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David Thorpe, Stephen Wallis, Josh Tuthill and Amanda Piggot added as GVS EQ Associates and Anna Powell appointed GVS EQ Business Development Manager They join the Partners of GVS EQ – Simon Bazalgette, Paul Fisher (both ex-Jockey Club), Nick Rust (ex-BHA, Ladbrokes, SkyBet), Sarah Hordern (ex-Newbury Racecourse, RMG), Will Lambe (ex-BHA), Richard Lancaster (ex-Shadwell), David Sykes (ex-BHA and Emirates Racing) – and GVS EQ Associates such as John Ferguson (ex-Darley), Martin Purbrick (ex-HKJC), Rupert Arnold — Read More —

Monday 29th August 2023 – Tom Hill, Manchester United’s former Global Head of Partnerships & Operations and Chief Commercial Officer at World Rugby, is leading the development of a new shared services venture for Global Venue Services (GVS) and Propel to support the sports and entertainment sector. The concept behind shared services is that, by grouping together, clubs, leagues and organisations can achieve cost-savings and quality improvements in a range of important areas such as — Read More —

Founding partners are Nick Rust (ex-BHA, Coral, SkyBet), Sarah Hordern (ex-Newbury Racecourse, RMG), Will Lambe (ex-BHA), Richard Lancaster (ex-Shadwell), and David Sykes (ex-BHA and Emirates Racing) alongside GVS Founders Simon Bazalgette and Paul Fisher (both ex-Jockey Club) Thursday 29th September 2022 – Some of the most experienced figures internationally in horseracing, equestrian and gaming are joining forces to create GVS EQ. GVS EQ offers specialist consulting services for the global equestrian and gaming sectors, through — Read More —

Former Jockey Club leaders Simon Bazalgette and Paul Fisher become Chair of MyRacehorse’s UK Board and Chair of its UK Advisory Board Monday 30 May, 2022 – MyRacehorse, the pioneering racehorse micro-share ownership operator, today announced the appointment of two of the most experienced industry leaders in British Racing. Simon Bazalgette, the former Chairman of Jockey Club Racecourses and founding Executive Chairman of Racecourse Media Group, becomes Chair of MyRacehorse’s UK Board, while Paul Fisher, — Read More —

Sport, media and music industry leader, Simon Bazalgette, appointed Chair Thursday 12th May 2022 – Two of the leading reputation advisers in sport and entertainment – Scott Bowers (left) and Richard Conway (right) – have joined forces to launch Spectacle Partners, a new global advisory firm focused on supporting the reputations of organisations, brands and individuals operating in the sport and entertainment industries. Spectacle’s Managing Partner, Scott Bowers, is currently the award-winning Chief Corporate Affairs — Read More —

GVS will support viagogo with communications and business development opportunities in the UK London, March 22, 2022 – viagogo, the leading global ticketing marketplace, has appointed GVS (Global Venue Services), the management consulting and investment services business, as strategic advisors in the UK. GVS was launched in 2020 by its Chair, Simon Bazalgette, and CEO, Paul Fisher, who have an extensive and successful track record in the sports and music industries. The consultancy’s combined experience — Read More —

Former Jockey Club CEO Simon Bazalgette appointed as Sweet Nexus Chair to work with Founder and Music Industry Veteran Martin Heath Sweet Nexus also appoints Paul Fisher as acting CEO, Trevor Watkins as Chair for Sweet Sport and Stephen Budd as Chair for Sweet Music GVS will provide management & investment advisory support to Sweet Nexus ahead of planned investment raise London, October 5, 2021 – Sweet Nexus, the UK based consumer and fan engagement — Read More —

‘GV Finance’ allows capital expenditure in sport to be spread over several years to help organisations to invest in these challenging times GVS partner, Andrews Bowen, has supplied sports surfaces for the London 2012 equestrian arena in Greenwich Park and the base for new pitches for Premier League champions Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC 18th August 2020 – Global Venue Services (GVS), the company launched this summer by Simon Bazalgette and Paul Fisher, who — Read More —

GVS WILL PROVIDE ADVISORY, INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS & EVENT SERVICES TO SPORT, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT SECTORS INVESTEC FOUNDER KANTOR AND LEADING SPORTS LAWYER WATKINS JOIN GVS GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD A new advisory, investment and services business has been launched for the sports, leisure, media and entertainment sectors by Simon Bazalgette and Paul Fisher, who successfully led the growth and transformation over the last decade of the company behind many of the UK’s leading events, as — Read More —