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The Black Links publication was founded in 1999. The publication is now in its second decade.

It is re-launched as Black Links UK with online and offline directory: www.BlackLinks.global .The directory has a growing database which is at the centre of the black business diversity, enterprise and intelligence initiative. It serves as a platform for   business opportunities in the UK and the Diaspora.

Editorial content:

Black Links Europe 2014/15 is divided into the following

sections:

Corporate Section

Approx 24 pp of themed editorial covering eleven business sectors

Professional Services, Creative, Cultural Industries, Employment, Education and  Training, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Retail, Third Sector including Faith Groups and Charities, Public Sector, Leisure  and  Entertainment.

The editorial will include news, reviews, interviews and market research covering the following issues:

  • Global Trade and Business
  • Access to finance
  • Funding
  • Procurement
  • Marketing Intelligence
  • International trade and networking.
  • Business start ups
  • Research and development
  • Imports and exports
  • Fair Trade

1st EDITION 2000 “LAUNCH” PAGINATION – 334PP

3rd EDITION 2002 “THE EYE” PAGINATION – 308PP

2nd EDITION2001 “MILLENNIUM” PAGINATION – 466PP

4th EDITION 2003 “THE GLOBE” PAGINATION – 210PP

Classified / Directory Section (Approx 128pp). Standard industrial classifications of approximately

20,000 to increase to over 60,000 BME businesses divided regionally, nationally and internationally.

Information at a glance (IAG)

The BME business research and event calendar.

Black Links UK Distribution Strategy

  • Print – 25 000 copies
  • Readership – 125 000 copies

CLASSIFIED SECTION

B/W COLOUR DIMENSIONS
BOX ADVERT
N/A
£139
6(W) x 3 cm (H)
ONE-TWELFTH
£275
£350
6(W) x 6 cm (H)
ONE-EIGHTH
£375
£480
6(W) x 9 cm (H)
ONE-SIXTH
£475
£810
6(W) x 12 cm (H)
QUARTER PAGE
£585
£750
19(W) x 8 cm (H)
HALF PAGE
£835
£1,075
Horizontal 19(W) x 13 cm (H)
HALF PAGE
£885
£1,285
Vertical 12.5(W) x 28 cm (H)
FULL PAGE
£1,360
£1,750
19(W) x 28 cm (H)
ADVERTORIAL
–
£2,550
19(W) x 28 cm
DPS
£2,220
£3,150
2 x 19(W) x 28 cm (H)

CORPORATE SECTION

COLOUR
ADVERTORIAL
£7,560
ONE FULL COLOUR A4 PAGE
£8,300
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
£9,900
HALF PAGE (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)
£3,535

PRIME LOCATION SOUGHERS

COLOUR
BACK PAGE
£15,500
INSIDE FRONT COVER
£12,500
INSIDE BACK COVER
£10,500

DIRECT RESPONSE VOUCHERS

  • £250 per voucher (along with an advert)

  • £400 per voucher (stand alone only)

INFORMATION SECTION SPONSORSHIP

Refer to sponsorship programme

INSERTS

Price to be negotiated

ALL PRICES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF VAT

Products and Services

1. Quarterly Themed Business magazines – (16 page, A4 tabloid magazines online and print featuring specific business sectors).

Featuring seven themed controlled circulated business sectors:

  1. intelligence featuring Professional Services Sector (7,500)
  2. inspire featuring Creative and Cultural Industries (8,000)
  3. indulge featuring Leisure & Entertainment (2,500)
  4. inform featuring Public Sector (tbc)
  5. influence featuring Third Sector (Faith groups and Charities) (4, 000)
  6. interact featuring International Trade and Networking (tbc)

Editorial content

  • Market Intelligence by sector
  • News, reviews and interviews of industry leaders
  • Procurement and contract advice by sector
  • Legislation and compliance information
  • Sector Recruitment and Training

Business Magazine advertising rate card

  • Recruitment: £25.00 SCC
  • Run of paper: £20.00 SCC
  • Classified: £18.00 SCC

Sponsorship packages – To be negotiated

Distribution Strategy

  • Print run 5 – 10 000copies
  • Readership 25 000copies
  • Controlled circulation – Free to BME businesses (SME) operating in the relevant sectors.

