Marketing Intelligence for Local Businesses in St Martin's
St Martin's sits within Canterbury, South East, covering the CT1 postcode area, with Thanington and Northgate close by. Canterbury Cathedral, founded by St Augustine in 597 AD, became the third most important Christian pilgrimage site in the world after the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170, with pilgrims flocking to his shrine for over three hundred years and buying pilgrim badges as a medieval souvenir. The cobbled streets around the cathedral, including the Buttermarket, are still full of independent shops today, from Chaucer Bookshop to Canterbury Pottery.
Canterbury's Business Improvement District has been renewed by ballot three times (2014, 2019 and 2024) and now collects around £490,000 a year in levy from more than 650 businesses within the city walls. The ONS's March 2026 IDBR snapshot counted 5,835 VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses here.
27.7% of working-age people in Canterbury were economically inactive in 2023 (ONS). Numbers like that are part of the backdrop marketing intelligence is built to work within.
About Marketing Intelligence
Marketing Intelligence is our monthly report for owners who have the figures but rarely have the time to sit down and read them. We bring your business profile together with the information available from your connected accounts, and turn it into plain English next steps.
How it works, start to finish
Step 1: Your profile
We use your business details, services, areas and goals to give the numbers context.
Step 2: Connect
You authorise read-only access to the accounts you want included, such as website, search, social or advertising.
Step 3: Monthly report
We bring the available information together: what changed, what worked and what needs attention.
Step 4: Recommendations
Prioritised actions in plain English, so you know what to do next without deciphering a spreadsheet.
Areas we cover around St Martin's
Nearby areas
- Thanington
- Northgate
Postcodes
CT1
Questions from St Martin's businesses
Does Marketing Intelligence work for a business in St Martin's?
Yes - we already support businesses across CT1, St Martin's included, as well as Thanington close by.
What does the local market in St Martin's actually look like?
Canterbury's Business Improvement District has been renewed by ballot three times (2014, 2019 and 2024) and now collects around £490,000 a year in levy from more than 650 businesses within the city walls. The ONS's March 2026 IDBR snapshot counted 5,835 VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses here. Knowing what works is worth more than doing more. That's the market you're competing in across the Canterbury travel-to-work area.
How Marketing Intelligence works for a St Martin's business
Step 1: Your profile
We use your business details, services, areas and goals to give the figures context.
Step 2: Connect
You authorise read-only access to the accounts you want included.
Step 3: Monthly report
We bring the available information together and send you a report with clear next steps.
£32.99/month — one plan, read-only access
What Marketing Intelligence could do for your business
- One in-depth report each month, not another dashboard you never open
- Know what is working and what is quietly costing you money
- Recommendations in priority order, not just numbers
- Read-only access: we look, we never change anything
- Missing information is clearly identified, never guessed
- One plan, £32.99/month, and you can cancel whenever you like
Useful local links for St Martin's
- Canterbury BID
Representing over 650 businesses within the city walls, renewed by ballot in 2014, 2019 and 2024.
- Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants
16 Dover Street, Canterbury, CT1 3HD
- Boys & Maughan
32 St George's Place, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1UT
- Andrew Webster Associates
48 St Martins Hill, Canterbury, CT1 1PP