Professional Leads

23/04/2026

Happy St George’s Day!

Wishing all our clients and connections a proud and joyful day as we celebrate England’s heritage.

From all of us at Professional Leads — here’s to strength, tradition, and continued success together.

05/03/2026

📚 Happy World Book Day!

Today is a great reminder that books don’t just belong at home or in libraries — they belong in the workplace too. Making books accessible at work helps create a culture of learning, curiosity, and well-being.

A simple bookshelf can encourage employees to:
✨ Discover new ideas and skills
✨ Take mindful breaks away from screens
✨ Reduce stress and improve focus
✨ Share recommendations and connect with colleagues

Sometimes the simplest resources can make the biggest difference. A shelf of books can inspire creativity, support wellbeing, and remind us that learning doesn’t stop at the desk.

04/03/2026

This beautiful weather has us looking forward to an exciting cricket season ahead! ☀️🏏

We’re proud to have renewed our sponsorship of Otley Cricket Club and are excited to be backing the club again this season.

The first match takes place on Saturday, 18th April vs Horsforth Hall Park — let’s get the season off to a flying start! 🙌

01/03/2024

We are pleased to announce that after an exhaustive application process, from 1st March 2024 Annecto Marketing Ltd t/a Professional Leads will be authorised by the FCA. Our application process began in early 2023 and during the process we have consulted closely with the FCA.

While a lot of companies working in our space do not feel they need to be regulated, we believe that with the introduction of Consumer Duty and ever increasing scrutiny on financial promotions, it is incumbent on companies working in any aspects of financial services to be regulated.

After a consultation with the FCA, Google and Microsoft recently changed the way they allowed advertisers to access their platform, insisting they were either directly regulated themselves or “sponsored” by directly a regulated company. The more recent FCA changes on how regulated companies are able to approve financial promotions has further increased scrutiny on those involved in financial services marketing.

At Professional Leads we believe the only way to achieve the high standards we set ourselves is to work within the regulatory framework laid down by the FCA.

Managing Director, Jonathan McGee said “Our application has been ongoing for some time with the FCA increasing scrutiny on new applications. With compulsory interviewing and additional checks now in place, it is with great pride that we have satisfied all the regulatory conditions. The landscape is changing in financial services marketing, and we can only see regulation being mandatory in the not too distant future.”

01/07/2021

🚨 We're hiring! So come and join our team! 🚨

Customer Service Operations Manager
£30K + Performance Related Bonus 💷

Start date: July/August 2021
Working Hours: Full Time
Location: Otley, LS21

Professional Leads, the UK’s leading digital marketeer in financial services and bookkeeping sectors is looking for a customer experience executive to join their team. For this role, we are looking for someone with excellent leadership and communication skills as well as a fantastic telephone manner. The successful candidate needs to be comfortable interacting with people from all walks of life when dealing with a large volume of inbound sales enquiries, and speaking to new prospects on behalf of the company & clients. The successful candidate will lead a small though expanding team and needs to have a keen eye for detail as monitoring and management of sales enquiries will be a big part of the job.

View the role here: https://bit.ly/36cDmNf

09/04/2021

Outdoor pub and restaurant areas, non-essential shops, gyms and hairdressers will be able to reopen.

04/04/2021

The Professional Leads team would like to wish all their clients a very Happy Easter. May your day be filled with health, happiness, mindfulness, relaxation and the occasional piece of chocolate for good measure!

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05/03/2021

The key to success in lead conversion is how you engage with that initial enquiry from the very beginning. If you're slow to react and don't nurture a new prospect from day one you are setting yourself up for failure.

We interviewed our managing director Jonathan McGee last year who explained the process of lead generation and gave us a perfect example of the best way to maximise your lead conversions.

Imagine you are the person putting an enquiry into an online search. If you put yourself into a new customers shoes, by picturing the journey that person is going through, it can help you understand that customers requirements.

At Professional Leads we know that every lead is a potential client who needs assistance from a professional. Every enquiry is an opportunity to help someone, to build trust, and to start a new business relationship. And building trust takes time. It takes regular engagement and persistence. And most of all it takes patience.

You've got to remember the majority of people do want to speak you. You've just got to speak to them at the right time. That's the key to success.

05/03/2021

24/02/2021

We're hiring so come and join our team!

Customer Experience Executive
£20K + Performance Related Bonus

Start date: April 2021
Working Hours: Full Time
Location: Otley, LS21

Professional Leads, the UK’s leading digital marketeer in financial services and accounting sectors is looking for a customer experience executive to join their team. For this role, we are looking for someone with an excellent telephone manner who is comfortable interacting with people from all walks of life when dealing with a large volume of inbound sales enquiries, and speaking to new prospects on behalf of the company & clients. For the right candidate, there is the future opportunity to lead and manage a team as this is a growth area for the company.

View the role here: https://bit.ly/2OPbsl7?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=job-vacancy