A Newcastle-based performance marketing agency is powering its growth plans with the recruitment of a specialist business development consultancy.
The Digital Lighthouse, which was launched by 28-year-old Tom Chandler in 2024, has hired Scott Holland Consulting to assist with its strategic expansion.
Despite being just 12 months old, The Digital Lighthouse already has strong backing from the industry in the form of non-exec and investor, current Tangent CEO, Leigh Gammons.
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The agency has also won a raft of high-profile clients including chartered wealth managers Fairstone and recruited six new team members in the first year. Having already secured a permanent office base on Newcastle’s Quayside, the agency is ‘on target’ to double its staff to 12 number across 2025 and 2026.
Scott Holland Consulting, also based in the North East, is a specialist growth and business development consultancy, led and founded by seasoned business growth expert, Scott Holland.
Tom Chandler said: “Scott’s an individual I’ve known and respected for some time, and I’m thrilled he’s now representing The Digital Lighthouse as we seek to continue our growth and add more clients keen to better understand the possibilities in performance marketing.”
Scott Holland added: “The Digital Lighthouse is one of the fastest-growing and most talked about new specialist digital marketing agencies across the North. I’m thrilled to be working with Tom, Leigh and the rest of the team on opening up new, relevant growth opportunities for them. Their proposition is refreshingly simple, Tom’s enthusiasm for his craft is mirrored in his team, and I know they’ll go from strength to strength in years to come.”
Chandler is also shortlisted for two awards at the Prolific North Champions Awards 2025 – Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Prolific Rising Star of the Year (under 30).
