

Switzerland, Singapore, UAE & South Africa

English-language search plus a strong international guest mix — the listings and direct booking basics still decide the outcome.

  • Alpine hotel with restaurant

    Switzerland

    Two-season demand plan, direct booking rebuild and multilingual listing accuracy.

  • Fine dining restaurant

    Singapore

    Local search optimisation, reservation journey work and review response routine.

  • Hotel restaurant and lounge

    Dubai

    Listings accuracy, event and brunch campaign planning and enquiry follow-up.

  • Winelands guest lodge

    Western Cape

    Direct booking incentives, season-by-season pricing plan and visitor-intent content.

Questions about this list

Anonymous, but real

Why are the venues not named on this page?
Our clients agreed to be listed by area and venue type, not by name. Most independents would rather their competitors did not know who runs their marketing, so we publish the area, the venue type and the scope of work, and keep the business name private.
Are these real clients?
Yes. Every entry corresponds to real work HMRA delivers. What we deliberately do not publish is a performance figure against an anonymous venue, because a number nobody can attribute or verify is not proof. Named case studies with figures are published only with written client permission.
Do you work in my town if it is not listed?
Almost certainly. The page is grouped by region rather than town because the work is the same whether you are in a city centre or a market town: local listings, search visibility, direct bookings and pricing. Ask for a free audit and we will tell you what the search landscape looks like where you are.
Can I speak to an existing client before signing up?
In some regions, yes. We ask the client first and only make an introduction if they are happy to take the call. We never hand out a client's details without asking.

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