Exhibition deal: Publishers prepare to put on a show

Real estate giant acquires logistics consultancy

Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has acquired UK logistics and industrial consultancy Burbage Realty Partners Limited, BRPL.

The move is part of Cushman & Wakefield’s expansion programme in the UK and in Europe.

Founded in 2017, BRPL provides services including strategic land, development funding, investment, lease advisory and occupational agency. It operates across the UK and is a leader in the Midlands logistics market - an important location for distribution centres and online retail fulfilment. Clients include many major developers and investors.

The acquisition will see eight BRPL colleagues joining Cushman & Wakefield. Cameron Mitchell, George Underwood and James Harrison will join as international partners, while Franco Capella, Mark Thomas and Tom Kimbell join as partners and Sophia Cooper as an associate. The team will continue to be based at its office in Northampton but will become part of Cushman & Wakefield’s national sector team.

BRPL managing director James Harrison said: “We are thrilled to join forces with Cushman & Wakefield which is a great fit for us culturally. Its global platform brings scale, insight and additional services, meaning we are better placed than ever before to deliver for our clients across the UK. We are all excited about the opportunities ahead.”

BRPL is owned separately to Burbage Realty Limited. The latter, founded in 2003 by John Burbage as a UK logistics and industrial property consultancy, remains an independent business under the ownership of Burbage Capital Limited.

George Roberts, head of UK & Ireland at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “This acquisition is another important milestone for the firm and reflects our ambitious growth plans in the UK.

“The BRPL team is highly experienced and hugely respected while their client focus is a perfect match for our own way of working. This deal significantly enhances our scale and capabilities in a strategic growth sector.” Pulse Group Media director Kerry Lewis-Stevenson (left) and Your Business Expo founder Sheila Smith

Publishers put on a show with exhibition deal

The publishers of leading business newspapers Business Times and Business MK have added a new string to the company’s bow after agreeing a partnership with the organiser of two major annual business exhibitions.

Pulse Group Media, which also publishes lifestyle magazines MK Pulse and NN Pulse, has joined forces with Your Business Expo and will co-host exhibitions in Northamptonshire.

“Joining forces to organise these exhibitions is a logical bolt-on to our current publishing business in print and online,” says Pulse Group Media director Kerry Lewis-Stevenson “There is so much synergy with what we are already expert in and, in the current climate, diversification into a complementary sector makes an awful lot of sense.”

Your Business Expo is run by Sheila Smith. She launched a networking group in 2010, from which the Northamptonshire Business Expo evolved. It continues to attract dozens of exhibitors from Northamptonshire and beyond and has enabled Sheila to launch Business Expos elsewhere in the UK, including in Leicester.

“We have known Sheila for some time and know that she is hugely respected in the exhibition sphere,” says Kerry. “When the opportunity came up to team up with her on the exhibitions, we felt it was a chance not to pass up.”

Sheila will continue to contribute to the expos as a consultant. “I feel that it is time for them to benefit from a fresh set of eyes and ideas,” she says. “I am delighted that Pulse Group Media have come on board. They are hugely respected regionally for the quality of their publications and online offer and I have no doubt they will bring the same level of quality, positivity and innovation to the expos. We cannot wait to get started.”

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