KDMedia has been acquired by Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd, the Glasgow based media and events business.
For 25 years, KDMedia has been a leading live events business behind some of Scotland’s most prestigious industry awards and conference programmes.
KD Media’s portfolio includes flagship events such as the Scottish Legal Awards, Scottish Home Awards, Scottish Property Awards, Scottish Whisky Awards, Scottish Gin Awards and the In Whisky annual conference, each widely recognised for celebrating excellence and convening influential audiences across Scotland’s legal, property, hospitality and business sectors.
The acquisition significantly strengthens Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd’s strategy to build a fully integrated media and events platform. It follows a series of recent acquisitions by the company, including Scottish Legal News, Scottish Housing News, Scottish Construction Now, Scottish Financial News, Irish Legal News, Daily Business group and the Scottish Construction Summit event.
By combining these established news brands with KD Media’s market-leading events, Hero Media will offer a unique, multi-channel platform that connects audiences through trusted journalism and high-quality in-person experiences.
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About KD Media Ltd
KD Media is a leading owner-managed events and sponsorship company specialising in the business-to-business sector across Scotland. Founded in 2003 by Kirsten Speirs, the company delivers a portfolio of nationally recognised business awards, conferences, and trade exhibitions that attract thousands of attendees each year. Supported by a small but highly effective team, KD Media is known for producing high-quality events that generate strong commercial value, meaningful networking opportunities, and positive PR outcomes for clients and sponsors.
About Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd
Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd, part of the Hero Brands Group, is a UK-based media investment and operating company focused on building a portfolio of digital publishing, video platforms, live events and specialist information businesses. The company’s strategy is to buy, build and launch high-quality media brands serving professional and consumer audiences across the UK and internationally.
About Hero Brands Group
Hero Brands is a popular culture platform, founded on the belief that the future belongs to brands powered by community, culture, and creators. Its portfolio encompasses a range of brands deeply embedded in various cultural niches, making it one of the most exciting culture-led groups in the UK, with 190+ locations worldwide, 40+ high-profile brand and creator partnerships, and 800M+ talent partner reach of combined followers. Its mission is to turn early-stage ventures into durable, high-performing businesses through a proven value enhancement playbook, operating across four verticals and one shared platform:
Media, executing a transformational buy-and-build model of digital and legacy media across online news, video/TV, live events and audio; Licensing, launching successful creator-led licensing and IP partnerships by turning cultural relevance into scalable brand extensions with the likes of music and style icon Stefflon Don, the world’s biggest TikToker, Khaby Lame, and world-renowned football freestyler, Ben Nuttall; Lifestyle, comprising health and wellness studio platforms and concepts like blow-dry brand Duck & Dry, and Food & Beverage: culture-first QSR and consumer F&B brands built and scaled through the Hero Brands platform, including, among others, the kebab category re-defining GDK (German Doner Kebab), the pioneering hot chicken brand SIDES in collaboration with Europe’s largest YouTube collective, The Sidemen, and PG Fast Food, the QSR brand redefining the fast-food experience, leaning heavily into nostalgia with a ‘naughty-but-nice’ menu, while prioritizing a modern, community-centric model in collaboration with musician and entrepreneur Professor Green. M To learn more about Hero Brands visit https://www.herobrands.com/
To find out more about sponsoring The In Whisky Conference, please contact john@kdmedia.co.uk