Events specialist celebrates £11m turnover after series of contract wins
Halifax-based events agency Your Event Solutions (YES) is celebrating entering its 18th year of business with a 40% growth in turnover over the past 18 months to £11m.
The agency has created a number of strategic senior roles as a result of its continued growth, which includes a recent £2m, two-year contract win with a global medical equipment manufacturer and three year marketing and communications deal with a £500m media company.
Among the new senior talent to join YES is Laura Hodges who is taking up the role as creative director. She will be responsible for delivering creative content solutions for the agency’s existing client projects and new business pitches, with a focus on live events, marketing campaigns and incentive travel.
She is joined by Leanne Roys, who takes up the position of director at YES’s Switzerland office near Zurich, having previously worked at in the global commercial team at Takeda pharmaceuticals and previous to that ran more than 100 major congresses per year for Medical Societies.
Meanwhile Kim Rowling, the former personal assistant to directors at Jimmy Choo, has been appointed as executive assistant to YES CEO and founder, Sue Gill.
She takes the number of new recruits to join the agency over the past 12 months to eight with further recruitment underway to support the growth of a Philadelphia office in July this year.
Gill said: “We’ve entered our 18th year of business stronger than ever thanks to a recent exciting company restructure that was actually overdue but now the best thing that could have happened. Of course the continued loyalty and hard work of our no one asset – team YES underlines this along with a number of significant contract wins including the recent delivery of 400-delegate beauty science conference in Ibiza.
“Our focus on providing clients with exceptional service combined with our agile approach has been key to our growth and helped cement our position in the marketplace.
“The new additions to the team will underpin our growth on a strategic level as we expand into new market sectors and new countries. Our new business pipeline has doubled year on year and we’re forecasting a further 30% growth. I’m excited to see what the future for YES holds.”
