How much should a UK SME spend on marketing? 2026 benchmarks by sector and stage
UK marketing budget benchmarks by sector, revenue band, and growth stage. What businesses actually spend versus what they should.
Research before campaigns: why we always do the discovery work first
Most marketing fails at the brief, not the execution. A short note on why CMB Insight engagements almost always start with research, even when clients arrive certain they don't need it.
A practical guide to direct-to-consumer sales for B2B companies
Direct-to-consumer is not just for e-commerce brands. B2B companies can use DTC principles to shorten sales cycles and improve margins.
Digital advertising in 2026: what has actually changed
Between AI-generated creative, privacy regulations, and platform changes, digital advertising looks different this year. Here is what matters and what does not.
Marketing attribution models compared: first-touch, last-touch, linear, time-decay, and data-driven
A side-by-side comparison of the five main attribution models, when each works, and which UK SMEs should default to in 2026.
The real cost of hiring the wrong marketing agency
Switching agencies is expensive — not just in fees, but in lost time, repeated briefings, and campaigns that never got the chance to compound.
Why your business plan is probably too long
A 40-page business plan might impress a bank manager. But if nobody in your team has read it since it was written, it is not a plan — it is a document.
How to measure marketing ROI without overcomplicating it
Most businesses know they should be measuring marketing performance. Fewer know how to do it without drowning in dashboards. Here is a practical framework.
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