Acquisitions & Mergers | Brown McLeod Limited
We have assisted several of our larger clients to successfully
sell their business enterprises both to outside third-parties and
internally by way of management buyouts and can advise on both
acquisitions as well as disposals, performing due diligence work,
liaising with solicitors and identifying suitable sources of
external finance.
Matthew Giles has
considerable experience in the field of acquisitions and mergers
and would be more than happy to discuss any requirements you have.
Clients
Amy McKnight
Composer & Sound Designer
Modern composer with 15+ years experience in TV/Film &
Advertising. She creates tailor-made music to fit client’s
sound and sonic vision.
Best known for: 'Best Newcomer' PRS
Production Music Awards 2019
Latest work: Official Trailer for Disney+’s
Proud Family
Nickie Sault
Producer
Producer, known for The Virtues, World on Fire (both 2019) and
The Outlaws (2021).
Best known for: The Virtues
Latest work: The Outlaws
Benediction
Band
British death metal band formed in 1989. Their first album,
Subconscious Terror, was released in 1990.
Best known for: Subconscious Terror - album
Latest work: Scriptures - album
James Veck-Gilodi
Singer Songwriter
James Veck-Gilodi, frontman of English alternative rock band
Deaf Havana.
Best known for: Electricity - single
Mnelia
Singer Songwriter
Exploding onto the scene early 2020, Mnelia has fast become
one to watch. The N W London singer-songwriter embodies the
evolution of British R&B.
Best known for: Say yeah - single
Latest work: My Bad - single
Ben Ottewell
Singer Songwriter
English singer-songwriter. He is one of the three lead singers
of the English indie rock band Gomez. He was the recipient of
the Mercury Music Award Prize in 1998.
Best known for: his “gravelly baritone"
voice
Latest work: A Man Apart - album
Ida Mae
Singer Songwiters
Acoustic alt-folk duo of husband-and-wife Chris Turpin and
Stephanie Jean. Delivering romantic and atmospheric songs with
resonant guitar and passionate vocals
Best known for: Chasing Lights - album
Latest work: Click Click Domino - album
Arcade Talent Agency
Talent Agency
Arcade Talent Agency believes in working a personal service,
on the right stage, for their clients. Their roster includes
Dave Lee ZR, David Moralles and DJ Jazzy Jeff
Tia Carys
Rap Musician
UK Rapper and freestyler Tia Carys has made it into the
spotlight thanks to her undefeatable energy, non-stop bars and
accepting every rap challenge going,
Best known for: Reflect in Mirrors
Latest work: Hangman w ToddlaT
Painting Practice
Design Studio
Award-winning design studio working across television, film
and advertising.
Best known for: Nike - The Last Game
Latest work: BAFTA award - Special, Visual
& Graphic Effects 'His Dark Materials'
Maribou State
Musicians and Producers
Chris Davids and Liam Ivory make up this electronic music duo.
They have released eight EPs and two albums, Portraits and
Kingdoms In Colour. As well as their own material, the
producers have also done remixes for the Alpines and Lana Del
Rey.
Best known for: Midas - single
Latest work: Tomorrow’s People - album
Sody
Singer Songwriter
Singer-songwriter Sody has been releasing introspective songs
for 5 years and has a growing, loyal fanbase.
Best known for: Glastonbury 2017
Latest work: Bitch - single
JOHN
Music Group
London-based rock duo formed in 2013, comprising John Newton
(drums, lead vocals) and Johnny Healey (guitar, backing
vocals).
Best known for: God Speed in the National
Limit
Latest work: Nocturnal Manoeuvres - album
Music Industry Therapist Collective
Music Industry Therapists
A collective, providing access to high quality psychotherapy
from registered and experienced psychotherapists who have an
in-depth inside understanding of how the industry works.
Henrie Kwushue
Presenter, DJ and more
Radio & TV Presenter, Host, Voice Over Artist, DJ Presents
on Reprezent, SpotifyUK and KissFM,
Best known for: Reprezent Radio Drivetime
presenter
Latest work: Kiss FM Presenter
Paul Yates
Global Film Sales Agent
Global Film Sales Agent at The Mis En Scéne Company. A
world sales agency dedicated to bringing highbrow yet mass
appeal content to the international market.
Latest work: Secured UK distribution deal for
“The True Don Quixote.”
Cobalt Chapel
Band
Yorkshire-based psychedelic band featuring Cecilia Fage (Matt
Berry & The Maypoles) and Jarrod Gosling (I Monster, Regal
Worm).
Best known for: We Come Willingly - single
Latest work: Orange Synthetic - album
Working Men's Club
Band
Named in tribute to the working men’s clubs in West Yorkshire,
Working Men's Club make angular, '80s-style post-punk
influenced by bands like Gang of Four and Devo. NME says the
band are: "the Yorkshire group reviving killer new-wave
power pop".
Best known for: Bad Blood - Single
Latest work: Working Men's Club -
upcoming album
Abisha
Singer-Songwriter, Model
Alt-R&B singer- songwriter who is becoming known for moody
melodies and a distinctive vocal style. Abisha also has a
successful modelling career, and has just completed a recent
campaign for Footlocker.
Best known for: Scorpio - EP
Latest work: One Night - Single
Birmingham Promoters
Concert Promotions Company
Combining the skillset of a big company with the personal
approach of a small independent company, Birmingham Promoters
is the longest-running concert promotions company based in
Birmingham.
