Headline Sponsor

CanaccordAdams
www.canaccordadams.com

Canaccord Adams Limited was established in London in 1993 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canaccord Capital Inc, one of Canada’s leading independent investment firms. Canaccord is an approved Nominated Adviser and Broker for AIM, a Sponsor and Member of the London Stock Exchange and is regulated and authorised by the Financial Services Authority.

Canaccord offers a specialised range of investment banking services including corporate finance and advisory services, focused equity research, an institutional sales force with pan-European reach and international trading.

We also offer European companies exposure to North American institutions through our 1,683 employees in 30 offices worldwide.

Specialising in small and mid-cap companies, we are committed to establishing a strong partnership with each client to achieve long term corporate goals.

Our competitive advantage lies in Canaccord’s in-depth knowledge and proven track record of equity financing and advisory services. With operations in research, sales and trading, and investment banking, our 225 experienced professionals seek out emerging opportunities in our key sectors:

Media, Mining & Metals, Energy, Technology, Life Sciences, Consumer, Real Estate, Industrial and Sustainability.

Canaccord is a recognised leader across these sectors and is able to offer our clients a unique perspective on the European capital markets to UK and international companies by generating focused, actionable ideas that identify opportunities and facilitate growth.

To learn more about Canaccord Adams, please visit www.canaccordadams.com

Event Sponsors

Davenport Lyons
www.davenportlyons.com

Davenport Lyons is a leading corporate and rights law firm based in Central London acting for businesses in a wide range of sectors including publishing, film and TV, music and digital rights.
 
We provide a unique service to clients in the media sector in particular as there are few firms that can match market-leading legal expertise in media, music and rights with the strength in depth of our corporate practice. Our corporate department is the largest practice area in the firm, with significant blue-chip transactional experience. The firm’s broader media experience adds substantial value to our media clients’ corporate work.

Cobalt Corporate Finance
www.cobaltcf.com

Cobalt was founded in 1996 to provide independent, practical M&A and fundraising advice to mid-market technology, media and telecoms companies. As this is the firm’s sole focus, it is able to combine expert advice with deep knowledge of the dynamics and activities in these sectors. The team provides a combination of backgrounds and sector expertise from senior roles in industry, private equity and advisory firms, and between them they have completed over 100 transactions across the full spectrum of technology, media and telecoms businesses.

Business XL
www.businessxl.co.uk

Business XL is dedicated to advising fast-growing companies on how to manage growth and its related issues. It targets the 30,417 (ABC) fastest-growing businesses in the UK that demonstrate minimum annual revenues of £1 million. Business XL is distributed to the CEO of each of these companies (over 20,000 have specifically requested the magazine) and 40 per cent of these companies have revenues of more than £10 million. The magazine is also sent to the CEO of every company listed on AIM. Leslie Copeland, Editorial Director of Business XL, won the AIM Journalist of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005 for his work in the magazine.

Screen International
www.screendaily.com

Screen International is the voice of the international film industry. Our readers regard us as a trusted source for news and analysis and for industry data in key areas such as box office.

Screen is a multimedia business, producing a 24-hour website, ScreenDaily, with readers in more than 130 countries, and market-leading daily papers at the leading film festival markets as well as a weekly paper, conferences and special reports.

Shots
www.shots.net

shots is the leading information resource produced specifically for the commercials and media industries worldwide. It provides an international selection of the most innovative and effective new work produced, from top TV ads and music videos to special effects and spots by talented new directors.

In print, on DVD and online, shots compiles and features only the most creatively excellent spots, and is firmly established as an invaluable creative resource to professionals around the world. 

Broadcast
info.broadcastnow.co.uk

Broadcast is the market-leading weekly magazine for the broadcast industry, delivering the latest news including commissioning, production, facilities and technology.

The magazine delivers practical content to its readers, providing expert insight from industry insiders as well as in-depth analysis and commentary on the news and what it means for the future of the industry.

Pact
www.pact.co.uk

Pact is the UK trade association that represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent television, film, digital, interactive, children's and animation media companies.
Pact offers a range of business services to its members, actively lobbies government organisations at local, regional, national and European level and negotiates minimum trading terms with the major UK broadcasters. It also offers members free downloadable specialist contracts and agreements, networking events, access to mentoring programmes and more. For more information, visit www.pact.co.uk.

City A.M
hwww.cityam.com


City A.M. is the first newspaper to serve London’s affluent financial village. It provides the day’s top business and financial news, including many late-breaking stories and markets information, in a concise and easy-to-read form.

Weekly readership across Greater London is 457,000. In the City and Canary Wharf, City A.M. is read 32 per cent. With no other paper above 20 per cent, City A.M. has firmly established itself as the best-read paper of London’s financial community.

Millnet
www.millnet.co.uk

Millnet is the UK’s leading provider of electronic and paper document production and review for the financial and legal sectors. The company has a demonstrable track record of producing essential and time-critical documents in circumstances that are generally very demanding.

In the financial markets, Millnet is the financial printer of choice, having produced the prospectus, offer and other shareholder documentation for over 380 transactions in 2007.