Scaleup

Your partner in creating a more valuable media business

 

Our expertise, your success

Our focus is on value creation.

You’re trying to scale and the same challenges keep coming up. Or maybe you’re thriving and you want to go faster.

We’ll help you create structures that allow you to grow your business and its people using expertise that’s been built over decades.

It’s the fresh perspective you need.

We help to reveal where the value lies in your business, focus on what matters most, and scale with intent.

Making the value leap

Value is driven through a combination of multiple x profit. Getting the value drivers right across each of these, enables you to maximise the value of your business and make the value leap.

Making the value leap

Value is driven through a combination of multiple x profit. Getting the value drivers right across each of these, enables you to maximise the value of your business and make the value leap.

Ruthless prioritisation to focus on the best ideas and grow value

Why BVR stopped trying to do everything, and how they developed a customer-centric business model to prioritise its highest-value opportunities.

Ruthless prioritisation to focus on the best ideas and grow value

Why BVR stopped trying to do everything, and how they developed a customer-centric business model to prioritise its highest-value opportunities.

What can you expect?

A more resilient business

We have a proven methodology and specialist team built to help you overcome scaling challenges.

A business that's more valuable

Our Corporate Finance team are engaged with buyers on a daily basis; we use these insights to help our clients increase the value of their business.

Access to deep industry knowledge

We have helped 70+ media companies across the globe to scaleup and transform their value, underpinned by a team that has built, run and sold businesses like yours.

A streamlined strategy

We provide the structure and independent perspective to help you get clarity on your goals and focus on what matters.

Meet the team

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Former founder of a startup-focused training marketplace and an experienced management consultant.

Simon Bathula

Senior Associate Adviser
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A C-suite corporate executive with over 30 years of multinational experience, Debra is a well-known events leader. Former CEO of Informa US Events, she is also a successful media entrepreneur, as co-founder of the AI in Biopharma brands.

Debra Chipman

VP, North America
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An experienced leader in the specialty information field, Anthony was MD of CEB’s Marketing and Communications practice (now part of Gartner) and led teams in North America, Europe, and India. A strategic planning pro, he is a much-valued strategic adviser.

Anthony Belloir

Senior Adviser
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Over 20 years’ B2B media marketing experience, across numerous industries.

Karen Forster

Senior Adviser
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Ex-Auto Trader, Future, and Dennis Publishing, latterly as Group Publisher across both B2B and B2C titles.

Paul Franklin

Senior Adviser
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A sales and marketing expert who has delivered commercial success across a variety of B2B media businesses, from international PLCs to scaleups.

Michelle Graves

Senior Adviser
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Fergus has extensive media and advisory experience, acknowledged leader in digital media strategy, marketing services transformation and sales leadership. Former Managing Director at Informa and Commercial Director at The Drum.

Fergus Gregory

Director and Practice Lead
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With extensive experience across insights, content, and community, Ros is an audience engagement expert. She ensures her clients not only know what their customers need but how to deliver it.

Rosalind Hill

Head of Marketing
A seasoned B2B events expert and entrepreneur, Mark scaled up his own business – Science Media Partners – to become a portfolio of international events and news, before it was acquired by Terrapinn in 2018.

Mark Lockie

Senior Adviser
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digital product development pro with 20+ years of experience in publishing, across B2B, consumer, and specialist media, Vicky is a go-to adviser for digital innovation and technology-led product development.

Vicky Macey

Senior Adviser
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Experienced project management professional who blends expertise in economics, marketing, and law with a focus on tech consultation and scaleup projects.

Michele Maccarelli

Client Operations Manager
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After more than 30 years’ senior management experience at Emap, Informa, Centaur, and With Intelligence, Simon is now an in-demand non-executive director and strategic adviser.

Simon Middelboe

Senior Adviser
Experienced project management professional with a background in private equity and investment banking who blends expertise in economics, corporate finance and law with a focus on value creation and M&A for projects.

Talia Naidoo

Senior Associate Adviser
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Insights and product development specialist, with expertise across publishing and events. Lauren is a pro at uncovering the insights that create opportunities and solve problems for growing media businesses, and also leads Adviser Enablement at Collingwood.

Lauren Pulling

Principal Adviser and Enablement Lead
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An experienced event industry professional with over 30 years' experience, including at Reed Exhibitions and Clarion Events.

Tim Porter

Senior Adviser
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A B2B information entrepreneur, experienced in high-value subscriptions and enterprise memberships across industries, Julian has sought-after expertise in highly regulated and fast-growing markets.

Julian Rose

Senior Adviser
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An experienced consultant, who has worked on market research, strategy, and financial instruments for PwC and the European Union.

Jordan Sheridan

Scaleup Manager
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Steve Smith

COO
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John has an impressive senior-level track record in the international events industry, including as President of Global Events at ALM Media, an MD at UBM, and a VP at Reed Exhibitions.

John Stuttard

Senior Adviser
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With a 25-year media career spanning sales, marketing, and content, Jen is an expert in helping clients develop the great products that lead to market leadership. Former Informa R&D Director and CPO of SaaS community tool, Zapnito.

Jenefer Thoroughgood

Chief Product & Insights Officer
Tim has 17+ years of experience leading B2B information businesses. His focus is accelerating growth of subscription, marketing services and events revenues through deep customer insight, product development and sales alignment.

Tim Wakefield

Director
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Former Director Insight at Time, Inc. UK, Amanda is an experienced strategy and insight leader specialising in using customer understanding and data to inform business strategy.

Amanda Wigginton

Senior Adviser
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John is a seasoned commercial leader who has operated across a wide variety of market sectors and international territories for some of the biggest brands in tech and media.

John Webb

Senior Adviser

Knowledge hub

Tools, webinars, events and announcements

How do B2B editors create market-leading brands?

Media Acquisition Report: 2024-2026

 M&A Outlook 2024-26

Backing the winners: how to optimise your events portfolio 

What are the opportunities of AI in B2B media and events?

Ready to scale?

Learn more about how we can help you grow.