Best known for: Work with artists such as
Metronomy, Bastille, Ed Sheeran, Skepta
Latest work: 2020 launch of Discover
Birmingham
The Goa Express
Band
A love for alternative music united the band since teenage
years. Their latest single “Be My Friend”, is their second
since being taken under the wing of Rough Trade Management.
Best known for: The Day - single
Latest work: Be My Friend - single
Bradford
Band
English Indie band who Morrissey proclaimed heirs to The
Smiths' throne and later covered their single Skin Storm.
Best known for: Skin Storm - single
Latest work: Bright Hours - Album coming in
2021
Tion Wayne
Rapper, Songwriter & DJ
British rapper, songwriter and DJ from North London. He
appeared on 3 top 10 singles in the UK Singles Chart as a
guest, before getting his first top 10 hit as lead artist
with I Dunno feat. Dutchavelli and Stormzy.
Best known for: Waynes World - mixtape
Latest work: I Dunno (feat. Dutchavelli and
Stormzy) Single
Amar Latif
Television presenter, actor, speaker, world traveller
Blind traveller, entrepreneur and TV personality with an
astonishing track record. Due to an incurable eye condition,
Amar lost 95% of his sight by 18. Through sheer determination,
he has made a series of truly inspirational achievements.
Best known for: Became known to millions
through BBC2 series, Beyond Boundaries
Latest work: Celebrity Masterchef 2020
Studio Electrophonique
Musician
Studio Electrophonique, aka James Leesley, conjure a
cinematic, melodic, warm sound. The songs are simple,
beautiful, evoking feelings of calm reflection. Richard Hawley
invited Studio Electrophonique to open for his band in 2019.
Best known for: I Don't Think I Love You
Anymore - single
Latest work: Buxton Palace Hotel - album
Rough Trade Records
Record label
Independent London-based record label established 1978. Home
to iconic acts such as The Strokes, Jarvis Cocker, Scritti
Politti, Sufjan Stevens, Antony and The Johnsons.
Best known for: Meat Is Murder...and many
other iconic albums
Latest work: Beyond The Pale - Jarv Is
The Sherlocks
Band
Alternative rock band from Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, South
Yorkshire. Consisting of two sets of brothers: Kiaran and
Brandon Crook, Andy and Josh Davidson.
Best known for: Chasing Shadows - album
Latest work: Under Your Sky - album
Katherine Kelly
Actor
Katherine Kelly portrayed Becky McDonald in the ITV soap
'Coronation Street' from 2006-12. Since leaving the
Street, she has played Lady Mae in ITV drama series 'Mr
Selfridge' and starred in ITV drama 'Cheat '. She
trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA),
and performed on several occasions with the Royal Shakespeare
Company before landing the role of Becky Granger in Coronation
Street (1960).
Best known for: Playing Becky McDonald in
'Coronation Street'.
Latest work: Starring as Leah in ITV drama
'The Cheat'.
Jude Goldrei
Filmmaker
Jude Goldrei is Film Producer at Lunar Lander Films and a
winning filmmaker from this year's Female Film Force.
Tommy Ashby
Singer and Songwriter
Tommy blends technical understanding of how the brain
processes sound with the creativity of someone who grew up
writing and playing music in the wilds of Scotland. He has
toured UK & Europe supporting Rhodes, Tom Speight and Nina
Nesbitt.
Best known for: Restless Love - EP
Latest work: Golden Arrow - EP
Barry Adamson
Musician & Composer
Musician, composer, writer, photographer and filmmaker Barry
Adamson is not a man to take it easy. He rose to prominence as
bass in Magazine, and became a solo artist after 3 years with
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds In 2019, Adamson continues to push
himself and blur the lines of film, music and art.
Best known for: Moss Side Story - Album
Latest work: Live at the Union Chapel -
upcoming Album
Kindness | Adam Bainbridge
Producer, DJ, Radio Host & Musician
Kindness is the solo project of singer Adam Bainbridge who is
also a Grammy winning producer, DJ and radio host.
Best known for: World, You Need A Change Of
Mind - album
Victoria Ekanoye
Actor
Victoria Ekanoye is an actress, known for Coronation Street,
The Royals and Last Laugh
Best known for: Playing Rachel in 'The
Royals'
Latest work: Coronation Street, playing Angie
Sleeper
Band
English Britpop band, fronted by Louise Wener. Sleeper had 8
UK Top 40 singles and 3 UK Top 10 albums in the 1990s,
splitting in 1998 then reuniting in 2017.
Best known for: Appearing in the soundtrack
of movie 'Trainspotting'
Latest work: The Modern Age - album due early
2019
Hamzaa
Singer-Songwriter
R&B/Soul singer/songwriter and producer. Appeared on
BBC's Later with Jools Holland, gaining new fans,
including the Evening Standard who say: "inhabits the
soulful jazzy space left by Amy Winehouse. A star is
born." In just a few months, Hamzaa has over 1.4 million
Spotify & Apple streams.
Best known for: You: Single
Latest work: First Signs of Me: EP
Stormzy
Grime Artist
Stormzy won Best Grime Act 2014 & 2015 MOBO Awards. Debut
album, Gang Signs & Prayer, was the first grime album to
reach number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. BRIT Awards 2018 Winner
for MasterCard British Album of the Year and British Male Solo
Artist
Best known for: 2018 Double BRIT Award Winner
Latest work: Gang Signs & Prayer: Album
Young Fathers
Band
Hip hop / Pop band from Edinburgh. In 2014, they won a Mercury
Prize for their debut album Dead.
