Spencer founded Bluhalo a digital marketing agency in 1999. Bluhalo’s growth journey over the following years was purely organic, growing a staggering 1100 percent between 2002 and 2007, appearing almost annually during that period in the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 and EMEA fast 500 amongst many other league tables.
9 years after he founded the business he successfully sold Bluhalo to Gyro International in April 2008, the world’s largest independent b2b marketing agency.
The acquisition helped Bluhalo access its parent company’s offices globally enabling Bluhalo to design, build and marketing some of the world’s largest websites. & the new digital merged entity trading as Bluhalo/GyroHSR became a top 10 UK digital marketing agency (NMA in 2009 and 2010)
Spencer has worked on over 3,000 website projects over the 11 years has worked with diverse clients from the larger brands such as Sony, Technicolor, BlackBerry, UPS, Nokia Siemens Network, ITV and Sky through to major sporting organisations such as The NFL, The Premier League, Spurs and Liverpool F.C & The Subaru World Rally Team.
Today, Spencer is back in start-up mode, having recently launched Cactus.
Cactus, using it’s combined unique skill-sets and experience in the digital space helps “fast growth & ambitious” agencies and “online-businesses” successfully accelerate their business goals and objectives by providing expert commercial development support combined with operational & expert financial guidance.
Spencer sits on the board of the Marketing Agencies Association (MAA)
Spencer provides free new business mentoring support through the Supper Club for Start-up Britain. He also co-organises The Entrepreneurs Club London, a free quarterly networking event for over 200 entrepreneurs.
Spencer has also formed a new start-up called 101KidsDeco.com, retailing children’s wallpaper globally from the UK and wholesaling Children’s wallpaper in the USA from New York through The Kids Mural Company.
