Neil Lewin
Owner
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Joined: 2008
Likes: dogs, boats, piano, sailing, music, badminton, helping people, journalling, positivity, swimming, roller coasters, thrill rides, ai.
Dislikes: slowness, assumptions, negativity, soap operas.
Email: neil@semantic.co.uk
Phone: 02380 111 550
Neil is the MD and Owner of Semantic and has been working here since 2008.
Having started at Semantic as a Support Ninja, he's built up a wide range of experience from operations, sales, strategy and running the business. His mission is to help people, and always approaches challenges in a cheerful, positive way.
He is passionate about learning new things and taking on new challenges. This led to him eventually taking over from Nick Warren (the previous owner) as MD in 2016. In that time, the company has seen significant changes, with sites being built in completely new ways to maximise the performance whilst maintaining the flexibility for us to update and add features.
Our technical capabilities have been transformed as we have heavily investing in new approaches, tools and techniques to lead within the attraction, leisure and tourism sector.
Our LOOP attractions website platform is the result - a scalable solution that enables attractions, museums, zoos, heritage, leisure and tourism destinations to have a flagship website without the upfront costs and complexity of building bespoke. As of writing, LOOP powers over 70 attraction brands across the UK, with more being added all the time.
He is now focused on carefully growing the business, by finding great people and great clients that share our vision of LOOP as the future, an ever-evolving solution that can keep pace with shifting technology and growing guest expectations.
What's more, from 2026 we announced that Sir Nick Varney has invested in Semantic and our LOOP platform. This strategic investment will help us accelerate our growth with LOOP and make the most of the new opportunities with technology and AI at the centre of everything we do.
You can regularly find him at speaking at conferences, networking at events or posting online - drop him an email below, or hook up on LinkedIn if you'd like a chat.