Best known for: Won a Mercury Prize for their
debut album Dead in 2014.
Latest work: Coco Sugar: Album
Maya Jama
Presenter & DJ
Hosted MTVbase show ‘TheWrapUp’, MTV News, and Drive with Maya
on Rinse FM. Worked with various brands such as ASOS, H&M,
Sony, Adidas and a recent collab with clothing brand Pretty
Little Thing.
Best known for: 4Music
Latest work: Joining BBC R1 to host new
shows.
Black Midi
Band
London's Black Midi currently have no tracks online, but
are being heralded as one of the country's best new bands.
“Best band in London.” according to another Brown McLeod
client, Shame. From a group who’ve been lauded as one of the
best in the country – it’s high praise.
Best known for: Maintaining a low internet
profile
Latest work: Playing Great Escape Festival,
Brighton
International Teachers of Pop
Band
Nerd Disco project from Founders/Producers & co-writers of
The Moonlandingz, Adrian Flanagan & Dean Honer in cahoots
with vocalist Leonore Wheatley.
Latest work: Age of the Train - Single
The Damned
Band
Punk pioneers, The Damned, formed in 1976 and were the first
UK punk band to release a single ‘New Rose’, album, and tour
the US. Millions of albums and four decades later, their 2018
UK tour sees the band revisit their classics, electrifying
venues across the UK.
Best known for: New Rose
Latest work: Evil Spirits Tour 2018
Shame
Band
Five-piece band Shame are building their reputation as one of
the best new live bands in London.
Best known for: The Lick: single
Latest work: Tasteless: single
Universal Tree
Band
Psychedelic, funk, groove-based band from Sheffield. Universal
Tree started in 2016 as a studio project fronted by Steve
Edwards in collaboration with DJ Parrot aka Crooked Man and
Michael Somerset Ward.
Akua Agyemfra
Brand Consultant
From personal branding to managing the outlook of global
powerhouses, Akua turns ideas into reality, with a particular
love for the crossover between music and sport. Brown McLeod
clients Stormzy and Wretch 32 are two of Agyemfra's
clients.
Best known for: Working with Stormzy and
Wretch 32
Field Music
Band
Sunderland-based indie band, formed in 2004. Over the years,
Field Music have become the world's leading ambassadors of
the distinctly British musical style.
Best known for: A New Town: single
Latest work: Open Here: album
Ed Harcourt
Singer Songwriter
Singer songwriter, who has released 6 studio albums, 2 EPs,
and 13singles. Ed also writes for other artists, including
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Paloma Faith and has performed with
Marianne Faithfull and the Libertines.
Best known for: Here Be Monsters - album
Latest work: Furnaces - album
Chris Ryman
Actor
Trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Chris is a versatile actor who has played a range of dramatic,
comedy and character roles.
Best known for: 28 Weeks Later
Latest work: Bulent - in BBC1 sitcom Count
Arthur Strong
Solardo
DJs
Solardo production duo Mark Richards and James Eliot, from
Manchester, are continuing the city’s rich heritage in house
music.
Best known for: Crowned DJ Mag Best Duo of
2017
Latest work: Solardo Sessions Tour 2018
Manny Norte
DJ
Manny Norte is a Capital Xtra DJ, presenter and music producer
and a respected, enduring figure on the UK hip hop and R&B
scene.
Best known for: 2 time MOBO Award winner: DJ
Latest work: DJ on Capital Xtra
Gomez
Band
English Platinum selling, Mercury Prize Winning, Oscar
nominated indie, alternative rock band.
Best known for: Bring It On: album
Latest work: ‘Bring It On’ 2018 20th
Anniversary Tour
Ramz
Rap Artist
South London rapper, whose track Barking exploded to become
2018’s first breakout hit.
Best known for: Barking: single
Latest work: Power: single
Tall Children
Musician
Tall Children is a guitarist from Liverpool - Ben Hughes.
Best known for: More Than This - single
Latest work: Be With Me - single
The Moonlandingz
Band
Collaboration between The Eccentronic Research Council and The
Fat White Family.
Best known for: Blak Hanz: single
Latest work: Interplanetary Class Classics:
album
Richard Hawley
Singer Songwriter
Guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer. Member of the Longpigs
in the 1990s. Joined Pulp in 2000. As a solo musician, has
released 7 studio albums and has been shortlisted for a
Mercury prize in 2006 and 2012. His latest album: "Hollow
Meadows...finds the crooner at his most affecting and
fragile." The Guardian
Best known for: Tonight The Streets Are Ours
Latest work: Hollow Meadows: Album
Tom Hickox
Singer-Songwriter
The Daily Telegraph hailed Tom Hickox's “depth and
intensity” calling him “a true original”. The Sunday Times
described Tom arriving on the music scene “as if from a
different planet, and certainly from a different age.”
Best known for: Out of The War Zone: single
Latest work: Monsters in the Deep: album
Ginger Café
Coffee shop
Ginger is a coffee shop, deli and wine bar in Broomhill,
Sheffield.
Best known for: Great coffee
Tom Zanetti
Vocalist, record producer, model
Began his music career as a club promoter at Leeds nightclub
Mission. He went on to set-up events company, Sleepin Is
Cheatin, before releasing singles under his own name.
Best known for: You Want Me (feat Sadie Ama):
single
Latest work: More & More (feat Karen
Harding): single
Nick Miles
Actor
Known for his role in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy
King. He also appeared in TV series Soldier Soldier, The Bill,
Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Brookside and US film Gangs of
New York.
