CloserStill Media
The Trade Show Big Bang. What’s next?
Hyve Group, the world's eighth largest exhibition organizer, is being acquired by Hellman & Friedman for $1.8bn (an…
CloserStill sold for 13-16x EBITDA
After a year of industry disappointment at the apparent failure of the world’s fourth largest trade show organizer,…
Who will pay $1.7bn for CloserStill trade shows?
May 1: CloserStill has been acquired by Searchlight Capital (co-owners of Hyve Group) at a valuation of $1.73bn…
How CloserStill will be trade show champion
After a year during which the world’s third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, has seemingly tried and…
Will 2025 be the M&A rebound?
In the US, investment bankers are predicting a big year in M&A. Stockmarkets are near all-time highs with…
Will CloserStill be a £1bn trade show star?
The world's third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, may provide a benchmark for 'post-pandemic recovery' valuations when/if…
CloserStill on the runway
It seems impossible to deny that the pandemic has had a lasting impact on the social and economic…
CloserStill buys UKI Media & Events
The fast-growing, UK-based trade show company CloserStill Media is acquiring the privately-owned transport events specialist UKI for a…
CloserStill launches HR show in UK
UK-based CloserStill Media is launching a new HR exhibition and conference in May 2023 at London’s ExCel centre,…
How I do it: Philip Soar, CloserStill
Philip Soar is chair of CloserStill Media, the 14-year-old, UK-based organiser of more than 70 B2B exhibitions in…