Brand identity costs vary significantly by scope. As a guide, the latest UK industry stats show: freelancer or very small studio £1,000–£5,000; small to mid-size agency outside London £5,000–£20,000; established agency £20,000–£50,000+; large London agencies working with enterprise clients £50,000–£100,000+. At Power Box Creative, we work primarily with medium to large enterprises and consistently deliver quality comparable to major London agencies at more competitive rates. Every quote is tailored to the brief — contact us to discuss your project.
Yes, absolutely. Power Box Creative welcomes projects of all sizes — from a small one-off job like a single graphic, logo tweak or a quick brand refresh, through to complex multi-year partnerships involving full rebrands, bespoke websites, animated video, and ongoing marketing support.
What changes with project size isn’t the care or quality we bring — it’s the advice. We match our guidance to what’s actually relevant and viable for each client specifically. A business with a focused brief and a modest budget doesn’t need the same recommendations as an enterprise commissioning a full identity overhaul, and we’d never push a client toward a scope or investment that doesn’t make sense for where they are right now. We’ll always be honest about what will genuinely make a difference for you and what won’t.
Our honest philosophy is straightforward: we want to come to work each day and do things we’re good at and enjoy. That applies just as much to a small focused brief as it does to a large complex project. The size of the job doesn’t change our enthusiasm for doing it well.
If you’re not sure whether your project is the right fit, just get in touch — the initial conversation is free, there’s no obligation, and we’ll give you a straight answer either way.
For the vast majority of projects, geography has very little bearing on quality. Power Box has extensive experience coordinating complex projects across international teams — managing feedback, version control, and approvals with stakeholders in different locations simultaneously. What matters far more than proximity is process, communication standards, and genuine understanding of your business. For local Derby and Derbyshire businesses, we offer national-level creative quality with the option of a face-to-face meeting when it counts.
Yes. Power Box builds websites with search visibility as a core requirement, not an afterthought. This includes semantic HTML structure, page speed optimisation, mobile responsiveness, metadata, and structured data markup. We also ensure sites are structured to perform well in AI-driven search environments — including Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO), Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), and AI Optimisation (AIO) — so your business is discoverable whether someone is searching on Google or asking an AI assistant like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity.
It’s important to understand the difference between two very different things: brand assets and working files.
Brand assets — the logos, graphics, documents, and deliverables that are the agreed output of the project — belong to you, the client, once the project is paid in full. You can request copies of these at any time and use them freely across your business.
Working files are a different matter entirely. These are the agency’s internal production files — layered design documents, source files, and project builds that sit behind the final outputs. At Power Box Creative, working files remain the property of the agency unless explicitly agreed otherwise at the outset of the project. If a client requires working files after project completion, this is treated as a separate request and is typically subject to a fee of around 30% of the original project cost that created them.
This is standard practice across professional creative agencies, and for good reason — working files represent significant proprietary creative and technical labour beyond the finished deliverable itself.
Our strong advice is to raise this question with any agency before signing. If you think you may need working files in the future — for example, to take production in-house or transfer to another supplier — discuss it upfront so it can be scoped and agreed as part of the original contract. It’s a far simpler and more cost-effective conversation to have at the start than after the project is complete.
A logo update refines or modernises your existing mark — adjusting typography, proportions, or colour — while keeping the brand recognisable. A full rebrand examines your positioning, audience, values, and competitive landscape from the ground up, and typically results in a new identity, tone of voice, messaging framework, colour system, and brand guidelines. Power Box handles both, but always recommends starting with a brand strategy conversation to ensure the scope matches the actual business need — the wrong choice in either direction wastes time and money.
Website costs vary widely. As a guide, the latest UK industry stats show: freelancer or template build £1,500–£5,000; small agency outside London £7,000–£25,000; mid-size agency £15,000–£45,000; large or London-based agency £35,000–£300,000+. At Power Box Creative, every website is built bespoke — no templates — and we provide a detailed quote following an initial discovery meeting. The right investment depends on your goals, functionality requirements, and number of templates involved.
We build websites for companies that have high standards and need their website to work hard for them and drive their business forward.
Yes. Power Box Creative has worked with a number of businesses in Derby and across Derbyshire, including Picsolve International — a global technology company headquartered at Pride Park, Derby — Motorpoint, Nowcomm, Walk Derbyshire, Cycle Derby, Erewash Borough Council, and Derby County Council, among others. While much of our current focus is national and international, we are actively looking to build more local partnerships with ambitious Derby and East Midlands businesses. Pride Park in particular is home to a fantastic community of established organisations — if you’re based there or nearby, we’d love to have a conversation.
