about us

CloserStill Media Healthcare is one of the UK’s fastest growing business media companies which produces high quality events for healthcare and related markets.  The company organises The Pharmacy Show, The London Vet Show, The Dentistry Show and Commissioning – which are attended by more than 10,000 healthcare professionals and over 1500 sponsors and exhibitors.   CloserStill Media Healthcare is part of the Closerstill Media Holdings group, whose other divisions produce market leading events for the e-learning, training, technology, media and internet sectors.

Our Vision:

CloserStill was formed specifically to build a new type of business exhibition and media company that is fit for purpose in these fast-changing and demanding times. It is run and owned by a group of the business media industry`s most experienced executives. Between them they have run many of the most successful exhibitions here in Europe and as far afield as China and Singapore as well as running international media businesses that included magazines, websites and publishing. We have very strong capital backing and a flat, responsive structure that allows us to get to opportunities quickly and not bog our teams down in endless [and pointless] meetings and reports.

And we believe that the best businesses are also the simplest. We don't believe in sprawling hierarchies weighed down by huge overheads. Each of our business units runs as an autonomous company with its own leadership. Our role is to provide help where it is needed not interference where it isn't. This approach suits dynamic young entrepreneurs seeking partners that will help them fuel growth without destroying what makes their businesses special.

And we choose our opportunities as carefully as we choose our partners. We focus on dynamic markets where either growth or change - or both - give a real reason for events to exist and give us the chance to create something fresh and invigorating and to deliver real value to those we serve.

Please forgive our indulgence, but we really do believe principles are important. What are ours? Simple really. First, zero tolerance for "ists". For us, equality is deeply and instinctively ingrained in everything we do. Second, we believe that integrity is absolute, not relative: you cant have half a principle or tell half the truth. Thirdly, we believe that what`s grown together should be eaten together. So,one way or another, all our businesses will have some form of scheme to share out part of any capital rewards that the business makes. Finally, we hate losing even more than we enjoy winning and give our heart and soul to everything we do. And we and have lots of fun doing it. Hopefully, anyone who joins our adventure will feel the same way.

Phil Soar, Chairman
Andy Center, Chief Executive
Michael Westcott, Managing Director
Phil Nelson, Director
Jonathan Wood, Finance Director

The Pharmacy Show
The Dentistry Show
The London Vet Show
Commissioning
MediaPro Expo
Learning Technologies