Employee-owned Leicester creative agency offering SEO within a full-service mix
About Rock Kitchen Harris
Rock Kitchen Harris, often shortened to RKH, is a creative agency that Martin Rock, Peter Kitchen and John Harris started in Leicester in 1982. The limited company was incorporated in October 1981 and remains active. Its registered address is 23-25 Friar Lane, Leicester. The agency gave up its Pocklingtons Walk headquarters in 2024 to work fully remotely. In October 2024 ownership passed to an Employee Ownership Trust, making the agency 100 percent employee-owned, with more than 60 staff at the time.
The current leadership includes creative director Paul Petherick, Jamie Mollart as director of client services, Paul Sculthorpe as director of digital and director Ian Moore. Debbie Preston heads strategic planning and Annabelle Harper heads PR. The agency added public relations in 1985 and design and branding in 1986. In 2016 it opened Porthole, a user research lab, and in 2019 it became a Google Partner.
SEO is one strand of a wider service set that also covers advertising, design, PR, strategy and planning, and web development. Its SEO work covers keyword research, link building and organising site information. The team starts by learning how a client's site is structured before setting a strategy aimed at building authority and trust. Its best-known SEO project is an audit of three million web pages for Hookshot Media. The team also writes about content audits and how AI Overviews are changing search.
RKH has no published dental or healthcare work. Named clients include British Gypsum, The Open University, Topps Tiles, Taylor Wimpey, Kellogg's, Morgan Sindall, De Montfort University, Twycross Zoo and Vision Express. Vision Express, an optical retailer, is the closest to healthcare. The agency also supplies digital services to the public sector through the UK government's G-Cloud framework.
The firm is better suited to larger dental groups, dental product brands or corporate bodies that want SEO combined with PR, user research and brand campaigns than to a single practice looking for routine local SEO. It publishes no Google Business Profile or review programmes for practices.
Accreditations include Google Partner, CIPR Corporate Affiliate, Cyber Essentials Plus, Market Research Society and APG membership, and Disability Confident Committed status. The agency is a founding member of Ad Net Zero. Pricing and contract terms are not published.
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Rock Kitchen Harris at a Glance
| Founded | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Team size | 60+ employees |
| Headquarters | Leicester, England, UK |
| Leadership | Paul Petherick (Creative Director); Jamie Mollart (Director of Client Services); Paul Sculthorpe (Director of Digital); Ian Moore (Director); Debbie Preston (Head of Strategic Planning); Annabelle Harper (Head of PR) |
| Languages | English |
| Pricing | $10,000 – $25,000 · $200/hr |
| Tools & partnerships | Google Partner; Porthole user research lab; G-Cloud supplier |
Dental Marketing Services
- SEO
- keyword research
- link building
- site structure and information architecture
- content marketing and content audits
- website design and development
- user research and usability testing
- PR
- advertising
- branding and design
Dental Clients & Results
- Hookshot Media: audit of three million web pages (no outcome metrics published)
Why Dentists Choose Rock Kitchen Harris
- Office on Friar Lane in Leicester city centre
- Audited three million web pages for Hookshot Media
- Works for the Highcross shopping centre
- Offers PR alongside SEO as a CIPR Corporate Affiliate
- Holds Cyber Essentials Plus certification
Key Strengths
- Runs patient user research and usability testing on practice websites
- Develops mobile apps and web applications for practices
- Pairs PR with SEO to raise a practice's profile with patients
How the DSA Score Breaks Down
Points earned: 32.8 of 100 (profile 41 × 0.8 + client feedback 0). DSA Score: 87/100
Where Rock Kitchen Harris Is Listed
Questions Dentists Ask About Rock Kitchen Harris
Has Rock Kitchen Harris worked with dental practices?
No. It names no dental or healthcare clients. Its named clients are mainly in construction, education, retail and consumer goods, with optical retailer Vision Express the closest link to health.
What SEO services do they provide?
Their SEO work covers keyword research, link building and organising site information, starting from a review of site architecture. They also offer content audits and content marketing.
Who owns the agency?
Since October 2024 RKH has been 100 percent employee-owned through an Employee Ownership Trust. It had more than 60 staff at that time.
Do they have an office I can visit?
The registered address is 23-25 Friar Lane, Leicester. The agency became fully remote in 2024.
What accreditations do they hold?
RKH has been a Google Partner since 2019. It is also a CIPR Corporate Affiliate and holds Cyber Essentials Plus.
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