Events
Is this the future for event startups?
It’s almost 20 years since Brit school leaver Toby Duckworth was selling ladders at London’s Ideal Home Show…
3 October 2025
DealMakers: joining the dots on events M&A
There were six transactions in September, bringing the total for the year so far to 45. Four of…
2 October 2025
Emslie racing ahead in trade shows
The onetime Arthur Andersen accountant Douglas (Doug) Emslie spent 25 years building Tarsus into a top 20 trade…
26 September 2025
Masterclass line-up for the AI Forum
As part of The Definitive AI Forum for Media, Information & Events, in London on Tuesday 25 November,…
25 September 2025
Hanson Wade slows up
Graphite Capital, majority owner of Hanson Wade, the 17-year-old, London-based but US-focused information and events company, is believed…
19 September 2025
Dealmakers: joining the dots on events M&A
Welcome to the exclusive Dealmakers column which will be published in Flashes & Flames on the first Friday…
4 September 2025
Northstar Travel sold to Japan
The $130mn-revenue, private equity-owned Northstar Travel Group, of the US, is being acquired by JTB Corp, described as…
29 August 2025
Is this the future of trade shows?
Jonathan Weiner is the science graduate who turned down a lucrative first job at his university which -…
28 August 2025
Is FFAIR the future of events everywhere?
FFAIR, the UK-based independent exhibitor management and eCommerce platform, has been used by more than 13,000 exhibiting companies…
21 August 2025
Could there be a surprise Clarion deal?
It's almost five months since we reported that Blackstone's planned auction of its UK-based Clarion Events, the world's…
15 August 2025