2.5 million specialist decision makers every month across nine independent brands, eight editorial divisions and three international offices in London, New York and Florida. Founders, investors, fund managers, fleet buyers, property portfolio holders, travel procurement teams, energy installers and sole traders — all reached in one conversation with one commercial team.
CBM's audiences aren't casual readers. They own businesses, sign cheques, approve fleets, build portfolios, commission buildings, book travel for their teams and launch the next thing. Our brands exist to serve the people who are actually doing it — and that's who advertisers can reach.
Every brand in the CBM portfolio is a category leader in its own right, with a clearly defined audience, tone and commercial proposition. Buy one — or build a cross-brand campaign that reaches founders, fund managers, fleet buyers, travel procurement, investors, installers and rural operators in a single run.
The UK's flagship SME and entrepreneurship title, founded in 1986 and now 40 years strong. Daily news, opinion and practical guidance for the people running Britain's small and mid-market businesses.
The premium executive lifestyle companion to Business Matters. Business class travel, fine dining, luxury motoring, property and the cultural reference points of Britain's high-net-worth founders.
CBM's New York-based title for institutional asset and fund managers. Market intelligence, manager interviews and fund-level analysis — the US-desk complement to CBM's UK finance coverage.
The UK's leading independent voice on electric vehicles. Magazine, podcast and YouTube channel reaching fleet buyers, early adopters and the EV industry itself.
The title for the people who book, manage and actually fly the corporate travel programme. Hotels, airlines, routes, suppliers, MICE and procurement — with 21% of readers based in the United States.
The UK consumer title for home electrification: solar, batteries, heat pumps, EV charging, insulation and the smart home stack that ties it all together.
Data-first intelligence for serious landlords and property investors. Yields, financing, regional markets, legislation and portfolio strategy.
The indie sister title to Business Matters — for the 4.1 million UK sole traders, freelancers, side-hustlers and partnerships running a business that isn't a Ltd.
CBM's flagship annual awards celebrating Britain's best founders, scale-ups, family businesses and specialist entrepreneurs. 500+ black-tie guests, 20 categories, national PR reach — and the centrepiece of CBM's live events calendar.
CBM's corporate travel awards programme — a black-tie gala celebrating the airlines, hotels, ground operators, TMCs and travel-tech platforms that make business travel work. 23 categories across business hotels, premium aviation, MICE, ground transport and travel technology.
CBM's newest awards programme — launching in 2026 to celebrate Britain's rural economy. Farming, agri-tech, rural hospitality, estate diversification, countryside tourism and the independent enterprises running on the land. Full category structure, venue and founding partners to be announced.
Campaigns can be bought by individual brand or planned across a whole editorial division — so a finance brand can reach both Business Matters and PPI in one buy, or a sustainability brand can run across EV Powered, Electric Home and the renewable-energy reach of Property Portfolio Investor in a single schedule.
From high-impact display takeovers to bespoke branded content series, from qualified lead gen to awards headline sponsorship, CBM's commercial team can plan and execute an integrated specialist campaign across every channel its audiences live in.
Run-of-brand display, high-impact homepage takeovers, leaderboards, MPUs, mobile interstitials and premium in-article units across the full CBM network.
Long-form sponsored editorial written by CBM's practitioner editors, clearly labelled, published alongside the brand's earned coverage and surfaced across homepage, newsletter and social.
Solus email drops, integrated sponsorships and newsletter takeovers across CBM's 230k+ opted-in subscriber base. Avg open rate 42%, CTR 3.8%.
EV Powered's YouTube channel, the CBM podcast network and branded video production — from pre-roll sponsorship to full custom series produced by our in-house video team.
Sponsorship of CBM's live events calendar including the Business Champion Awards — headline, category, drinks reception, after-party, bespoke sector summits and brand-hosted roundtables.
Qualified, opted-in leads delivered from CBM's first-party audience — gated reports, webinar co-hosting, whitepaper downloads and product-enquiry forms, all GDPR-compliant.
CBM's in-house editorial and production team builds white-label publications for brands and associations: digital magazines, annual reports, printed titles and long-running customer publications.
Custom research, audience surveys and data reports produced in partnership with CBM's first-party audience — delivered as a standalone report or as the spine of a thought-leadership campaign.
Bespoke multi-channel programmes that combine several of the above into one planned, measured campaign — typically the route advertisers take once they've run with CBM once.
Three recent examples of how advertisers have used the CBM portfolio to reach audiences that generic business media couldn't — in each case delivering measurable commercial outcomes against specific business objectives.
Six-month integrated campaign across EV Powered: branded content series, newsletter sponsorship, podcast feature episode and a sponsored test-drive video. Target was fleet buyers and procurement — reached 600k in-market readers, generated 1,850 enquiry-form leads and a measurable lift in dealer-site traffic.
Year-long partnership with Property Portfolio Investor combining the PPI Yield Calculator sponsorship, a quarterly regional market report co-branded with CBM research, and a monthly newsletter slot into the 32k-strong PPI audience. Objective was lead quality over volume — delivered 6-figure pipeline.
Multi-year headline sponsorship of the Business Champion Awards paired with a branded content series on Business Matters. 500+ founder guests reached at the ceremony, 1M+ PR reach around winners, and a year-round brand presence alongside the UK's largest independent SME title.
Summary ratecard for CBM's 2026 media programme — headline print, display and newsletter positions across four of the portfolio's largest advertising brands. All rates are quoted net per insertion, excluding VAT. Full specifications, spec sheets, campaign discounts, series bookings, package rates and per-brand addenda are in the 2026 media pack.
UK SME and entrepreneurship title. Premium print, daily digital and a 143k-strong newsletter.
The premium executive lifestyle companion to Business Matters. Quarterly print, HNW audience, digital and newsletter.
600k monthly web uniques, 30k+ carbon-neutral print run, 3.5M+ lifetime YouTube views and 2M+ lifetime podcast listens.
Bi-monthly print, 250k monthly web uniques, 21% US-based readership and a dedicated awards programme on 22 October 2026.
CBM's dedicated title for the 4.1 million UK sole traders, freelancers and partnerships running a business that isn't a Ltd. Digital-first, newsletter-led.
Above rates are 2026 list prices and are subject to volume, series, agency and package discounts — material deadlines and full creative specs are in the media pack. Electric Home, Property Portfolio Investor and Fund Manager Today rate cards are available on request and included in the full pack. Business Champion Awards, Travelling For Business Awards and Rural Business Awards sponsorship is priced separately — prospectuses available via the events team.
CBM's commercial team is structured to move quickly — one point of contact, one proposal, one contract, one campaign. Here's what happens when you reach out.
30-minute call with a CBM commercial lead to understand your brand, the audience you're trying to reach and the KPIs you're measuring against.
Tailored media plan across the right brands, divisions and products — with reach, rate card, creative options and delivery timeline.
IO signed, creative briefed to CBM's in-house production team, campaign slots reserved and launch date locked into the editorial calendar.
Campaign runs with weekly performance updates and a full end-of-campaign report benchmarked against stated KPIs. Renewal conversation follows.
The full CBM 2026 media pack is a 56-page PDF with per-brand audience breakdowns, live rate cards across all nine brands, product specifications, case studies and the editorial calendar for Business Matters, Optimum, Not Ltd, EV Powered, Electric Home, Travelling For Business, Property Portfolio Investor, Fund Manager Today and the CBM live events calendar. Request it below and it'll be in your inbox within minutes.