Content is one of the most common causes of website project delays — and one of the least discussed upfront. At Power Box, we produce detailed guidance and explainer resources to help your team supply content efficiently, and we can manage content population on your behalf where preferred. We discuss the content approach as part of the initial project scoping so there are no surprises mid-project. If you’re unsure whether to write content yourself or commission it, we’ll give you an honest recommendation based on your team’s capacity and the nature of the project.
We have high-level content writers on our team that work with some of the most complex businesses and products in a wide range of sectors from leisure to engineering.
Common triggers include a merger or acquisition, a significant shift in target audience, entering new markets, a product or service portfolio that has outgrown the existing brand, or simply that the current identity no longer reflects the quality and ambition of the business it represents. Power Box has managed rebrands in all of these scenarios — including post-merger identity work for Skymetrix and SG Health — and can help you quickly assess whether a refresh or a full rebrand is the right response to where your business is now.
Animated video production is one of the most variable services to price. As a guide, the latest UK industry stats show: short social-first animation (30–60 seconds), smaller studio £1,100–£3,300; standard 60–120 second 2D explainer, mid-size UK studio £3,000–£12,000; fully bespoke high-production animation with custom illustration £12,000–£25,000+. Power Box has produced animation for enterprise clients including Access Group, Skillcast, Skymetrix and Motorpoint. Cost depends on whether scripting, voiceover, and sound design are included, and how many final formats are required as well as the length of the final exports. Contact us for a tailored quote.
Yes — always, and without reservation. An initial consultation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. We love meeting new businesses and sharing what we know, whether or not it leads to a project together. Whether you’re thinking about a rebrand, unsure if your website needs a refresh or a full rebuild, or simply want an honest outside perspective on your brand — we’re happy to sit down, in person or by video, and talk it through. There’s no sales pressure and no invoice at the end of it. If we’re the right fit for each other, that usually becomes clear pretty quickly. Contact us at chat@pow-box.co.uk.
Derby has a number of capable local agencies. What Power Box Creative brings that is distinct is over 20 years of experience working at enterprise level — delivering complex rebrands, bespoke websites, animated video and long-term marketing partnerships for national and international organisations. Our Derby and Derbyshire clients include Picsolve International, Motorpoint, Nowcomm and public sector bodies including Derby County Council and Erewash Borough Council. Clients who have compared us to larger agencies — including London-based ones — consistently tell us that our creative quality, strategic rigour, and team responsiveness match or exceed what they experienced elsewhere and at a more competitive price. If you’re a Derby business with ambitions that extend beyond the local market, we think that’s a combination worth exploring.
Look for an agency that takes time to understand your business before proposing solutions — not one that sends a generic pitch deck before asking a single question. A clear and proven delivery process, transparent communication, and a non-negotiable attitude to deadlines are all strong indicators of a reliable partner. Look at their portfolio critically: have they worked with businesses at your scale, in your sector, or with similar complexity? And pay attention to how they behave before you’ve signed — responsiveness, honesty, and genuine curiosity at the enquiry stage tend to predict the working relationship accurately.
At Power Box Creative, a significant portion of our client base are long-term retained partners who trust us as an embedded extension of their marketing team. We think that’s the most meaningful endorsement of how we work.
All Power Box websites are built on a CMS — a content management system — which means your team can update text, images, news, and pages without needing a developer or any technical knowledge. We don’t hand over a website and leave you to figure it out. As part of every project delivery, we produce explainer videos and documentation specific to your build so your team can get up and running quickly and confidently.
For more complex updates — new functionality, structural changes, or significant design work — our ongoing support package covers this, and our team remains available to help. The goal is that you feel in control of your own website from day one, with us available in the background when you need us.
Payment terms at Power Box Creative are flexible and handled practically — we apply common sense to every situation rather than a rigid one-size-fits-all policy.
For long-term clients and retained partners, we work within their existing accounting processes and payment periods. If you have a standard 30-day invoice cycle, we’ll align with that. The relationship comes first.
For new clients working with us for the first time, it depends on the nature and scale of the project. On a small one-off job, we may ask for full payment upfront — this is standard practice across the industry and simply reflects the risk both parties carry when they haven’t yet established a working relationship. For larger first projects, we typically ask for 50% upfront with the remainder on completion. As the relationship develops and trust is established, we move naturally toward standard B2B terms — work signed off, invoice raised, payment within the agreed period.
For new clients beginning a longer-term partnership or 12-month retainer arrangement from the outset, we’ll usually set up a straightforward B2B billing structure from day one, with invoicing aligned to project milestones or monthly cycles depending on how the work is structured.
You don’t need a formal account to work with us, and there’s no complicated onboarding process. We’re straightforward to work with commercially — we’ll always discuss payment expectations openly before any work begins so there are no surprises on either side.
If you have specific accounting requirements or constraints, just let us know at the start. We’re experienced at working with finance teams of all sizes and are happy to accommodate reasonable requirements.
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