Category: Business & acquisitions
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The Business of Acquisitions: Competing with private equity to buy shows
Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, summarises the frenetic M&A activity in December and talks to two acquisitive organisers who don’t have the luxury of Private Equity funding.
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The Business of Acquisitions: That was the year that was
Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies reviews M&A activity in 2025 and profiles the founder team behind one of this year’s acquisitions.
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The Business of Aquisitions
In this month’s column, Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, explores a potential shift in relationships between UK and German trade show organisers and checks in with another entrepreneur behind one of this year’s acquisitions.
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VisitBritain’s Business Events Growth Programme delivers £60.6 million boost to British economy
VisitBritain today announced results from its Business Events Growth Programme following an ongoing external evaluation that now includes events supported during the 2023-2024 financial year – showing the programme generated £60.6 million in direct economic return between April 2018 and March 2024. The programme supports the attraction and growth of international business events across Britain.…
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The Business of Acquisitions
In the first of a regular monthly column, Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, examines the importance of entrepreneurs in the exhibitions sector. From Batimat to Confex, today’s global organisers owe their successes to yesterday’s entrepreneurs In 2016, I was halfway through a presentation on mergers and acquisitions at the Exhibition and Event Association…
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Cvent acquired for $4.6bn by Private Equity firm Blackstone
Event technology organisation Cvent has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone in a transaction valued at approximately $4.6bn. Blackstone has existing interests in other major event businesses, including the NEC Group, Hilton, and AV production company Encore. Under the terms of…