About

Hello, we are TRIO.

A new agency, with sixty years of front-line experience between us. Zero corporate nonsense. It starts with a coffee and a real conversation about your business, not a sales pitch.

Our brand

The TRIO mark separating into the four stage symbols — Attract, Engage, Convert and Grow — then re-forming. Attract Engage Convert Grow

Ours isn’t just a mark. The three pillars are the three stages we take every client through: Attract, Engage and Convert. The circle is what they add up to. Grow. You’ll find all four running through everything we do.

The team

Two founders. One obsession: growth.

Stefan Cardwell at his desk in the TRIO studio

Stefan Cardwell

Digital Specialist

Online ads, systems and conversion guru, experienced in working with brands ranging from small family enterprises to global fashion powerhouses. A proven track-record of business growth at every one.

David Turner seated beside a framed Subway storefront photograph

David Turner

Brand Master

Built the agency that took Subway® across the UK & Ireland, then spent 8 years growing it from 5 restaurants to over 1,400. Decades at Director level, consistently achieving business growth.

Where we've been

We've sat on both sides of the boardroom table.

We've challenged agencies, managed marketing teams and budgets, and steered sales teams and directors in new directions.

We’ve run multi-million-pound businesses, built national brands and helped owners get a return on the biggest investment of all, their business, at exit.

How we work

Making your marketing perform.

Deep market analysis

We’ll know your market better than your competitors do. We dig into your competitors, your audience, and the gaps between them, so we know exactly where your next customers are coming from.

Facts before hunches

Campaigns built on what your customers actually do. We use real search data and customer behaviour to reach people who are already looking for what you sell, so you get better leads, more conversions, and faster growth.

Continuous improvement

We don’t set and forget. We track what’s working, cut what isn’t, and keep refining your campaigns, so your visibility, enquiries and return on investment all keep climbing.

Why we exist

Digital marketing, made easier to act on.

Our mission

To bring strategy, creativity and performance together, helping brands attract the right audience, build trust and turn attention into action.

Our vision

To become the digital partner businesses trust when they want clearer thinking, stronger marketing and more sustainable long-term growth.

Less noise. More growth.

Come for a coffee.

It starts with a conversation about your business, not a sales pitch. Latte, cappuccino, flat white or espresso?