Best known for: Playing Jimmy King in
Emmerdale
James Ford
Musician, composer, record producer.
Member of Simian Mobile Disco and producer working with the
Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Florence and the Machine, Beth Ditto,
Depeche Mode. In 2008, formed The Last Shadow Puppets with
Miles Kane and Alex Turner. Their debut album, 'The Age of
the Understatement', earned a Mercury Prize nomination and
reached No.1 in the UK charts.
Best known for: Producer Arctic Monkey's
'AM' Album
Latest work: Depeche Mode 'Spirit':
album
George the Poet
Spoken Word Performer
London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. His
innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical
acclaim both as a recording artist and a social commentator.
Best known for: Shortlisted, Critics'
Choice category, 2015 BRIT Awards.
Latest work: Opening BBC's Royal Wedding
coverage with poem 'The Beauty of Union'
Spinning Discs
Record Shop
Independent record shop in Sheffield. A place to meet, relax,
drink coffee and browse new, re-issue and select secondhand
vinyl.
Tusks
Singer-Songwriter & Producer
Tusks, aka Emily Underhill, is a songwriter with a strong
sense of melody and a producer who blends different genres and
approaches.
Best known for: False: EP
Latest work: Toronto: single
Fat White Family
Band
5 piece South London band, started in Peckham in 2011. Voted
one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s 20 new British Artists to
watch.
Best known for: Champagne Holocaust, album
Latest work: Songs for our Mothers, album
Tom Speight
Musician
London-based singer-songwriter. His music takes the best
elements of folk and pop music and puts them together to
create a raw and infectious sound.
Best known for: Love: single
Latest work: Willow Tree: EP
Michael Parr
Actor
Currently plays Ross Barton in ITV soap Emmerdale. TV
appearances in Hollyoaks, Casualty, Good Cop, Inside Men &
BBC soap Doctors. Film roles include Queesnbury Rules & No
Way Through.
Best known for: Ross Barton, Emmerdale.
Latest work: Best Actor, Best Bad Boy &
Sexiest Male, 2015 Inside Soap Awards
C Duncan
Composer & Musician
His compositions have been featured on television, including
Waterloo Road. Signed to Fat Cat Records. Debut album
Architect nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize and
earned him praise from BBC6 Music and The Guardian.
Best known for: Say: single
Latest work: Architect: album
Sticky Blood
Band
Andy Nicholson and Jamie Shield, aka 'Sticky Blood'. A
production outfit dedicated to creating fresh, original and
innovative music.
Best known for: Valium
Latest work: Hop In The Place (feat. LDizz)
Roxy Shahidi
Actor
Actor, best known for playing Leyla Harding in ITV soap
Emmerdale.
Best known for: Emmerdale
Latest work: YogaRox
RÄTHEL & WOLF
Jewellery Designers
RÄTHEL & WOLF is interested in new ways of wearing
jewellery, exploring gender roles and adorning unusual body
parts.
Best known for: Best known for: Distal rings.
Latest work: Latest work: Jewellery
collection for fashion designer Paula Knorr.
Wizzy Wow
Songwriter, musician and producer
Twice Grammy nominated urban music writer/producer covering
Rap, Hip-hop and bespoke music. Also productions for Film/TV
and Adverts.
Best known for: Chipmunk's "Role
Model"
Latest work: Abel Miller, Whatever The Cost
(Prod by Wizzy Wow)
XBlades Racing Team
Drone Racing Team
British Drone racing team, who won the Dubai Grand Prix,
collecting a £174,000 prize.
Best known for: Won 1st World Drone Grand
Prix: Dubai 2016
Pulp
Band
Sheffield born alternative rock band formed in 1978. Winners
of Mercury Music Prize 1996 and two time headliners at
Glastonbury festival.
Best known for: Common People: single
Latest work: Ivor Novello Award: Outstanding
Song Collection
Homemade by Thelma's
Café
Cafe and Bistro Restaurant and a bespoke catering service for
everything from a Victoria sandwich to a full wedding
breakfast.
Joni Bakermade
Handcrafted Yorkshire Macarons & Coffee Shop
Joni Bakery have developed a range of macarons with a twist.
Drew McConnell
Musician
Bassist in Babyshambles and musical collective
'Helsinki' is his side project. Also fronted the
musical collective Mongrel with Jon McClure Arctic Monkeys
members.
Best known for: Coast of Silence: album
Latest work: A Guide For The Perplexed: album
Stoney
Songwriter/producer
British transplant in Austin, Texas. Songwriter / producer /
multi-instrumentalist. Former Bobby Jealousy singer/guitarist.
Best known for: The Seen and the Unseen:
album
Latest work: Nothing to Lose: album
Sebastian's Kitchen & Cakery
Restaurant
Independent cafe, kitchen and cakery
The Wave Pictures
Band
London based rock trio, consisting of David Tattersall, Franic
Rozycki and Johnny ‘Huddersfield’ Helm.
Best known for: I Love You Like a Madman:
single
Latest work: A Season in Hull: album
Porter Pizza
Pizza with integrity
Handmade pizzas using dough made on-site with fresh, high
quality ingredients, cooked in a wood-fired oven.
Barra Organics
Organic Grocery
Purveyors of the finest local organic and Biodynamic fruit and
vegetables. Milk, eggs,wholefoods and other great finds.
