We are the UK’s largest independent media agency, an owner-managed company, based here in London.

Since we came to be in 2005, our motivation and values have not changed. Fundamentally, we think that media is too important to be commoditised by big buying networks. We believe that advertisers deserve better accountability and complete transparency from their media partner. And we know that the best work comes from the best people servicing your business, regardless of your media budget.

So we set a business goal to create a better place for people to work with a truly unique and progressive culture. An agency with a big difference – one that values long term relationships with both its clients and its people.

20 years on we have achieved all this and more. We are the UK’s most successful and largest independent media agency with £500m billings. We’ve been named Campaign’s Best Place to Work in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025 and as one of the UK's Best Companies to Work For every year for the last 12 years.

In a commoditised and consolidated media landscape, we are the only agency doing something truly unique – an entrepreneurial and innovative way of doing great work.

Our Capabilities

  • Brand Experience
  • Branded Content
  • Brand Strategy
  • Communications Planning
  • Creative
  • Data Analysis
  • Design
  • Digital Marketing
  • Direct Marketing
  • Media Buying
  • Media Planning
  • Mobile
  • Outdoor
  • Public Relations
  • Research
  • Search
  • Social
  • Sponsorship
  • Strategic Planning

Sector Experience

  • Arts/Culture
  • Automotive
  • Charities
  • Drink
  • Electrical goods
  • Entertainment/Leisure
  • Financial services
  • Food
  • Footwear
  • Fuel
  • Health/Social Services
  • Heating/Cooling appliances
  • Hospitality & Entertainment
  • Household
  • Luxury goods
  • Media
  • Mobile
  • Online Services
  • Pet care
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Retail
  • Technology
  • Travel & Leisure
  • Travel/Transport

Our Clients

  • A.G BARR
  • AirUp
  • Associated British Foods
  • Bauer
  • Bensons For Beds 
  • Bella and Duke
  • Campaign Against Living Miserably
  • Capital One
  • Coppafeel!
  • Crown Commercial Services Framework – Lot 2
  • Cunard
  • Dogs Trust
  • Entain
  • Entertainment Film Distributors
  • Financial Times
  • Fortnum and Mason
  • Free Now
  • Gousto
  • H&M
  • Iceland
  • Kao
  • Koppaberg 
  • Ministry of Sound
  • N Brown (JD Williams, Home Essentials, Simply Be, Ambrose Williams, Jacamo)
  • Nintendo
  • ON Running
  • Pepperami
  • People’s Postcode Lottery
  • Pizzaexpress
  • Royal Mail
  • Samworth brothers (including Ginsters, Higgidy, Soreen And Urban Eat)
  • Sandals
  • Sony Music UK
  • Suzuki
  • TSB
  • Warner Music
  • Wiltshire Farm Foods

Awards

People

Nicholas Maddison

Director

Jenny Biggam

Founder

Liam Mullins

Managing Partner

Helen Rose

Head of Insight and Analytics

Rhys Williams

Head of Digital Activation

Gareth Jones

Founder

Accreditations

CPD LogoEffectiveness AwardsEffectiveness Accredited 2025-2027

Other Accreditation

Good Business Charter Certification

Group

the7stars is an independent agency

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