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Simon Corbett is a Brit who, having spent a career in PR (and still owning the £3mn-revenue Jargon Group), launched into B2B media in a way which emphasises the availability of attractive, low-cost opportunities for new information services and events in international markets.
The flagship of his embryonic Industry Insights Group (IIG) is Global Dating Insights (GDI), claimed to be the leading news and information site for the online dating industry. The 10-year-old site claims 30k monthly uniques in 100 countries but the events are creating the best growth. Its conferences in London, New York and Singapore were this month augmented by Mumbai, attended by 30 of the leading dating apps in a country where there are more than 600mn digital-first Indians aged 18-35.
Other IIG brands include: Social Discovery Insights (5k monthly uniques with three events annually), the five-year-old eVTOL Insights (30k UVs) on global electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, Courier News (10k UVs) and Advanced Air Mobility Middle East, launched this year with an event in Saudi Arabia scheduled for 2025. It also launched Connect World (telecomms) this year.
The company’s largest events (and sites) are for eVTOL and Global Dating Insights.
IIG emphasis is on well-designed sites and relatively low-priced, international conferences, with the profit margin coming from sponsorship.
Corbett says: “Our portfolio of brands is centred around machine versus human focused technology. We cover organisations applying tech to create, produce and operate advanced equipment. There are additional niches we can enter through launch and/or acquisition.” His highlight of the past two years has been the launch of AAM Middle East as a source of information on the rapid growth of electric aircraft in the region.
| SnapShot Industry Insights Group | |||
| £k | 2024* | 2023 | 2022 |
| Revenue | 410 | 346 | 200 |
| Ads | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Events | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| UK | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| RoW | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Ebitda* | 82 | 69 | 40 |
| People | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Contact: simon.corbett@iigroup.global
