Lisa Summerscales - BMUK Leeds Group Member
- Jul 23
- 4 min read
Lisa Summerscales
BMUK Leeds Group Member
Business Name: McLaren&Co.
Industry: Websites
Introduction Video: (Coming Soon)
About:
I'm Lisa Summerscales, founder and Managing Director of McLaren&Co.
Before founding McLaren&Co., I spent more than 20 years in senior marketing and communications roles, culminating in board-level Marketing Director roles.
Today, I bring that same strategic thinking to businesses investing in one of their biggest marketing decisions: a new website.
WEBSITES DONE PROPERLY.
Most businesses know they need a new website. The challenge is knowing where to start.
Many go straight to a web agency or developer, but the success of a website is often determined long before anyone starts building it.
At McLaren&Co., we believe the best websites don't start with design. They start with understanding the business.
Before any design or development begins, we help businesses answer the questions that shape a successful website:
• Who are we trying to reach?
• What do we want to become known for?
• How are we different from our competitors?
• Are our services structured in a way customers understand?
• Does our current brand still reflect who we are today?
• Do we even need a rebrand?
• What should our website actually achieve?
• What should it say, and how should it be structured?
Think of us like the architect rather than the builder.
We turn thinking into a clear plan for your brand, your messaging and your website.
Once that strategic thinking is complete, we create the website blueprint, assemble the right team to build it and lead the project from start to finish, ensuring every decision, every detail and every stage of delivery stays true to the strategy.
THE OUTCOME.
A website that people can find, understand and trust.
A website that builds credibility, reflects the quality of your business and gives potential customers confidence that you're the right people to solve their problem.
And ultimately, one that converts more of the right visitors into enquiries, conversations and customers.
WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT.
Many agencies or developers move quickly into design and build. Many consultants stop at strategy.
McLaren&Co. bridges both.
Strategy sits at the heart of every project, but we’re also incredibly hands-on. We challenge assumptions, shape the messaging, write the website copy, create the wireframes, manage specialist partners, review every page and make sure the final website delivers what the business actually needs.
IS McLAREN&Co. RIGHT FOR YOU?
We work with established businesses investing in a new website or rebrand who want to get it right first time, rather than waste time and money fixing mistakes later.
We work with:
• Professional Services
• Established SMEs
• Businesses planning a new website or rebrand
If you're planning a new website, we'd love to speak to you before you speak to a web agency.
Call 0113 372 0273 or email lisa@mclarenandco.com
Visit www.mclarenandco.com
Lisa Summerscales - is looking to work with:
Professional Services
Property
Established SMEs
Client Testimonials:
1) We appointed Lisa Summerscales from McLaren&Co to put a team together for our new business that we have just set up sellup.co.uk
Lisa did all the branding and the tremendous website content, but controlled the whole backup team to enable us to open on time earlier this month.
Lisa was absolutely superb in everything she did, and we would not hesitate to use her again in any other new projects that we may set up.
She is reliable, communicative, and an absolute pleasure to work with.
I would recommend her to anybody.
Michael Michaelson | Founding Director | Sell Up
2) We recently completed a website and branding project with McLaren&Co, and we truly can’t say enough good things, especially about Lisa. This was our first time undertaking a project like this, and Lisa guided us every step of the way with genuine care and a personal touch that made all the difference.
From the very beginning, she made herself consistently available, patiently walking us through each stage and ensuring we understood everything involved.
She brought in the best people for tasks outside her own expertise, creating a seamless and professional team effort. Her perfectionist eye meant nothing slipped through the cracks, she picked up on details we would have never noticed ourselves, and the end result was a website and branding that exceeded all our expectations.
Lisa's passion, dedication, and high standards elevated the entire experience. We’re incredibly grateful for her support and can confidently say our branding and website (watsonpm.co.uk) have exceeded industry standards because of her involvement.
Sarah Harding | Company Secretariat | Watson Property Management
3) Building a brand new website is daunting and has many facets. The language to be used, the look and feel, optimising for SEO etc etc.
Lisa came highly recommended and that was well deserved. She spent time to understand our business and our customers, held our hand through the whole process, acted as a project manager, introduced us to other 'experts' and made this build a pleasure.
If you are considering a new website then you MUST get a meeting with Lisa, she's a star.
Howard Klineberg | Managing Director | North East Heating Solutions