About Clarion Events

Clarion Events can trace its roots back to 1947. In more recent times the firm has grown substantially and rapidly into the largest independent event organiser in the UK and subsequently become a truly global business.

From just 70 employees in one office in 2004, there are now over 350 people working directly for Clarion Events from 12 offices in nine different countries:
UK (London Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Hatton Garden, Cheltenham and Birmingham NEC); Germany (Bielefeld); The Netherlands (Maarsen); South Africa (Cape Town); USA (Connecticut and Reno); Brazil (Sao Paulo); UAE (Dubai); Singapore.

Clarion Events organises over 150 exhibitions, conferences and seated events annually across the globe. More than 12,000 companies trust us with their custom each year and over 700,000 people give their valuable time to visit our events. This success has come from identifying high-value, niche audiences in difficult-to-reach markets and then building them into market-leading products.

Current turnover is more than £80m and profits have grown fourfold since undertaking an MBO in 2004. In that time Clarion Events has completed 12 acquisitions, consistently launched new events and entered into three joint venture partnerships.

In 2007 the company entered the Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 in 44th position, rising to 32nd in the 2008 list.

The VSS fund has supported significant growth since 2008 with 7 acquisitions and 60% growth in profits.

About Spintelligent

Spintelligent Corporate

Spintelligent is part of Clarion Events, a global business-to-business event organiser with over 280 staff in offices in the UK, Netherlands, United States, South Africa, Brazil, UAE and Singapore. Spintelligent forms part of Clarion’s specialist energy and utilities portfolio which also includes Synergy and The Energy Exchange. Spintelligent has established itself as the key strategic information provider to the global metering, meter-to-cash and customer-end technology sector and as a specialist in African infrastructure development, with a focus on the power and mining sectors.

For more than 13 years, Spintelligent has been building, sharing, connecting and thinking about the business sectors we serve. Our industry leading media products – publications, online portals, conferences, exhibitions, industry reports – enable us to share knowledge and insights, build relationships and deliver real business value to our customers and stakeholders.

Spintelligent is recognised for its print and electronic publications, with market-leading brands including Metering International, ESI Africa and Mining Review Africa. Its regular global events and exhibitions, as well as its critical business intelligence and integrated marketing services make it a leader in its field. The company’s highly skilled resources in management, marketing, research and production allow for unique products bridging the developed and developing worlds.

We believe in being ‘Smarter Together’, and continuously research the hottest issues, identify the best content and subject experts for our publications and events, and provide the best possible knowledge and networking tools to enable our customers and partners to find solutions to their most pressing challenges.