Published by Sue Johns-Chapman
Published Date 16.10.2025 
BOLT DMS is celebrating their nominations at the UK Search Awards.
BOLT DMS, a specialist Google Ads agency for service-based businesses, has been named a finalist in three categories at the 2025 UK Search Awards. The nominations highlight BOLT’s dedication to helping small businesses achieve measurable, performance-driven growth.
Who We Are
Founded in 2021 by Taylor Housden, BOLT DMS helps service-based businesses build consistent pipelines of high-intent leads. Since launch, the agency has generated over £38 million in tracked revenue for more than 45 clients across industries including aesthetics, construction, home improvement, coaching, and education.
Taylor founded BOLT after seeing how many small businesses struggled – not because of poor products, but because they lacked access to effective digital marketing. That insight shaped BOLT’s foundation: a lean, expert team based across the UK and Cape Town, built on agility, transparency, and performance.
Our Mission
At BOLT DMS, our mission is simple: connect great companies with the customers who need them most. By combining insight, data analysis, and creative execution, we turn ad spend into tangible business growth.
We believe businesses that deliver excellence deserve to be discovered. That’s why we champion small business owners – builders, practitioners, and specialists – giving them access to the same strategic insight and precision as large corporations.
We reject vanity metrics. What matters to us: qualified leads, conversions, and long-term ROI.
Award Nominations
Best Small PPC Agency
BOLT’s lean structure keeps every team member close to the work, ensuring strategy, data, and creative execution align seamlessly.
What sets BOLT apart:
- A focused niche: serving service-based businesses with precision-led PPC strategies.
- Proven results: clients like Excel, Plug In Stations, and Quick Grip have grown significantly – often expanding their teams to meet new demand.
- Entrepreneurial impact: helping UK small businesses turn ambition into scalable growth, even in tough markets.
Best Local Campaign (Small) – Quick Grip
For Quick Grip, a mobile tyre replacement business, BOLT built a data-first campaign that turned a local underdog into a market leader.
What set the campaign apart:
- Underdog success: Two founders with no paid ads experience outperformed national competitors.
- Data-first strategy: Optimised purely for revenue, not vanity metrics.
- Enterprise-level tracking: Offline conversions updated every 12 hours via API – rare in local PPC.
In just three months, Quick Grip went from frustration to outperforming larger rivals in ROI and expanding operations – proof that local businesses can win big with the right strategy.
Best Low Budget Campaign (Small) – Plug In Stations
For Plug In Stations, a regional EV charging installer, BOLT designed a campaign that delivered enterprise-level ROI on a lean budget.
What set the campaign apart:
- ROI-driven precision: ROI tracked down to the keyword — a capability competitors lacked.
- Hyper-targeting: Focused on profitable micro-segments while others chased volume.
- Agility under pressure: Pivoted fast when CPCs rose to protect profitability.
With our help the team at Plug in Stations generated 700 leads a month with each lead being worth £1000 – a true David vs. Goliath PPC success story.
The Team’s Reaction
When the shortlist was announced, excitement spread across BOLT’s UK and Cape Town offices.
“At BOLT DMS, we don’t just run campaigns – we refine them with care,” said Colette Smith, Paid Search Account Manager. “Our work is thoughtful, strategic, and built to help small businesses achieve more with less.”
“Taylor’s ‘less but better’ philosophy changed how we manage campaigns,” Colette added. “It’s about clarity, focus, and doing what truly moves the needle – making every click count.”
