FC Business Intelligence is a global business-to-business events specialist.

Investment type
  • Management buyout
Exit type
  • Trade sale
Exit date

October 2019

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They supported our ambition from the outset and provided us with investment and expertise to help us meet our objectives sooner than expected, backing our decision to join Thomson Reuters.”

Piers Latimer, Chief Executive Officer
FCBI

A key challenge was to optimise the pricing process being operated by the business – something that had grown organically with the company.

We helped the business complete some quick and simple steps addressing discounting, group pricing, price monitoring and value-based selling, helping to create a consistent approach to pricing which significantly increased overall revenue.

A new home for the business

In October 2019 LDC announced the sale of FCBI to Thomson Reuters. FCBI was rebranded as Reuters Events and now operates as part of the Reuters News division of Thomson Reuters.

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The Value Creation Partners’ assistance has been invaluable. Progressing pricing analysis and process adjustment recommendations at the pace we wanted would have been extremely challenging without their involvement.”

Piers Latimer, Chief Executive Officer
FCBI