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ArticleTrade show organizer Raccoon Media acquired by investment company
Cuil Bay Capital, a new U.K.-based investment firm led by exhibition entrepreneur Doug Emslie, has announced its first investment with the acquisition of a majority stake in U.K.-based Raccoon Media Group. Raccoon was founded in 2016 and achieved great success with the launch of the National Running Show. Since then, ...
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News briefsRaccoon buys U.S. B2C event from SIA
Raccoon Events, the British company behind the National Running Show and the National Outdoor Expo in the U.K., has acquired the Snowbound Festival from Snowsports Industries America (SIA). Raccoon and SIA announced that they would form a long-term partnership in conjunction with the Snowbound B2C event. The partnership aims to ...
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ArticleRacoon Events CEO introduces Net Zero plan at COP26
At a panel discussion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Raccoon Events Ltd’s CEO Mike Seaman introduced the company’s roadmap to reach Net Zero by 2025. The plan visible on the Raccoon website is set out in five areas, all of which will have quarterly and annual targets ...
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UK National Snow Show debuts Oct. 23-24
This weekend (Oct. 23-24), the U.K.’s National Snow Show is set to take place at the NEC in Birmingham. The event organized by Raccoon Events, the company behind the National Running Show and newly launched National Outdoor Expo, claims to be “a mecca for winter sports enthusiasts providing a comprehensive ...
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New British Cycling Show in June 2022
Raccoon Events, the U.K.-based company behind events such as the National Running Show, National Snow Show or National Outdoor Expo, announced today that it is adding another consumer event to its portfolio: The National Cycling Show, scheduled for June 18-19, 2022, at the NEC in Birmingham. The ...
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National Outdoor Expo delayed by one year
The National Outdoor Expo, originally scheduled to take place March 27-28 at the NEC in Birmingham, will be postponed by one year to March 19-20, 2022. Mike Seaman, CEO of Raccoon Events, the organizer of the U.K. show, said: “We left it as late as we could to make this ...
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Momentum is building for National Outdoor Expo in March 2021
Several outdoor brands including Montane , Salomon , Salkan , Salewa , Yurts for Life , Cactus Drinkwell , Latitude Adventures , The Outdoor Guide and Savage Adventures have joined the line-up at The National Outdoor Expo in March 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. These ...
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UK’s new consumer National Snow Show to take place in October
Raccoon Events, the organizers of the National Running Show and newly launched National Outdoor Expo, has launched the UK’s only National Snow Show. Set to take place at the NEC in Birmingham Oct. 23-24, 2021, the two-day event is aiming at all winter sports enthusiasts and providing a comprehensive retail ...
