We are Fruit Bowl Co
We help leading brands and independent companies break the mould
Design, websites and marketing for transport operators, marine businesses and independent companies. We care about getting the right results, and we love working with people who want to improve their marketing.
Trusted by operators and brands including
What we do
Design, websites and marketing that work together
A talented team of designers, developers and marketers who can help your business grow and be more sustainable.
Public transport design
A speciality of ours: leaflets, maps, liveries, roadside publicity and websites that get people out of their cars and on to buses, coaches and trains.
Branding and design
We’ve designed and curated brands for businesses big and small, local to national. Elevate your brand and your marketing materials.
Websites and e-commerce
User-friendly websites tailored to your brand, planned, designed and built on a private staging link before launch.
Marketing consultancy
We get to know your business and build a marketing strategy to grow traffic, engage your audience and increase revenue.
Audits and strategy
Honest audits of your website, systems and marketing, so every decision starts from facts, not guesses.
Website support
Keep your site fast and secure, with hosting, maintenance and the tweaks that keep you ahead of your competitors.
Who we work with
Specialists in public transport, and more
Public transport
Bus, coach and rail operators and local authorities.
Marine
Marine businesses and associations.
Tourism
Attractions, tours and days out.
FMCG
Consumer brands and their products.
Local business
Independent companies close to home.
Our work
A few things we’ve made
How we work
We work with you, not just for you
What that looks like depends on the job. Every project starts with a free 30-minute call, and you’ll always know the cost before it’s spent.
Design projects
Leaflets, adverts, brochures and more. A fixed quote, two rounds of amends, and files ready to print or share.
Website projects
Planned, designed and built on a private staging link, with training for your team before launch.
Marketing consultancy
A monthly retainer that adapts as we learn what works for you, with a strategy call and report every month.
Trusted by leaders
We pride ourselves on building lasting relationships. Hear from the industry leaders who have used our expert guidance and specialised skills to solve complex problems, drive sustainable growth and scale their operations.
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We’re very happy. Fruit Bowl Co worked incredibly hard to improve our website, and sales increased by more than 44%. They continue to impress us with their skills, more than four years into our partnership.
Debbie Jones, Hildon
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We are delighted with the results Fruit Bowl Co achieved, and we’re also impressed by how they engaged with stakeholders to develop a creative yet elegant solution to a problematic part of our membership sign-up process.
Ben Holloway, RYA
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We urgently needed to migrate to a new web platform and add features that would give our team and members greater control. Fruit Bowl Co delivered quickly, efficiently, and on budget! We’re delighted, and so are our members.
Carol Paddison, EBA
Learn more about our small but talented team
We’re a team of talented folk who work passionately to make sure your marketing works for you.
Our Studios
We’re a distributed team working remotely across the UK.
We travel sustainably across the country to meet our clients, often using the buses and trains operated by our clients!
Our People
A team of dedicated & passionate people.
The Fruit Bowl team is more that just talented, we’re genuinely passionate about delivering for our clients and their customers. It’s what sets us apart from our competition!
Our Commitment
Perfection, delivered on time & on budget. That’s our standard.
We’re rightly proud of our reputation as a dedicated team who gets it right first time, delivering projects on time and on budget – and all at an affordable price!
In the Fruit Bowl
Products built from our transport work
Alongside our project work, we build products for the transport industry.
Product
Zest
Passenger publicity in days, not weeks. Zest turns the timetable data you already publish into accurate, beautiful publicity for print and the web.
Product
Pearfect
Affordable WordPress websites for bus and coach operators, with BODS data, route maps and fare information.
Product
Scenic
Showcase your scenic bus routes and day trips to an audience of leisure travellers. Operators can list their routes for free.
Planning a network change?
Tell us what’s changing and when, and we’ll show you how we’d help.