Latest work: Nominated for Soil Assocation,
Best of Organic Market Award 2016
Arsher Ali
Actor
Winner of the Laurence Olivier Student Award in 2005,
Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie at the Monte Carlo TV
Festival. In 2007 named as one of Screen International’s Stars
of Tomorrow.
Best known for: Four Lions: Warp Films
Latest work: Ackley Bridge: Channel 4 drama
Jacob Banks
Singer Songwriter
Acclaimed singer-songwriter from Birmingham who became the
first unsigned act to appear on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Embarking on a 2018 World Tour.
Best known for: Unknown (To You): single
Latest work: The Village: album
Lusts
Band
Duo that sound like a classic four-piece. Classic/classicist
music combining early-‘90s indie and dark, goth-y majestic
rock from the early-‘80s.
Best known for: Waves: single
Latest work: Sometimes: single
Ellen and the Escapades
Band
Acoustic/pop/rock band. In 2009, chosen by BBC Introducing to
perform at Reading Festival & Leeds Festival. 2010 won the
Q Magazine/Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Regularly
played on BBC6 Music, BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 2.
Best known for: This Ace I've Burned:
single
Latest work: Lost Cause: single
Golden Harvest
Independent coffee shop, recording studio and record label.
Independent coffee shop, recording studio and record label in
Sheffield.
Henry Wu
Musician/DJ
One of the most exciting emerging producers this year. Henry’s
diversity is also apparent in his DJ sets. He deftly speeds up
and down to deliver his sound knowledge of funk and jazz, to
more contemporary house stylings.
Best known for: Good Morning Peckham
Latest work: Negotiate: EP
Azekel
Singer/Songwriter
British singer-songwriter, musician and producer from East
London.
Best known for: Raw: album
Latest work: Ritual Spirit: Massive Attack
feat. Azekel
Barnaby J Watson
Backline Technician/Musician/Songwriter
Works with some of the most prestigious artists in music,
including The Rolling Stones, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs,
Mumford & Sons.
Knox Brown
Music Producer
Jamaican-born producer from Birmingham. Has worked with pop
legends Beyonce, Jay Z, Wretch 32, Aloe Blacc and Mary J
Blige.
Best known for: Reignite (Knox Brown x
Gallant) - Bridget Jones Baby Soundtrack
Latest work: Always - Single
Marc Riley
BBC6 Music DJ
Manchester-born Marc Riley is a musician, rock critic and BBC
6 radio Music DJ. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his
own record label, In-Tape.
Best known for: One half of the duo Mark
& Lard with fellow DJ Mark Radcliffe
Latest work: All Shook Up live music series
from BBC Music
Photo Democracy
Art Gallery
Helping talented photographers circumnavigate the traditional
art world, introducing them to collectors and getting their
work onto walls.
PB Creative
Brand Design Agency
PB Creative is a brand design agency based in central London.
Creating beautiful packaging for an enviable list of global
brands.
Stevie Parker
Musician
Stevie Parker has been called 'a new powerhouse in the
making'. Ambient electro pop with uncanny spine shivering
qualities.
Latest work: The Cure: single
Bongo Bert and the Soul Jar
Band
Sheffield Funk-Soul group of talented and experienced
musicians.
Best known for: Performing at Y Not Festival
Latest work: Debut album due 2016
British Sea Power
Band
Indie rock band from Brighton, compared often to The Cure,
Arcade Fire and Joy Division.
Best known for: Waving Flags
Latest work: Sea of Brass: album
Kagoule
Band
Nottingham’s Kagoule have previously released a wealth of
singles and are ready to unleash a debut that not only belies
their years, but proves they are one of the most exciting
young bands in the UK. The band have formed a sound that is
truly their own – dark, melodic, heavy and constantly
evolving.
Best known for: Urth
Latest work: Urth: debut album
Wretch 32
Hip hop/Grime Rapper
Jermaine Scott Sinclair, better known by his stage name Wretch
32, is an English rapper and former Grime MC from Tottenham.
Best known for: Traktor - Single 2011
Latest work: Alright With Me - single
Ben Palmer
Film & TV Director
Film & TV director, well known for being the director of
Bo' Selecta and The Inbetweeners.
Best known for: The Invetweeners
Latest work: Man Up
Fierce Panda Records
Record label
Independent record label, with its first release in February
1994. Credited with releases by Coldplay, Astronaut, Air
Traffic, Art Brut, Embrace, Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, Boy
Kill Boy, Placebo, Shitdisco, Goldheart Assembly, and Acres of
Lions.
Best known for: Their "Wibbling
Rivalry" single, an interview with Oasis' Liam and
Noel Gallagher, holds the record for the highest-charting
interview single in the UK Singles Chart
Latest work: In 2012 Fierce Panda set up a
publishing arm, named Fierce Panda Songs.
Max Keiser
Broadcaster
CEO, co-founder StartJOIN.com and producer/presenter of Keiser
Report on RT. A virtual currency and crowdfunding inventor.
Creator of HSX.com.
Best known for: Keiser Report, a financial
program broadcast on Russian state media channel RT
Latest work: StartJOIN; the world's first
crowdfunding platform for projects and crypo currencies
Vessels
Band
Leeds electronic post-rock band, formed in 2005. Released
three studio albums.
Best known for: Yuki - single
Latest work: Dilate - 2015 album
Chicane
Musician
Nick Chicane is the purveyor of a plethora of dance anthems
over 15 years. Producer, band leader, DJ, and award nominated
radio show host.
