Capital Business Media is a privately-owned British specialist media and information group. CBM Ltd was founded in London in 2004, but our flagship title Business Matters traces its roots back to 1986 — giving us nearly four decades of continuous specialist publishing heritage. Today we operate nine brands across eight editorial divisions from offices in London, New York and Florida — covering business, finance, automotive, renewable energy, travel, property, contract publishing and live events.
To build trusted, premium specialist media brands that unite vibrant communities and ignite the conversations shaping the industries of tomorrow.
From a single print title in 1986 to a nine-brand specialist media group today, CBM has grown by building brands the specialist way: one editor, one audience, one sector at a time. Every brand is majority-owned and has been developed by the same editorial philosophy — deep expertise, independence, and long-term investment in the communities we serve. Nearly four decades of continuous specialist publishing, and we're still independent.
Our values aren't principles on paper. They're the reason readers, advertisers and the editorial teams we work with choose to build long-term relationships with CBM. Every hire, every commission, every partnership is tested against the four below.
CBM is privately owned and editorially independent. No corporate parent, no sponsored agenda, no pay-to-play coverage. Our brands serve their audiences first and answer to their readers — not to shareholders chasing a quarter.
We publish to the standards of the trade we've chosen. Every story is reported honestly, every commercial relationship is disclosed, every correction is published in full. Readers can tell the difference — and so can the brands that advertise with us.
Our editors, writers and hosts are practitioners. They've run the businesses, driven the cars, flown the routes, built the portfolios and filed the Self Assessments. It's why our audiences trust us — and why the generic content farms can't touch us.
From the first print titles in 2004 to a multi-channel ecosystem today of digital, podcast, video, newsletter and live events, CBM has always reinvested in the next format our audiences want — before it becomes obvious.
The gap between responsible specialist journalism and the flood of AI-generated, SEO-chasing filler has never been wider. CBM exists on the right side of that gap — and plans to stay there. Our award-winning editors and content creators are fully immersed in the sectors they cover, delivering reporting that matters today and shaping the conversations of tomorrow.
Our writers are active participants in the industries they cover — landlords writing about property, EV owners reviewing EVs, sole traders writing for sole traders. Not tourists, not reprinted press releases.
Sponsored content is clearly labelled. Advertising is firewalled from editorial. Gifted travel, review units and event invitations are disclosed. If a story is influenced by a commercial relationship, our readers know before they read it.
Every CBM brand publishes its editorial standards and corrections policy. When we get something wrong, we correct it at the top of the piece and log it publicly — not quietly in an edit history.
CBM editorial is written by our journalists. Where AI tools are used for research, transcription or data processing, that use is disclosed. We do not publish synthetic articles as if they were reporting.
CBM is organised around eight editorial divisions, each with its own dedicated brands, audiences and commercial team. Several brands span more than one division — EV Powered sits across automotive and renewable energy, Property Portfolio Investor across property and finance — and that overlap is part of how we build cross-audience reach for partners. The full portfolio is laid out in detail on the Divisions page.
CBM is led by a small, hands-on management team that sits closer to the editorial work than most media groups of our size. Every member of the leadership team has come up through specialist publishing — not through finance, not through private equity, not through consultancy. The people making the decisions are the people who still write, edit and publish.
Founded CBM in 2004, having taken on Business Matters (est. 1986) as the group's flagship title. Oversees editorial direction across all nine brands, chairs the Business Champion Awards judging panel and writes the weekly Business Matters column. Also editor of Travelling For Business.
Leads the CBM commercial team across the UK and US, running partnerships, advertising, sponsorship and the events commercial business across every brand in the portfolio.
Chief of Staff for the UK business — the bridge between the founder’s office and the editorial, commercial and operations teams. Owns group-wide priorities, programme delivery and the day-to-day rhythm of the London HQ.
Runs day-to-day operations across the three international offices and leads the CBM Americas business out of New York and Florida.
CBM is headquartered in London — where the group was founded in 2004 and where the UK editorial team is based. It opened its first US office in New York in 2018 to handle commercial and partnerships across the Americas, and added a second US base in Florida in 2023 for Americas operations and live events. Together the three locations give CBM direct reach into the UK, EU and US audiences that its specialist brands serve.
CBM operates a 1-1-1 charitable model: one per cent of company equity, one per cent of product and one per cent of employee time directed to causes that matter to the communities our readers live and work in. The Foundation is how we make sure the success of the business is felt beyond it — in the industries we write about, in the causes our team care most about, and in the lives of the people our platforms reach.
CBM has set aside 1% of its equity to fuel future philanthropic investment via the CBM Foundation — a permanent, compounding commitment that grows alongside the business itself.
Free and discounted advertising, branded content, live-event visibility and media training for registered nonprofits, educational institutions and community organisations across the UK and US.
Every CBM team member is given 56 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off a year to give back to a charity, school, community project or good cause of their choice.
For the 2026/2027 cycle, the CBM Foundation is backing Race Against Dementia — the charity founded by Sir Jackie Stewart that funds pioneering dementia research using the rapid-iteration methodology of Formula 1. Over the year, CBM will raise funds and awareness through the Business Champion Awards, donate commercial inventory across its brand portfolio, and hand the charity a platform at CBM live events.
Visit raceagainstdementia.com →Pandemic laptop appeal, 2020. At the height of the first lockdown, CBM made a £20,000 donation — initiated by founder Richard Alvin on behalf of the group — to buy laptops and tablets for vulnerable young people who had been cut off from school and learning. One of many examples of the Foundation’s founding commitment in action, long before it was formalised into the 1-1-1 model.
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