Established in 1988, The Profile Group specialises in providing the media and business with information on forthcoming events in the UK, Europe and the USA.
We are the pioneers, market leaders and experts in news, current affairs, entertainment, celebrity and marketing forward planning for the media, government, business, PR and marketing sectors.
Our content
The Profile Group provides over 20,000 forward planning stories at any one time, all of which are confirmed at source by our experienced research team. We enjoy an unrivalled reputation for delivering accurate, reliable and up-to-the-minute information, whilst ensuring its relevance to leading organisations throughout the UK.
- All national, and key regional and international newspapers are scanned for leads on a daily basis.
- We read and scan from an extensive list of periodicals, trade and consumer magazines, and journals regularly (list available on request).
- 20 years of close contact with international PRs and event organisers ensure we receive an extensive number of press releases and media announcements, many exclusive, from over 50,000 organisations
- All events are verified and updated, directly with the event organiser, on a regular rolling basis.
- Relevant websites and portals are researched continuously.
- Close relations with industry insiders allow The Profile Group to publish insider information, not available via press release, or to the public. Indeed many event organisers consult us to advise on handling media announcements effectively.
- Our rigorous data checks mean our content is as accurate and reliable as possible, and all of our content complies with the Data Protection Act.
- All items are categorised with multiple searchable criteria.
- Over a thousand items are added to and updated in the database weekly.
- Our research team can be contacted throughout the day with any data related enquiries.
- Our client services team guarantees continued support from our account managers, enabling our customers to derive maximum benefit from the information we provide
Our data & delivery
All the information collated by the Profile Group is exhaustively categorised to allow the user to search and retrieve exactly the information that is required, from complex one off searches to daily email alerts.
The flexibility, speed and accuracy of our search mechanisms are constantly evolving to ensure the user can find all the information he or she needs with the minimum of effort.
- Content available in any format including XML feed, csv, hosted web services.
- The user can tailor our websites by adding their own events to appear alongside our data or be filed separately allowing data to be shared and integrated into the users’ own systems.
- The latest tagging technology is utilised to file events and allow ease of administration.
- Ability to export our data to documents including Excel and Outlook.
- Personalised notes can be added to each event.
- Events can be tracked and managed.
- Our data can be queried and filtered by multiple criteria including by company; industry sector; event type; date; location; timezone; keyword; event organiser.
- Multiple daily alerts and breaking news emails complement all our websites.
- Frequently performed searches can be saved and email alerts can be set up to provide notification of changes to pre-selected events.