Best known for: Offshore: single
Latest work: The Sum of its Parts: album
To Kill a King
Band
British folk rock band formed in 2009, and compared to others
such as The National, and Mumford & Sons. Played at the
Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2013.
Best known for: My Crooked Saint
Latest work: Album: To Kill A King
Duane Eddy
Guitarist
Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 50s-early
60s had a string of hit records including "Rebel
Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because
They're Young". Sold 12 million records by 1963. He
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and
the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.
Best known for: Peter Gunn
Latest work: Stagecoach Festival 2014
Revolver AV
Computer & Video playback for Films & TV
Computer and video playback for film and TV. Tech equipment
rental, stock footage for the back of your scene, animations,
bespoke actor friendly software & on screen graphics.
Best known for: You, Me and The End of The
World. Sci Fi
Latest work: Sci-Fi feature “Morgan” ifor
Fox. Ridley Scott producer.
Mike Hughes
Singer Songwriter
Mike Hughes; known for his brooding vocals; has toured with
Miles Kane and shares the same producer as the Artic Monkeys
Best known for: That Girl Is Misery
Latest work: Temple Blues: single
In The Nursery
Band
In The Nursery (twin brothers Klive & Nigel Humberstone)
are the Sheffield-based band renowned for their cinematic
soundtrack and TV work as well as re-scores for classic silent
films.
Best known for: Game of Thrones 'The Game
Begins' Trailer.
Latest work: The Calling: album
Jamie Hince
Singer Songwriter
English guitarist, singer, songwriter, the guitarist with
indie rock duo The Kills. He co-founded The Kills with
American singer Alison Mosshart in 2000.
Best known for: Blood Pressures (The Kills)
Latest work: Live at Third Man Records
Alex Gaumond
Actor, Singer, Songwriter
Canadian actor and singer, made his professional debut in the
ensemble of 'Miss Saigon'.
Best known for: Lead role of Galileo in
'We Will Rock You' musical in the West End
Latest work: Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre
Everly Pregnant Brothers
Ukelele Band
Sheffield based Ukulele band Everly Pregnant Brothers are a
band on the pun.
Best known for: No Oven, No Pie.
Latest work: Best: album
Steve 'Papa' Edwards
Songwriter
Solo House songwriter/singer collaborater from Sheffield.
Best known for: World, Hold On
Latest work: Shapeshifters 'Shake
Shake'
Ladytron
Band
Electronic band formed in Liverpool. Their sound blends
electropop with new wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron
described their sound as "electronic pop".
Best known for: Ghosts
Latest work: Gravity the Seducer: album
Zoe Rahman
Jazz Composer and Pianist
Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the
brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. "A
musician of powerful technique, group sympathy and
compositional skill" John Fordham, Guardian
Best known for: Muchhe Jaoa Dinguli
Latest work: Kindred Spirits
White Whale
Band
Indie rock band signed to Merge records. White Whale are made
up from former members of Butterglory, The Get Up Kids, and
Thee Higher Burning Fire.
Best known for: WW1
Latest work: WW1
Acoustic Angels
Band
4-piece under the Art Music limited label. Cover a wide genre
of Classic Covers, Dance, Soul, Rock, Pop, Funk, Americana,
Jazz, Indie and Lounge.
Best known for: Acoustic Angels Live
Latest work: Acoustic Angels Live
Jim Jones Revue
Band
Garage rock and roll band formed by band members Jim Jones and
Rupert Orton, Henri Herbert, Gavin Jay and Nick Jones.
Best known for: Princess & the Frog
Latest work: 'Last Hurrah' tour
Jarvis Cocker
Musician
Musician, singer-songwriter, radio presenter and editor. Best
known as frontman for the band Pulp. Presents a BBC Radio 6
Music show called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.
Best known for: Common People: Pulp single
Latest work: Pulp Documentary A Film About
Life, Death & Supermarkets
Bibio
Music Producer
Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) is an English music producer.
His music is primarily electronic and experimental in nature.
He currently releases music on the Warp Records label.
Best known for: Lovers' Carvings: single
Latest work: Petals: single
Cold Specks
Musician
Cold Specks is the stage name of singer/songwriter Ladan
Hussein, her music has been described as doom-soul.
Best known for: A Case For Shame
Latest work: Neuroplasticity: album
Philippa Hanna
Singer Songwriter
Since the independent release of debut album Watching Me in
2007, Philippa Hanna has grown from her roots in the Gospel
scene to be one of the most engaging and inspiring songwriters
in the UK.
Best known for: Through The Woods: album
Latest work: Flagship artist for Rocket Fuel,
a new crowd-sourcing initiative
George Morgan
Singer Songwriter
21 year old singer/songwriter from London. George's
influences are Ben Howard and Jason Mraz. George gigs most
nights around Camden.
Latest work: You Say
Ultrasound
Band
Indie band, active during the late 1990s then reunited in
2010.
Best known for: Stay Young
Latest work: Play For Today album
The Pigeon Detectives
Band
Indie Rock band from Leeds formed in 2004. Performed at
Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged
"the band most likely to leap to the main stage in
2007".
Best known for: Take Her Back
Latest work: We Met at Sea: album
The Crookes
Band
Sheffield Indie band formed in 2008. Signed to London
independent record label Fierce Panda Records, they have
subsequently released three albums.
Best known for: Afterglow
Latest work: Soapbox: album
I Monster
Band
Electronic music group, composed of the Sheffield based record
producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling.
