Case Study

Portcullis Power Solutions

SEO, website development and social media for a NAPIT-accredited electrical contractor across Cheshire

SEO & Content Architecture Website Development Social Media Management Trust & Citation Building

About Portcullis Power Solutions

Portcullis Power Solutions is a NAPIT-accredited, CHAS-certified electrical contractor based in Nantwich, run by Jason Leigh and Hayden Brown-Ford. The business – portcullispower.co.uk – covers domestic, commercial and industrial electrical work across Cheshire, from EICRs and rewires through to EV charging, solar installations and full commercial fit-outs, all carried out by their own qualified team with no subcontractors.

SEO Bridge works with Portcullis across three areas – search visibility, website development, and social media – alongside ongoing trust and citation building across the directories that matter most for a local trade business.

A Growing Business Needing a Digital Footprint to Match

Portcullis had real work and real credentials behind them, but their online presence had not caught up with the scale of the business:

  • No structured local landing pages to capture searches across the many towns and villages they cover
  • Completed projects were not being documented or shown anywhere on the site
  • Genuine 5-star reviews scattered across Google without a consistent way to surface or reuse them
  • No presence across key trade directories and citation sources – NAPIT, Trustpilot, Yell, MyBuilder, Nextdoor
  • Little to no social media activity to reinforce trust with prospective customers researching the business

Search, Site and Social – Working Together

Rather than treating SEO, the website and social media as separate jobs, SEO Bridge built them to reinforce each other – the site’s structure feeds search visibility, the case studies give social media something worth posting, and social proof flows back into the site.

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Website Development & Case Studies

We built out a dedicated Case Studies section to document real, completed installations – something the site had never had before – and rebuilt the core Cheshire hub page to properly reflect the range and quality of Portcullis’ work.

  • Filterable case studies page covering Domestic, Commercial, Solar, Lighting, Fit Out and Fire Alarm projects
  • Real completed projects documented with photos, location and scope of work
  • County-wide Cheshire services page with area links, pricing guide, FAQs and emergency call-out messaging
  • Live Google reviews widget integrated via Trustindex
Portcullis Power Solutions Electricians in Cheshire hub page
Portcullis Power Solutions filterable case studies page showing real completed electrical projects
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Trust & Citation Building

For a trade business, being findable and verifiable across the directories customers actually check is as important as ranking on Google. We have been building out Portcullis’ presence across the key citation and review platforms.

  • Citation and profile building across NAPIT, Trustpilot, Yell, MyBuilder and Nextdoor
  • Genuine Google reviews surfaced directly on the website via a live Trustindex-verified widget
  • Consistent NAP (name, address, phone) details reinforced across every listing
Portcullis Power Solutions Google review slider verified by Trustindex on the website
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Social Media Management

We manage Portcullis’ Instagram day to day, turning completed jobs and genuine customer reviews into consistent, branded content that reinforces the same trust signals as the website.

  • Branded review carousels turning real Google reviews into shareable social content
  • Consistent posting schedule to keep the profile active and growing
  • Content built to complement the website’s case studies rather than duplicate them
Portcullis Power Solutions branded Instagram carousel post thanking a customer for a five star review

Visibility Building Across the Site

Figures below are pulled directly from Google Search Console and GA4 for the three months to 8 July 2026. Average position across the site has stayed broadly flat over this window – the real story is how much wider the site’s reach has become as the new area pages and hub pages get indexed and start showing for searches they were never eligible for before.

10,605
Search Impressions (3 Months)
+283%
Impression Growth, Second Half vs First Half of Period
147
Organic Clicks (3 Months)
1.44
Average Position for Branded Search “Portcullis Power Solutions”
777
Total Site Sessions Across All Channels
71%
Engagement Rate on Organic Search Traffic – Highest of Any Channel
54%
Session Key Event Rate From Organic Search
97
Clicks Generated by the Homepage Alone

Source: Google Search Console (9 April – 8 July 2026) and GA4 (11 April – 9 July 2026), Portcullis Power Solutions property.

Opportunity Identified

Search Console data shows the term “eicr in sandbach” generating 2,170 impressions at an average position of 7.68 – a page one ranking – with zero clicks. The existing Sandbach electrician page is picking up related traffic (2,273 impressions, 10 clicks, 0.44% CTR), but nothing on the site currently targets this specific EICR search directly. This has been flagged as the next priority page build.

Built to Grow Across Every Channel

Alongside search performance, Portcullis’ social media presence has grown into a genuine source of reach and reputation-building in its own right.

16
Local Area Pages Built
4
Pillar Hub Pages
11
Real Projects Documented as Case Studies
5,044
Instagram Views (30 Days)
2,494
Accounts Reached (30 Days)
57%
Of Views From Non-Followers

Breaking Down the Impact

Search Visibility

Impressions across the site grew 283% comparing the second half of the period against the first – from 2,196 impressions to 8,409 – as the hub-and-spoke architecture of area pages, hubs and blogs began getting indexed and surfaced for a much wider range of local search terms. The branded term “Portcullis Power Solutions” now sits at an average position of 1.44, confirming strong brand search dominance.

Organic Search Quality

Of all traffic channels, organic search converts by far the best – a 71% engagement rate and a 54% session key event rate, meaning over half of all organic search sessions resulted in a meaningful action such as a call or form submission. This compares to a 40% engagement rate for direct traffic and 28% for organic social, confirming that search-driven visitors are Portcullis’ highest-intent audience.

A Case Study Library Built From Scratch

The new filterable case studies page turns 11 real completed installations – spanning domestic, commercial, solar, lighting, fit-out and fire alarm work – into proof of capability that did not exist on the site before, directly supporting both SEO and social content.

Social Media Growth

In the most recent 30-day period, the Instagram account generated 5,044 views and reached 2,494 accounts, with 57% of those views coming from non-followers – people discovering Portcullis for the first time.

Insights Dashboard

Portcullis Power Solutions Instagram insights showing 5044 views and 2494 accounts reached over 30 days
Portcullis Power Solutions professional dashboard showing 5.0K views, 13 new followers and 26 pieces of content shared

Unedited account insights, taken directly from Instagram – genuine performance, no paid promotion.

Hayden and Sam worked hard all day and into the early evening to get the work done. Extremely friendly and professional. Excellent high standard for a great price.
— Tom Lane, Residential Electrical

Project Summary

Client Details

Portcullis Power Solutions
Electrical Contractor / NAPIT & CHAS Accredited
Nantwich, Cheshire (serving county-wide)
Ongoing – SEO, Web Development & Social Media

Key Outcomes

  • +283% search impression growth in the second half of the period
  • Position 1.44 for branded search terms
  • 71% engagement rate on organic search traffic
  • 28 SEO pages built across area, hub and blog content
  • 11 real projects documented as case studies
  • 5,044 Instagram views in 30 days
  • Citation building across 5 key trade directories

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