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Blackfinch is an established UK provider of tax efficient investment solutions. Our philosophy is based on transparency and simplicity. Our services provide real solutions to real financial planning challenges faced by individuals today.  We have been operating in the UK retail investment market since 1992. Our focus has been primarily on tax efficiency, and our track record reflects a growing client base, with group assets under administration and management  in excess of £500 million.

Bodii is an early stage health tech company that uses technology to help physiotherapy patients recover from injuries in an insightful, engaging and empowering manner. We are focused on complementing the recovery journey by allowing patients to use the Bodii Flex, a range of motion wearable to measure their marginal gains at home. There are extremely high barriers for patients in the industry presently with wait times averaging close to two months and the highly unsustainable cost of private care at approximately £40-60 per 30min session.

We have raised an early round of funding via a venture studio deal together with Nova Growth Capital that has allowed us to go from idea to MVP during the second half of 2022 while continuously validating our value proposition within the industry. We have raised an early round of SEIS/EIS funding and are looking to continue raising EIS funding from Q2 2023.

Boom Radio was created in Autumn 2020, as the UK was entering the second phase of lockdown. Veteran radio executives David Lloyd and Phil Riley thought there might be some merit in establishing a new type of commercial radio station, aimed at potentially disaffected BBC Radio 2 listeners – those older fans who were feeling left behind by that station’s decision in 2018 to target more closely younger ‘mood mums’ aged in their late 30s, 40s and 50s.

The Boom vision was for innovation in both programming and operation, with a deep playlist, full-service presentation from accomplished familiar presenters, and remote operation allowing the business to offer a high-quality, cost-efficient new entrant to the market for older listeners.

Boom Radio remains an independent operator, not tied to one of the major radio groups, funded by 32 private shareholders.

The station started broadcasting in February 2021, and an initial weekly reach of 233,000 listeners and 1.8m hours listened gave the station the confidence to believe more growth could be achieved. Audiences have continued to grow and current RAJAR metrics stand at almost four times the size of those early numbers.

Boom Radio is undoubtedly one of the most successful media launches of the last decade.

Martin Fox has been in financial services marketing all his working life.  After a range of roles at Legal & General, he became Marketing Director at Prolific, and then General Manager Marketing at Pearl. He then took the opportunity to set up the strategic marketing arm of a London agency, where he launched ABN AMRO into the UK retail market, and launched Just Retirement from scratch. Today he runs Bulletin Marketing, and has a wide portfolio of financial services clients, across product providers, banks, investment houses, EIS managers, wealth managers, family offices and service providers.  He is one of the judges of the Sustainable and Ethical Investment Awards run by Incisive Media, and he also chairs the judging committee of the EIS Association Awards.  He is now also chair of the EISA Financial Planning Committee.

Bulletin Marketing are a specialist financial services marketing agency.
Based on decades of experience, we help companies become more profitable by:
– ensuring that they have a clear marketing strategy, that is created to support the plans of the business
– sharpening their proposition so that it is compelling for the target audiences
– agreeing who the target audiences really are
– finding the most effective ways to engage with the target audiences.
It is an approach that works. For some clients we even act as a part time marketing director.
And … we know the EIS marketplace very well!!

Calculus are pioneers of the EIS industry, having launched the UK’s first approved EIS Fund in 1999. Our focus has remained consistent: building portfolios of entrepreneurial, UK growth businesses and creating value for our investors through our multi-award winning EIS funds and VCT.

Calculus focus on the fastest growing sectors in the UK – technology, healthcare and media companies. We have been able to produce significant results for our clients via tax free dividends for our VCT investors, or tax free capital gains for our EIS investors. We are proud to have been awarded ‘Best EIS Fund Manager’ by the EIS Association five times over.