150+ Best UK Publishing Startups & Companies | Best Publishing Companies Award 2021

Publishing is big business in the UK. We have selected the top 150 Publishing companies across the size spectrum to showcase. These startups and companies are all taking different approaches to innovating the Publishing industry, that diversity of innovation is what makes the UK so great. 

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

Innovation

Growth

Management

Societal impact

The best Publishing startups and firms in the UK

We have profiled the top 150 Publishing startups, companies and firms in the UK. This list is in no particular order, all of the companies showcased here are exceptional companies, well worth following. 

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Minute Media

Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.

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Permutive

Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy

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Perlego

Perlego is an online library, providing students with unlimited access to over 650,000 academic titles with built-in learning tools.

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BibliU

BibliU is an educational content platform that provide eTextbooks that work for academic libraries.

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Wonderbly

Wonderbly is a full stack publishing company from London.

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Echobox

Echobox is the leading AI-driven social media platform for publishers.

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Zephr

Zephr is a technology platform for media companies to grow their subscription revenue.

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Yieldify

Yieldify creates smart and simple marketing technology products that predict customer behaviour.

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ContentCal

B2B SaaS Content Marketing Platform

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Zapnito

Zapnito is the SaaS online community platform for intelligence-driven organizations.

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Grabyo

Grabyo is the premium video editing and publishing platform built for live, social and mobile.

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Proactive

Proactive is an international news and media organization providing coverage of companies in the small to mid-capitalization range.

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Dianomi

Dianomi is a global leader in content marketing.

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Reedsy

Reedsy connects authors and publishers with the world's best editors, designers, and marketers to create high-quality books.

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited offers investors a pure-play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights

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Deep Zen

AI company focusing on audiobook production and voiceovers with an audiobook marketplace (audiowhale.com)

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GiveMeSport

GiveMeSport is a print-based sports publication which celebrates athleticism in all its diverse forms.

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Unbound

Unbound is an online crowd-funded publisher that allows authors to pitch their book ideas directly to readers.

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Blue Duck Education

Blue Duck Education is the holding company behind Mangahigh.com which develops and publishes maths games for 11 to16 year-old students.

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Bonhill Group

Bonhill Group operates as a B2B media company.

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unrd

unrd is creating a new genre of entertainment by combining Hollywood quality plots with mobile storytelling techniques.

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Bibblio

A digital publishing content recommendation technology to increase user engagement, grow revenues and drive new audiences.

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Aggregion

Intellectual property licensing and rights governance platform

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infloAi

infloAi is a London-based software company building proprietary AI technology to make content creation simple, fast and affordable

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Clicksco

Clicksco collects and analyses information, brand, products, and services data from on and offline sources.

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Smartology

Digital advertising technology company

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Bazaar Daily UK

Bazaar Daily (UK) is the British counterpart to Bazaar Daily News, a massive online news agency founded by Sultan H. Khane II.

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SPARKLANE

SaaS Predictive Lead Scoring Solution - Sparklane help marketer and sales people to target "the most likely to buy" companies

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Financial Times

The Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data and analysis for the global business community.

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Videoplaza

Our mission is to empower broadcasters & video publishers to build profitable and sustainable businesses in the internet-delivered TV worl

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Overleaf

An academic authorship tool that allows seamless collaboration and effortless manuscript submission, all underpinned by cloud-technology.

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Icon

Icon is an international architecture and design magazine.

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Tech.eu

Tech.eu provides tech news, data, market intelligence, and insights into startup activity.

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Great British Chefs

Great British Chefs premium food publisher with 1.3m social followers. We have 3,500 recipes from Britain's and Italy's Greatest Chefs.

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Woto

Woto provides a free publishing tool. to create and share contents.

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Mogul News

Mogul News gives you the best content from the world's leading publishers, such as the Financial Times, in one place.

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Dennis Publishing

Dennis Publishing is one of the leading independently owned media companies in the UK.

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Welbeck Publishing Group

Welbeck Publishing Group focus on illustrated non-fiction and children’s books for the co-edition market.

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Courier

Courier is a stories of modern business reporting from London and around the world on startup culture. Published six times a year in print.

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Informa

Informa is a business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group.

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FinancialJuice

FinancialJuice is a free real-time news and financial content platform.

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READBUG

READBUG is a curated reading experience that brings you independent, classic, cult and award-winning magazines for a monthly membership.

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Movellas

Movellas is a social and interactive community for teenagers to read, write, and share their stories.

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1854 Media

1854 Media is an award-winning digital media organisation

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ckbk

ckbk is the ultimate digital subscription service for cooks.

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Law Business Research

Law Business Research is a leading provider of business information, legal analysis tools and networking for the global legal markets.

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The Tab

The Tab is a university news network run by people who like being first.