2. Black Links UK Database

  • Direct mail service
  • SMS Text messaging
  • Telephony sales
  • Research marketing

Black Links UK Database Rate Card

  • Direct mail – £175.00 per 1`000 Business Contacts
  • SMS text service – TBC
  • Telephony sales service – TBC
  • Market research – TBC
  • Market research – dependent on package
  •  

Controlled circulation – 5000 copies

Distributed to:

    • Business centres
    • 25 London colleges and Universities
    • Central Libraries
    • Enterprise Agencies
    • 1 000 selected
    • Local authorities
    • Embassies / High commissions
    • 3, 000 top BME businesses, across eleven business sectors

DIRECT RESPONSE VOUCHERS

  • £250 per voucher (along with an advert)

  • £400 per voucher (stand alone only)

PRIMARY SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship in association with “Black Links UK”

  • Logo and ‘in Association’ tag placed on front cover and content page.

  • Primary sponsor logo to replicate all placement sites of Black Links Europe.

  • Outside back cover Advertising Site.

  • “In association” site with BLUK on spine of Directory.

  • P99 Advertorial featuring the primary sponsor within relevant Business Sector supplements.

  • 1 Full Page adverts in the classified section

Editorial feature (1000 words) Total: £75,000
Objective: Editorial feature on business of the sponsor.

SECONDARY SPONSORSHIP

  • Inside back or inside front advertising page option (Dependent on Availability).

  • Placement of logo within sector icons. Located within 3 key relevant business sector supplements.

  • P99 Advertorial featuring the secondary sponsor within relevant business sector supplements.

  • 1 Full page advert in the classified section

Total: £35,000

SECTOR SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship of supplement covering a key category sector within Black Links UK 2014/15 themed section.

  • Logo on sector cover

  • Logo on strip within sponsored sector (This will depend on pagination and will be at the discretion of Black Inits Europe).

  • Full page advert/advertorial on sponsor.

  • Half page advert in classified section

Total: £20,500

SUB CATEGORY SPONSORSHIP

within the Leisure & Entertainment key category.

  • Sponsors logo within association by tag.

  • Logo on strip within themed section allocated.

  • Full page advert

Total: £15,000

NOTE: Black Links UK reserved the right to decline on-screen any advertising copy. All banking & editorial design will be at the discretion of Black Links UK.

  • intelligence Featuring Professional Services

    Editorial Content:

    • Supply & Procurement
    • Finance & Banking
    • Business Start-ups
    • Energy
    • It Telecommunications
    • Legal
    • Marketing
    • Research & Development
    • Directory Listings

    inspire featuring Creative & Cultural Industries

    Editorial Content:

    • Design
    • Art & Craft
    • Sculpture
    • Fine Art
    • Jewellery
    • Hair & Beauty Services & Products
    • Directory Listings

    indulge featuring Leisure & Entertainment

    Editorial content:

    • Leisure
    • Food & drink
    • Film
    • Media
    • Directory Listings

    inform featuring Public Sector

    Editorial content:

    • Central & local government
    • Health & alternative
    • Therapy
    • Adoption & fostering
    • NHS
    • Directory Listings

    influence featuring third sector

    Editorial content:

    • Faith groups
    • Voluntary & charity
    • Organisations
    • Directory Listings

    interact featuring International trade & Networking

    Editorial content:

    • Import trade mission
    • Export legislation
    • Country Reports including emerging markets by sector
    • Directory Listings
  •  
DESCRIPTIONS COLOUR COMMENTS
STANDARD
FREE
Basic information
Standard Plus
£15.00
Additional business information, a logo, social media links and an advertisement. The advertisement can be Text, an image, or an embedded Video
Retrieve and Upload

ONE-EIGHTH £30 inclusion £250
60W x 9 cm (H)

ONE-SIXTH £50 in £320
90W x 12 cm (H)

QUARTER PAGE £80 i-Magazine £580
190W x 6 cm (H)

HALF PAGE £150 prices £700

Horizontal 190W x 13 cm (H)

Vertical 12.5(W) x 26 cm (H)

FULL PAGE £250 are £900 (H) 190W x 28 cm (H)

A retrieval and upload of your existing advertisement held in our image bank based on column size.