Best known for: Daydream in Blue: single
Latest work: A Dense Storm of Ancient Stars:
album
John Parish
Musician
Songwriter, producer and musician. Starting his career as a
drummer in 1980 Parish has since collaborated with several
other artists and producers. musician, songwriter, composer
and record producer.
Best known for: Work with singer and
songwriter PJ Harvey
Latest work: Screenplay
The Hosts
Band
Five piece indie rock band from Sheffield who wear suits and
number their gigs.
Best known for: September Song
Latest work: Moon: album
Cabaret Voltaire
Band
Cabaret Voltaire were at the forefront of the UK Electronic
Movement of the late '70s and are one of the most
influential, innovative acts of the last 25 years.
Best known for: Mix Up
Latest work: Eddie's Back: single
Captain Sensible
Musician
Singer, songwriter and guitarist who co-founded punk rock band
The Damned,.
Best known for: Happy Talk: single
Latest work: Wot – I Say Captain: single
Werkha
Musician
Werkha is the project of musician and producer Tom A. Leah.
Best known for: Sidesteppin: single
Latest work: Colours of a Red Brick Raft:
album
Letherette
Music Production
Wolverhampton-based production duo, Letherette is the project
of Andy Harber and Richard Roberts, who form and fuse house,
electro, and hip-hop into a stylish whole.
Best known for: After Dawn
Latest work: Rayon: EP
Nervo
DJs
Australian musicians and songwriters. Signed with Sony/ATV
Music Publishing at 18 years of age, the twins pursued careers
as songwriting partners, co-writing the Grammy Award-winning
single, "When Love Takes Over", performed by David
Guetta and Kelly Rowland.
Best known for: Revolution (ft others)
Latest work: The Other Boys ft. Kylie
Minogue, Nile Rodgers & Jake Shears
Huw Stephens
DJ
BBC Radio 1 DJ. He plays new music of all genres.
Best known for: Radio 1 show
Latest work: Swn Festival
Les Lovers
Band
Torch songs to comedy via techno, trash pastiche and all
points in between, Marion Benoist and Fred de Fred have
created something strange and rather wonderful. Massaging your
ears with their cheeky bossa-nova grooves and sultry
Gainsbourg-and-Bardot-esque vocals are French duo The Lovers.
Best known for: Striptease For Beginners
Latest work: Pardon My French: album
Steve Lamacq
DJ
Sometimes known by nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel)
or The Cat. DJ, currently working with the BBC radio stations
Radio 1, BBC 6 Music
Best known for: BBC Radio 6 Music
Latest work: BBC Radio 6 Music
Club Fandango
Concert Venue
Club Fandango company has been at the forefront of unsigned
music in London, promoting up-and-coming new bands across
virtually every notable small venue in London.
Best known for: Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser
Chiefs, Bloc party gigs
Result Consultancy
Marketing, Design and Branding consultancy
Result is a niche marketing, design and branding consultancy
working for clients across a range of industry sectors. Joanna
Applegate, Result's owner, has won national awards for
design and innovation.
Best known for: Half Pint: Winner Homes &
Gardens Best New Product Award
Latest work: Seaside Lodge
"Brown McLeod have been my accountants almost for ever.
From sole trader, to limited company, to managing worldwide
licensing revenues and all points in between. They are a
wonderful team, and great fun to work with. Yes, I just used
the word fun about accountants."
Caroline Devine
Sound Artist/Composer
Investigates the boundaries between sound and music,
encompassing electroacoustic composition, sound installation
and theatre.
Best known for: Nominated for BASCA 2014
Sonic Arts category
Latest work: Poetics of (Outer) Space
Miracle Art Exhibit
Exhibition
Life size trick art museum based in Manila.
Kid Acne
Artist Illustrator Printmaker
Artist, illustrator, print-maker and sometimes, MC. His
formative years were spent painting graffiti, making fanzines
and releasing DIY punk/hip-hop records.
Best known for: South South Yorkshire
Latest work: Burgundy Blood Meets Mongrels
Otolith Group
Creative
Founded 2002, consists of Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun who
live and work in London. They explore the moving image, the
archive, the sonic and the aural within the gallery context.
Best known for: Nominated for the Turner
Prize, 2010
Latest work: In The Year of The Quiet Sun:
exhibition, Bergen, Norway
Jon Mawson
Irrigation Consultant
Irrigation Consultant specialising in large private landscape,
golf, equestrian and bowls green irrigation scheme design and
installation.
George Law
Illustrator
Creative artwork for digital production, print and interior
decor with mural works.
Best known for: Facebook/Microsoft designs
Bolthole Properties
Luxury holiday hideaways
Uniquely English holiday hideaways. Creative retreats.
Best known for: Seaside Lodge, Anderby Creek.
Gramafilm
Branded Content Agency & Production Company
London-based branded content agency and production company,
working with brands and broadcasters to produce entertainment,
films and documentaries.
Latest work: Nokie Xtreme
Stephen Street
Music Producer
Legendary producer who has contributed to some of the most
iconic records by UK artists in the last 3 decades, including
The Smiths, Blur, New Order, Kaiser Chiefs and The Pretenders.
Best known for: Morrissey’s debut solo album
‘Viva Hate’
Latest work: Babyshambles recordings 2013
Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Music Producer
Nominee for BMI's 'Producer of the Year' in 1987.
British record producer, composer and mixer Paul worked with
Amy Winehouse on her single Back to Black.
Best known for: Swing Out Sisters album
Latest work: Talk no more
Alan Smyth
Music Producer
Sheffield based producer working at 2fly studios. Worked with
the likes of Pulp and Arctic Monkeys.
