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PRCA Matchmaker NewBizFest25
Get Ready for NewBizFest25: The Ultimate New Business Event!
Join us at The Trampery Old Street on 6th March for the first-ever NewBizFest, a one-day event hosted by PRCA Matchmaker, focused entirely on driving agency growth and new business success.
This one day event is going to be fast paced engaging and filled with insights, tips and case studies to help drive agency growth and new biz success. We’ve got some incredible expert speakers and panellists from both the world of new biz as well as inhouse comms lined up and we’d love for you to join us on what is going to be an exhilarating new biz road trip.
Suitable for:
Agency Founders, CEOs, Directors, Heads of Growth, Commercial Directors, and New Business Directors
With a full day of dynamic sessions, you'll have the chance to dive deep into the latest strategies and trends shaping the new biz landscape. Plus, ample networking opportunities will allow you to connect with industry professionals and potential partners.
Agenda:
Time | Session |
09:00 | Registration |
09:35 | Introduction and Welcome from PRCA Sarah Waddington, Interim CEO, PRCA |
09:40 | PRCA CMS Update Carol McGil, CMS Assessor, PRCA |
09:50 | Torture Test Your New Business Proposition Mark Clark, CEO, jfdi |
10:20 | Emerging Trends in Marketing Procurement: What PR Agencies Need to Know Tina Fegent, Marketing Procurement Consultant |
10:50 | Coffee break |
11:20 | The Art of Listening and the Power of Questions Moderator: Faith Holland, Founder, The Turn Works - Tomos Edwards, Head of Global Research Communications EMEA, Bank of America - Caroline Doyle, Communications & PR Manager, Ocado Retail - Adrian Mooney, Interim Marketing Director, New York Bakery Company |
12:00 | A Spark to a Flame Keith Smith, Co-Founder, The Advertist, and The Fuel Podcast Ian Truscott, Founder/ Chief Strategist, Rockstar CMO |
12:30 | Retaining and Growing Existing Business Simon Rhind-Tutt, Joint Founder, Relationship Audits® |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:00 | Agency Creds: A Necessary Evil, or a Strategic Opportunity? James Thomlinson, Founder & CEO, Sprint Partners Alex Young, Director, Alex Young Consulting |
14:30 | AI - A Game Changer for New Biz Stuart Bruce, PR Futurist, Co-founder, Purposeful Relations |
15:00 | How Not to Win New Business, 7 Proven Ways to Mess Up Faith Holland, Founder, The Turn Works |
15:30 | Coffee break |
15:50 | From Good Presentations To Great Stories Mark Clark, CEO, jfdi |
16:20 | Agency Outreach - Making it Less Dreadful Steve Fair, Owner, Sponge New Business |
16:50 | Conference close |
Ticket prices:
CMS Accredited PRCA Agency Members
1 place £99 + VAT
2 places £169 + VAT
PRCA Member Agency (Non CMS)
1 place £169 + VAT
2 places £289 + VAT
Non PRCA Agency Member
1 place £349 + VAT
2 places £629 + VAT

With thanks to our event sponsors, Onclusive