 

Charge of telephone number £30.00

 
Advertorial
ADVERTORIAL £1,070

Editorial feature (800-1000 words)

 

Objective: Editorial feature on business of the sponsor
DPS
DOUBLE PAGE £1,320 SPREAD
Editorial feature (1700 words)

Home Page

Body of Page 

1 of 4
£10 for 1 Week
Objective: Editorial feature on business of the sponsor

Home Page

Top of Page 

1 of 4
£10 for 1 Week

Home Page

Body of Page 

1 of 4
£10 for 1 Week

Classification
Page(vertical rotator)

1 of 4
£7 for 1 Week

i-Magazine 2014/15 of 6 Themed Series Distribution Strategy

  • Print – 25 000 copies
  • Readership – 125 000 copies

Rate Card

CLASSIFIED SECTION

B/W COLOUR DIMENSIONS
BOX ADVERT
N/A
£139
6(W) x 3 cm (H)
ONE-TWELFTH
£275
£350
6(W) x 6 cm (H)
ONE-EIGHTH
£375
£480
6(W) x 9 cm (H)
ONE-SIXTH
£475
£810
6(W) x 12 cm (H)
QUARTER PAGE
£585
£750
19(W) x 8 cm (H)
HALF PAGE
£835
£1,075
Horizontal 19(W) x 13 cm (H)
HALF PAGE
£885
£1,285
Vertical 12.5(W) x 28 cm (H)
FULL PAGE
£1,360
£1,750
19(W) x 28 cm (H)
ADVERTORIAL
–
£2,550
19(W) x 28 cm
DPS
£2,220
£3,150
2 x 19(W) x 28 cm (H)

CORPORATE SECTION

COLOUR
ADVERTORIAL
£7,560
ONE FULL COLOUR A4 PAGE
£8,300
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
£9,900
HALF PAGE (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)
£3,535

PRIME LOCATION SOUGHERS

COLOUR
BACK PAGE
£15,500
INSIDE FRONT COVER
£12,500
INSIDE BACK COVER
£10,500

INSERTS

Price to be negotiated

ALL PRICES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF VAT

DIRECT RESPONSE VOUCHERS

  • £250 per voucher (along with an advert)

  • £400 per voucher (stand alone only)

Refer to sponsorship programme

Controlled circulation – 5000 copies

Distributed to:

  • Business centres
  • 25 London colleges and Universities
  • Central Libraries
  • Enterprise Agencies
  • 1 000 selected
  • Local authorities
  • Embassies / High commissions
  • 5, 000 top BME businesses, across eleven business sectors

Sponsorship Programme

PRIMARY SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship in association with “i-Magazine Theme”

  • Logo and “In Association” tag placed on front cover and content page.

  • Primary sponsor logo to replicate all placement sites of Black Links UK.

  • Outside back cover Advertising Site.

  • “In association with…” i-MagazineTheme and Black LinksUK on spine of Directory.

  • DPS Advertorial featuring the primary sponsor within relevant Business Sector supplements.

  • 1 Full Page adverts in the classified section

Editorial feature (1000 words) Total: £45,000

Objective: Editorial feature on business of the sponsor.

SECONDARY SPONSORSHIP

  • Inside back or inside front advertising page option (Dependent on Availability).

  • Placement of logo within sector icons. Located within 3 key relevant business sectors.

  • DPS Advertorial featuring the secondary sponsor within relevant business sector supplement.

  • 1 Full page advert in the classified section

Total: £20,000

SECTOR SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship of magazine covering a key category sector within
i-Magazine 2014/15 themed publication.

  • Logo on sector cover

  • Logo on strip within sponsored sector (This will depend on pagination and will be at the discretion of Black links Europe).

  • Full page advert/advertorial on sponsor.

  • Half page advert in classified section

Total: £20,500

Presentation Stands

  • Presentation Area at i-Event Venue

  • Advert in i-Event Agenda

  • Company name panel

  • Company Logo on all Promotional Literature

Total: £3,000

—ALL PIECES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF VAT —
NOTE: Black Links UK reserve the right to decline or accept any advertising copy. All booking & editorial design will be at the discretion of Black Links UK.

The text maintains:

  • Original headings and subheadings

  • Bullet point formatting

  • Line breaks and spacing

  • Bold and italic styling

  • All special characters and abbreviations

  • The £ currency symbols and numerical values

  • The note at the bottom in all caps

  • The inconsistent spacing in “i-MagazineTheme” and “Black LinksUK”

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