Best known for: Age of Chance - Kisspower
Remix
The Wire Magazine
Magazine
The Wire is an independent, monthly music magazine covering a
wide range of alternative, underground and non-mainstream
musics.
The Literary Review
Publication
Literary Review covers all the latest books each month,
ranging from history and biography to memoir and fiction. Each
issue contains reviews from leading authors, journalists,
academics and thinkers.
Best known for: Literary Review’s Bad Sex in
Fiction Award
Marina Lewycka
Writer
Born in a refugee camp in Germany, Marina spent her whole life
trying to be a writer. She succeeded in 2005 with the
publication of A Short History of tractors in Ukrainian.
Best known for: A Short History of tractors
in Ukrainian
Latest work: The Lubetkin Legacy: Novel 2016
Pop Magazine
Magazine
Pop covers the worlds of fashion, art, culture and more. Not
simply a fashion-photo mag, it features pieces on contemporary
culture – music, urban scenes, art and more.
Arena Homme+
Magazine
Launched in 1993, Arena HOMME+ is the world’s leading men’s
fashion magazine, and the original men’s bi-annual title.
Published twice yearly, AH+ leads this market sector with a
clear editorial aesthetic.
Angular Recording Company
Record Label
Angular Recording Corporation was conceived in the June 2003
by two men both called Joe. It is a recording corporation
releasing 'finest pop music we can find; the weird, the
audacious and the remarkable music which can revolutionize
your everyday life.'
Latest work: Society-14 Hours
Sick Life Music
Record Label
Sick Life Music Independent Music Label Out Of New York.
Latest work: DVD-How High
Shabby Doll Records
Record Label
Purveyors of quality, bespoke, underground house music.
No Pain in Pop
Record Label
Initially a live music and blogging vehicle, the respect No
Pain In Pop garnered quickly led to the desire to fold out
into a record label who are well known for their arty record
releases.
Latest work: Throwing Shade‘s ’19 Jewels’ EP
Funnyman Films
Film Production
London based production company specialising in factual
television and DVD special features.
Latest work: "THE REEDS" a film by
Chris Baker
Rupert Vansittart
Actor
Rupert Vansittart was born on February 10, 1958 in Cranleigh,
Surrey, England. He is an actor, known for Braveheart (1995),
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Heartbeat (1992).
Best known for: Braveheart
Latest work: Game of Thrones
Kingfisher Fine Art
Gallery
Sheffield based gallery
Factory Studios
Recording Studio
Award-winning sound design and audio facility based in London.
Specialising in the art of sound design and has created some
of the most revered commercial work of recent years.
Latest work: Award-winning work on Honda
'Ignition'
Alice Coulthard
Actor
Alice Coulthard was born in 1983 in London, England. She is an
actress, known for Emmerdale (1972), The Cement Garden (1993)
and Goodbye, Hello (2008).
Best known for: Emmerdale: TV Soap
Latest work: The Last Ship: TV Series
Edward Hogg
Actor
Actor, known for Anonymous (2011), Bunny and the Bull (2009)
and White Lightnin' (2009).
Best known for: Jupiter Ascending: film, 2015
Latest work: Adult Life Skills: film, 2016
Johnny Nelson
Sportsman
Professional boxer and 7 year WBO cruiser weight champion
based in Sheffield
The Brothers Arms
Pub
Pub and venue celebrating Sheffield’s proud brewing culture
past and present.
Best known for: This is Heeley 2015
Latest work: This is Heeley 2016
House of Hackney
Design Retail
The maximalist luxury British interiors, fashion and lifestyle
brand that reworks tradition for a new generation.
Best known for: Maximalist luxe
Latest work: Palmeral
Diagrams
Band
Part solo project, part musical collective led by Sam Genders,
founder member of Tunng and The Accidental.
Best known for: Black Light
Latest work: Chromatics: album
World Courier
Specialist Courier
The most trusted specialty logistics company in the world.
IcelandAir
Airline
Leading airline offering flights to and from Iceland, and an
attractive option for cross-Atlantic flights.
Eccentronic Research Council
Experimental Arts
Practical Electronics enthusiasts from Sheffield, make spooked
out spoken word LPs with Actor Maxine Peake.
Sara Bitlloch
Musician
Founding member of the Mediterraneo Piano Trio, prizewinner at
the 1999 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition,
and performed in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Louvre
Series in Paris, the Kennedy Center, Washington. Then for 2
years she was the first violinist of the Paris based
Castagneri quartet, before joining the Elias quartet in 2003.
Best known for: Winner Szigeti Competition,
Budapest & Renata Molinari Competition, Switzerland
Panic Music
Rehearsal Studios
Panic Music is a quality rehearsal studio in North Acton, West
London
High Places
Travel & Trekking
Trips to 20 countries with over 100 departures. High Places
organise and lead quality treks and climbs for small groups of
like-minded outdoors people.
Shane Meadows
Film Director
Creator of 'This is England' film and series, BAFTA
winning Sane Meadows is a film director, screenwriter,
occasional actor.
Best known for: This is England
Latest work: This is England 90
Ryan Mosley
Artist/Painter
Ryan Mosley’s canvases offer up a surreal world,
simultaneously archaic and futuristic.
Best known for: Hermitage, St Petersburg:
Charles saatchi's Newspeak: British Art Now
Latest work: Exhibition: Alison Jacques
Gallery, London, UK