How Year Ahead is researched

Year Ahead's dedicated in-house research team receives and collects new and updated information on hundreds of forthcoming events every week, employing a wide range of resources to source new events, update existing stories and find new contacts.

Publications scanned for stories include UK national newspapers (all of which are read by our researchers each morning, along with London dailies), trade magazines across a variety of sectors (including marketing, PR, catering, tourism, finance and technology), entertainment titles (both trade and consumer), plus specialist exhibition, conference and event organisers' periodicals.

Other sources include press releases, online sources, news wire services and trade directories, while our research team maintains close relationships with event organisers to ensure that Year Ahead is the first to hear of any new events.

All our event information is regularly verified at source, either over the telephone or via regular eshots to event organisers, with the vast majority of our 16,000 events being fully re-researched and updated at least once every quarter.