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Silicon

Silicon UK, is the authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology.

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Gaijin Entertainment

Gaijin Entertainment is a fast growing game development company established in 2002. Gaijin's team specializes in creation of games for

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Zeddit

Zeddit is the #1 way to grow your paid magazine audience

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Devolver Digital

Devolver Digital is a video game company that publishes online and offline games for the distinguished gamer and their refined taste.

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Jellyfish

Jellyfish is a ecommerce content production platform for online businesses.

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Argus Media group

Argus Media group is a global energy and commodity price reporting agency.

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Booxscale

Booxscale is the creator of next generation transaction platform of aggregated on-demand businesses to surface within publisher websites.

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SCORRERS

Scorrers is a global giveaway and webshop platform founded by FC Barcelona player Ivan Rakitic.

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How.to

How.to is an early-stage discovery platform and managed Marketplace

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Level Up Media

Level Up Media is a technology company that creates online destination for gaming and eSports fans to watch on demand video.

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent non-profit organization that pursues in-depth journalism into organizations.

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RollUp Media

RollUp Media is a content creation platform that connects independent publishers, advertisers and writers.

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Euromoney Institutional Investor

Euromoney Institutional Investor is a leading international business to business media group.

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Springer Nature

Springer Nature is a leading global research, educational and professional publisher, home to an array of respected and trusted brands

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Infinite Mixed Reality

Infinite Mixed Reality is a full-service virtual reality and augmented reality agency.

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Erly Stage Studios

An Education Venture Studio and digital publishing business, our mission is to make learning fun through engaging content and technology.

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Flooved

Flooved is a provider of interactive social e-textbooks with personalized content for students and professors.

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Appticles

Creating, distributing and monetizing mobile HTML5 applications.

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DMG Media

DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.

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Lexology

Lexology is a web-based service that provides company law departments and law firms with the practical intelligence.

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MedArkive

MedArkive is a SaaS pharma educational Content.

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Kauris Ltd

Kauris Ltd. develops LAMOOVA promoting clubbing trough App, Animation Film and Series, Comics and Website, AR / VR.

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HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading pre-school entertainment companies.

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Time Out Group plc

Time Out is a leading global media and entertainment business

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The Memo

Online publication covering technology, innovation and the changing face of business.

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The Kernel

The Kernel is an online magazine that offers comments, reviews, and analysis about the European technology industry.

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tibit

pocket change for the internet — tips and tiny payments spent without a second thought.

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The Economist Group

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.

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Tilda Publishing

Tilda Publishing builds beautiful websites and tell stories without any code.

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Jellybooks

Jellybooks helps authors and publishers develop traction by identifying and reaching out to the most influential readers.

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Resident Advisor

RA is an online music magazine and community platform that's dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe.

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Days Of The Year

Expert curators of the world’s weird, funny and wonderful holidays.

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EMAP Publishing (UK)

EMAP is a business-to-business multiplatform media group, whose brands inform, inspire and connect within the sectors they operate in.

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News UK

News UK is a great company full of talented, dedicated and creative people.

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HELLO

HELLO! is the world's leading royal and celebrity news brand.

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Macmillan

Macmillan Publishers Ltd is one of the largest and best known international publishing groups in the world.

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Pocket lint

Pocket-lint the largest independent gadget news and reviews site in the UK.

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Digital Extremes

Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent development studios in the interactive entertainment industry.

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Contentment Ltd

Beautifully simple app publishing

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Scoop Magazine

Scoop Magazine offers a bi-monthly printed magazine for designed to inspire and nurture a love of reading and stories.

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Haymarket

Haymarket is a media and information company that creates award-winning specialist content for international audiences.

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Admixer Technologies

Ad-tech company that develops and maintains SaaS products in the field of digital advertising management.

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Eagle-i Music

Eagle-i Music is an independent music publishing company with a global centralized database hub.

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Racing Post

Racing Post is a horse and grey hound race related information site providing statistics, news, and book shop.

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Ketch

Ketch is a Blogging Platforms company.

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Idler Academy

The Idler is a quirky brand comprising online course business, quarterly journal, book publisher.

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LICKD

Pre-cleared commercial music licensing for YouTube and Online Video Creators.

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IELTS Material

IELTS provides free study material for preparation of IELTS, which is an international standardised test of English language proficiency.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published by Independent Print Limited.

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Mobango

MOBANGO is a mobile community enabling mobile users to publish, convert and share user generated content with others.

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Nature Publishing Group

Nature Publishing Group publishes scientific and medical information in print and online.

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MIRROR.CO.UK

MIRROR.CO.UK is the online edition of The Daily Mirror, which is one of Britain's tabloid newspapers.

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Econsultancy

Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.

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Alberto Statti Blogger

Alberto Statti is a blogger and content creator, you may have seen his works online.

