About · The person behind the ampersand

Built in Thame, for Thame.

I'm Jacques, a Thame resident and the founder of Scott&Young.

I've spent my working life in two worlds: IT, where I learned how technology actually works, and hospitality, where I learned that none of it matters unless people feel looked after. Scott&Young is what happens when you put those two together and point them at the town you live in.

Here's what I kept seeing: big companies getting transformed by technology while the businesses I know (the shops, the trades, the cafés, the people who actually make a town work) get left behind, priced out, or sold jargon. That never sat right with me.

So this company exists to do one thing: help local businesses grow, with the same tools the big players use, at prices a local business can say yes to. That's why our fixed prices are shown, and everything else is priced on request. Registered in Thame? Half of every listed price. That's why the AI Visibility check is free, and why we do community work in the town.

If you run a business in Thame or beyond, bring me the thing that's holding you back. We'll find the fix, and you'll understand every step of it.

Jacques Beetge · Founder, Scott&Young Ltd