THE LARGEST COMMUNITY OF EVENT BOOKERS IN THE UK

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HOW TO REACH THEMANNUAL GUIDEl Released in January each year to subscribers

l Kept on desks and used as a reference all year round

l Year-round advertising to an unparalled audience

l Plus extra distributed at trade shows and industry events

CONCIERGEl A complete service for all corporate hospitality bookings

l A free service for users and advertisers, driving more enquiries

l From private dining to event bookings and corporate gifting

SOCIALl Opportunities for daily contact with our community

l A constantly engaged reader base

l An opportunity for extra support for news including openings, competitions and events

ONLINEl Available immediately to advertisers

l Exclusive promotional web pages featured in search results, hand-in- hand with print advertising

l Featuring news, reviews, including, videos and 360 virtual tours

l Attracting over 7,000 visitors, drawn from Square Meal’s unrivalled database of readers and website users

l The only events show in the heart of the City, on the doorstep of the corporates with the biggest events budgets

l Held in the run up to the Christmas party season, and when event budgets are being finalised for the year ahead

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l Distributed in early spring to catch engaged couples from Christmas and Valentine’s Day

l 90% of brides-to-be plan their wedding in the office, so Square Meal’s business-based distribution reaches the right audience

l Extra copies distributed at wedding fairs and tradeshows

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l Plus extra copies at trade shows and industry events

l The only dedicated publication for corporate Christmas party organisers

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SEASONAL MAGAZINESl Released in spring, summer and autumn

l Packed with news, reviews, reports and features from the season

l Stylish and glossy, with perfectly pitched editorial content

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WHAT THEY SAY

‘Just wanted to drop you a note to say how brilliant

Square Meal is and how invaluable I find it especially when arranging corporate

events and functions. It just hits the right spot in finding a

difficult venue or restaurant – I really don’t know where I’d be

without it!’Tracy Jordan

Places for People

‘Since our listing came out in Square Meal we’ve had a steady stream of enquiries, however, when our full page ad appeared in the last

issue, our phones and inboxes were inundated with enquiries, and in

one day alone, we confirmed over £25k in business, and all generated

from leads we received from our advertisement with Square Meal.’

Lisa GuastellaBritish Museum

‘We have been advertising with Square Meal for three consecutive

years and it was the best marketing move we have made, having gained repeat business from companies and agencies alike, we have certainly seen a

return on our investment. ’Rebecca Armstrong

Stowe Enterprises Ltd

‘I sourced Ministry of Sound for a forthcoming event with HP, and had

I not had a hard copy of SM then I wouldn’t have been inspired to do so. I work all day on the PC and it was the Square Meal bible that I used to source the venue rather than trawling through pages of

data on the internet.’Paula Hardman

Hewlett Packard

‘The Square Meal Venues & Events exhibition is the one we always make sure we go along to every

year. We always find new, exciting venues and suppliers, which makes a nice change to the usual faces we

see at other industry exhibitions every year.’

Sarah JonesCWT Meetings & Events

‘Since working with Square Meal we have received a strong

number of enquiries and bookings from people calling in on the back of seeing us in Square Meal’s printed media.

Due to this success, we decided to book a stand at Venues &

Events Live.’Hanan Andaloussi

Barrio bars

READERS CLIENTS

ONLINE BOOKERS

SOCIAL MEDIA

READERS

TOP 5

THE BIGGEST EVENTS AUDIENCE IN THE UK, ACROSS E VERY MEDIA CHANNEL

EVERY SINGLE FTSE 100 COMPANY HAS AT LEAST ONE SUBSCRIBER

61% OF SQUAREMEAL.CO.UK USERSARE BASED IN LONDON

72% OF OUR WEB USERS ARE AGED BETWEEN 25-54, THE KEY DECISION MAKING AGE

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20,500UNIQUE VISITS PER WEEKDAY

£50,000 THE VALUE OF WEEKLY CONCIERGE TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES

4%

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100,000 GUIDE SUBSCRIBERS

55,000 MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBERS

18,000 GUIDES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO KEY CORPORATE AND AGENCY BUYERS OUTSIDE OF LONDON

35,000 DIFFERENT COMPANIES

5,000ARE DISTRIBUTED TO NEW READERS AT TRADE SHOWS, AND INDUSTRY AND READER EVENTS

DID YOU KNOW?

#VE15 WAS TRENDING ON DAY ONE OF VENUES & EVENTS LIVE

TWITTER ENGAGEMENT (Across Square Meal’s twitter channels, over 28 days)

EXHIBITION VISITORS - VENUES & EVENTS LIVE

WHAT SIZE IS THE AVERAGE ATTENDEES EVENT?

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BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, BRIGHTON, LEEDS, EDINBURGHTHE FIVE BIGGEST USER CITIES OUTSIDE OF LONDON

ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, INCREASE REVENUE, DRIVE CORPORATE ENQUIRIES

72% ORGANISE EVENTS IN

CENTRAL LONDON

78% OF VISITORS USE

SQUAREMEAL.CO.UK

38% HAVE ANNUAL EVENT

BUDGETS OF OVER £100,000

86% OF VISITORS USE

THE GUIDE

65% DON’T ATTEND ANY OTHER EXHIBITIONS

62% ALSO ORGANISE

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UK DISTRIBUTION

OUTSIDE LONDON

BANKS

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP 225 SUBSCRIBERS

BARCLAYS 496 SUBSCRIBERS

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 309 SUBSCRIBERS

STANDARD CHARTERED112 SUBSCRIBERS

HSBC 285 SUBSCRIBERS

LAW FIRMS

LINKLATERS141 SUBSCRIBERS

ALLEN & OVERY133 SUBSCRIBERS

CLIFFORD CHANCE115 SUBSCRIBERS

SLAUGHTER & MAY90 SUBSCRIBERS

FRESHFIELDS BRUCKAUS DERINGER 188 SUBSCRIBERS

PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS612 SUBSCRIBERS

ACCOUNTANCY FIRMS

KPMG241 SUBSCRIBERS

DELOITTE370 SUBSCRIBERS

ERNST & YOUNG341 SUBSCRIBERS

GRANT THORNTON101 SUBSCRIBERS

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FOLLOWERS = 72,348

IMPRESSIONS = 1,739,000

PROFILE VISITS = 32,400

MENTIONS = 2,283

LINK CLICKS = 4,700

LIKES = 2,894

RETWEETS = 4,569

TWEETS = 843

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