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DataPress

DataPress is a privately held company that is an engine for publishing data.

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Planet Ivy

Planet Ivy is a magazine and information provider focused on helping start ups.

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Fifty

Fifty is a technology company focused on large scale analysis of Social Media data.

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Hindawi

Hindawi is a commercial publisher of peer-reviewed and fully OpenAccess research journals and papers.

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Sunday

Sunday is a content marketing and publishing agency that produces solutions via all owned media channels and for B2C and B2B audiences.

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Blue Crow Media

Blue Crow Media is an independent publisher.

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Hometrack

Hometrack publishes market insight and analysis of residential property trends in the UK

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Ztudium

ztudium is maker of the industry 4.0 technologies for the future present: blockchain, AI and digital transformation solutions

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Which?

Which? is a publishing platform that offers reviews of consumer products and services.

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Warc

Warc helps companies grow their businesses by offering advertising best practices, evidences, and insights from popular brands.

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BMJ Group

BMJ Group provides medical information and resources to doctors, researchers, healthcare workers, and patients worldwide.

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Immediate Media Co.

Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.

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Kolabtree

Find & hire experts, top postdocs & PhDs, as research collaborators for your academic or business projects.Speed up your research work!

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Express.co.uk

Express.co.uk is an online news portal of the Daily Express and Sunday Express.

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NeuronAD

NeuronAD want to keep internet content free and with healthy ad ecosystem between content creators and visitors.

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Bookboon

Bookboon, is a publisher of eBooks

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Raconteur

Raconteur Media is a publishing house and content marketing agency.

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Fupping Media

We are a leading global digital publisher. We combine big data and open source intelligence with content marketing.

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GrantTree

GrantTree was started in 2010 with the explicit aim of helping innovative tech companies to access government funding.

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Pharma intelligence

Pharma intelligence helps in analysis, insight, and consultancy services for pharmaceutical, MedTech, and clinical research organizations.

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Dazed & Confused

Dazed and Confused is an independent magazine that covers fashion and culture, predominantly through photography.

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Glipho

SquareHub is a private family network that facilitates coordination and communication.

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New Scientist

New Scientist delivers entertaining, relevant, and thought-provoking science and technology content that feeds the mind.

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Globe Business Media Group

Globe is a provider of business intelligence for the international legal and intellectual property markets.

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GL Education Group

GL Education Group provider of educational assessment solutions for UK primary and secondary schools.

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Urban Times

Urban Times is a social content publishing platform for writers, bloggers and journalists.

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Flickreel

Flickreel is an online movie magazine covering the latest film news, reviews, previews and trailers, alongside written and video features.

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Kaizen

Kaizen is a content marketing agency in London, based in Moorgate.

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OneTag

OneTag offers cutting-edge technology and services designed for digital advertisers and publishers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house established in 1986.

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Chrysalis Vision

Chrysalis Vision is working with writers to develop and produce ambitious and authored drama.

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Bitcompare

Your crypto comparison site

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EMIS

EMIS operates in and reports on countries where high reward goes hand-in-hand with high risk.

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Hearst Magazines UK

Hearst Magazines UK is the largest digital publisher in the UK. There reach extends to 1 in 3 UK women and 1 in 4 UK adults .The portfolio

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Express KCS

Express KCS provides companies around the world with a turnkey route to offshoring their media production.

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IPC Media

IPC Media is a consumer magazine publisher.

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PinkNews

PinkNews is a gay news service that provides the latest information on current affairs, entertainment, travel, and more.

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Dazed Media

Dazed Media is the world’s leading independent fashion and culture media brand.

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PPA

The PPA has been synonymous with magazines for over 100 years but made up of modern media businesses carving out a new future.

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YUDU Ltd

YUDU is an platform and app developer specializing in digital publishing, crisis communications and corporate communications

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Dods (Group) plc

Dods is a global political information, publishing, training, events and communications business

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Charlie & Wolf

Charlie & Wolf is an independent digital publisher for children’s education and entertainment, developing a series of stories.

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EMI Group

EMI is a multinational music recording and publishing, and electronics device and systems manufacturing company.

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AgriBriefing

AgriBriefing is a business media company that specializes in pricing, data, marketing solutions, news, market intelligence, and insight.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy is an online media platform that covers the latest digital television and programming news from the U.K.

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City A.M.

City A.M. delivers latest U.K. and World business and finance news, including breaking economic and political news, comment, and analysis.

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The Times

The Times is a daily newspaper published in London, United Kingdom.

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The Ozone Project

The Ozone Project is a transparent and brand-safe platform offering advertisers direct access to an audience for programmatic advertising.

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Nitrome

Nitrome is a browser based online adventure game that lets users customize their appearance with various skins and designs.

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