Faversham House Group

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Faversham House Group is a UK based independent media company located in South Croydon, Surrey. It specialises in publishing B2B magazines and websites, and organising B2B exhibitions, conferences and events. The company's focus is on a number of key market sectors: water, energy and environmental; building services; home improvement; visual communications; and road and traffic management. The role of the organisation is to make connections between buyers and suppliers in those markets.

Faversham House has achieved the British Standard 8901 in Sustainable Event Management.(2)

History

The company was founded in 1960 by Vic Gould and Jack Pearce with the launch of Heating & Ventilating Review, one of the then-new controlled circulation magazines relying on advertising revenue rather than subscriptions. It operated out of offices above the Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street for several years and moved to Faversham House in Croydon in the late sixties. The company has grown through a series of acquisitions and launches and now publishes 12 controlled circulation magazines and 11 websites, and stages 14 national and regional exhibitions in the UK and Ireland as well as 8 award events.

The company's most recent acquisition was Utility Week magazine, bought from Reed Business Group in July 2010 .

Publications

  • Water & Wastewater Treatment
  • Water and Effluent Treatment News
  • Local Authority Waste & Recycling
  • Sustainable Business
  • Utility Week
  • Desalination & Water Reuse Quarterly
  • Air Conditioning & Refrigeration News
  • Heating & Ventilating Review
  • Builders Merchants Journal
  • DIY Week
  • Hardware & Garden Review
  • Housewares

Exhibitions

  • Sustainabilitylive! An ABC accredited exhibition , held annually in May at the NEC Birmingham , attracted a total of 8,904 attendees , and comprising the following exhibitions:
    • Brownfield Expo (BEX)
    • Environmental Technology (ET)
    • International Water and Effluent Exhibition (IWEX)
    • National Energy Management Exhibition (NEMEX)
    • Sustainable Business (SB) – The Event
  • Sign & Digital UK, Held annually in April at the NEC Birmingham
  • Resource Ireland, Held annually at Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin, comprising the Irish Water Exhibition, Irish Recycling & Waste Exhibition and Irish Sustainable Business Exhibition.
  • Road Expo Ireland and Civilex , Held annually at Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin
  • Road Expo Scotland, Held annually at Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
  • HEVAR London, Held annually in September at the Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, London
  • HEVAR Manchester, Held annually in March at the Lancashire County Cricket Ground

Awards

  • The Britain’s Best Retailer Awards, held annually in Manchester
  • The Product of the Year Awards, held annually in London
  • Water Industry Achievement Awards, held annually in Birmingham
  • The Environment & Energy Awards, held annually in Birmingham alongside Sustainabilitylive!
  • The Utility Industry Achievement Awards, held annually in London
  • Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence, held annually in London
  • ACR News Awards held annually alternating between Birmingham and London
  • The HVR Awards, held annually in London

Community and Charity Work

The firm supports a number of charities associated with its key markets and is active in raising money for them. These include Water Aid and the Rainy Day Trust. Staff members participate in numerous fund-raising activities, both individually and as a company. The company runs a programme to offer work experience to school children and university students.

A member of Driving for Better Business - a campaign to give a higher priority to road safety for those who drive cars or vans for business purposes.