Business Connect is the business magazine for companies across South Yorkshire. Produced by Kemps Publishing, Business Connect aims to promote successful enterprises in the region while providing advice and information for growing businesses.
A 52-page magazine, Business Connect is published four times a year and has an estimated broad-spectrum readership of 20,000 key decision makers from local business. It has a circulation of approximately 5,000 that includes key strategic locations across South Yorkshire, including Barnsley & Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield.
Each issue of the magazine includes:
• Business news from across South Yorkshire
• Expert comment and opinion from leaders in their respective fields, including the legal, finance, international trade, digital & technology, construction & manufacturing, skills & training and hospitality & leisure sectors
• In-depth features on the business issues of the day.
Business Connect is sent to prominent business hubs in the region. Digital copies of current and past issues of Business Connect are also available on the Kemps website.
Business Connect offers a wide range of advertising opportunities.
Benefits of advertising in Business Connect
• Business Connect is one of the leading business publications in South Yorkshire
• Business Connect has a circulation of approximately 5,000 and is mailed out to named company heads across South Yorkshire
• Business Connect’s targeted circulation ensures that the key decision makers see your message, and provides an ideal platform to reach a wider audience
Business Connect is an invaluable way of staying connected within South Yorkshire and promoting your business to others in region and further afield.
Kemps Publishing is a long established publisher with a reputation for producing high-quality business-to-business magazines.
The company’s history spans over 120 years and its portfolio of products ranges from traditional hard copy magazines, through to the very latest in online internet and e-commerce technology.
Please send your news stories to:
Laura Blake
laura.blake@kempspublishing.co.uk
Tel: 0121 765 4144
Advertising: Jon Jones
jon.jones@kempspublishing.co.uk
Tel: 0121 765 4144
Advertising rates & sizes
Double Page
Size 400mm(w) x 265mm(h)
Full Page
£3,000
Size 190mm(w) x 265mm(h) £1,950
Half Page
Size 190mm(w) x 130mm(h) £1,250
Half Page Vertical
Size 92mm(w) x 265mm(h) £1,250
Special Positions
Outside Back Cover
Size 210mm(w) x 297mm(h)
(Plus 3mm bleed to all sides)
Inside Front/Back Cover
Size 210mm(w) x 297mm(h)
(Plus 3mm bleed to all sides)
Facing Inside Back Cover
Size 210mm(w) x 297mm(h)
(Plus 3mm bleed to all sides)
Sponsored Sector Focus
£2,500
Quarter Page
Size 92mm(w) x 130mm(h) £750
Quarter Page Horizontal
Size 190mm(w) x 62mm(h) £750
Artwork copy requirements
Artwork to be supplied in CMYK, 300dpi and in PDF, EPS, JPG or TIFF formats. All files should be CMYK as we cannot be held responsible for conversion of any RBG files supplied.
When supplying PDF or EPS files please convert text to outlines or fonts need to be embedded.
Bleed adverts must include the bleed with crop marks in the PDF created; live area adverts as per size specified.
Digital artwork can be sent to the following: businessconnect@kempspublishing.co.uk
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Paper Size: 297mm high x 210mm wide • Paper Weight: 90g
NB Advertisements containing coupons will not be accepted.
£2,500
£2,500
£3,000
Sponsored Column 200-230 words + logo
INSERTS
£750
Single sheet inserts pre-folded or un-folded to a size not exceeding the size (287mm high x 200mm wide) with a maximum weight of 20g. Pre-printed supplied inserts £400 per 1000* (single sheet only). Non pre-printed inserts and other weights by arrangement.
*Series discount does not apply.
DISCOUNTS
*Maximum
Delivery Instructions
Samples
Samples must be received at Kemps Publishing one week before delivery date.
FAO: Pam Hawkins
Production Department
Kemps Publishing Ltd Unit 8, The Courtyard, 707 Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DA
Tel: 0121 765 4144
Inserts for delivery
FAO: Chloe Mantle
Chamber Connect
Buxton Press Limited Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AE
Tel: 01298 212000 neilbothamley@buxtonpress.com
QUARTER ONE 2025
• ENTERPRISE & INNOVATION
• APPRENTICESHIPS, SKILLS & TRAINING
QUARTER TWO 2025
• COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
• PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Features: Laura Blake
laura.blake@kempspublishing.co.uk
Tel: 0121 765 4144
QUARTER THREE 2025
• CORPORATE CHRISTMAS
• MADE IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE
QUARTER FOUR 2025
• CHARITABLE CAUSES, PROMOTION & PARTNERSHIP
• HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE
Advertising: Jon Jones
jon.jones@kempspublishing.co.uk
Tel: 0121 765 4144