Connect Publications

What Connect Publications does

Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd is a UK private limited company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Paisley, Scotland, that operates a niche B2B trade media business in the Scottish dental vertical. The company's flagship product is Scottish Dental magazine, a bi-monthly print publication distributed free to practicing dental professionals in Scotland — including dentists, dental therapists, dental nurses, practice managers, and laboratory technicians — alongside email updates and a digital/email version. A content-marketing website at sdmag.co.uk hosts news articles, magazine archives, free PDF downloads of each issue, and event information.

The underlying technology is a lightweight WordPress-based publishing platform delivering editorial content, subscriptions, and event information to the dental professional audience. Product lines include the Scottish Dental print/digital magazine, the sdmag.co.uk news portal, and the annual Scottish Dental Show exhibition held at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, which features lectures, workshops, and industry exhibitors.

The business model is classic B2B trade media advertising: readers receive the magazine free, and revenue is generated from advertising sales to dental product manufacturers, service providers, and equipment suppliers seeking access to the Scottish dental market. Distribution is regional (Scotland only), with required subscriber data collection (name, email, delivery address, GDC number) providing audience intelligence to advertisers. Event exhibitor and sponsor fees from the Scottish Dental Show form a complementary revenue stream.

Name

Connect Publications

Legal name

Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd

Website

https://sdmag.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd is a UK-based trade media company that publishes Scottish Dental magazine, a bi-monthly free trade title and news website serving dental professionals across Scotland, and operates the annual Scottish Dental Show exhibition. Revenue is generated primarily through advertising sales to dental product manufacturers and service providers targeting the Scottish dental market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Publishing / Dental Professional Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

Keywords

• Trade publishing
• Dental media
• Professional magazine
• Industry events
• Advertising sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Paisley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Revenue generated through advertising sales to dental industry businesses, manufacturers, and service providers who want to reach Scottish dental professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd publishes Scottish Dental Magazine, a bi-monthly print and digital trade publication covering industry news, clinical articles, regulatory updates, practice management, and CPD opportunities for dental professionals in Scotland. The company also operates the sdmag.co.uk news website and organises the annual Scottish Dental Show exhibition and conference in Glasgow.

Product overview

Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd operates as a publishing company producing the Scottish Dental Magazine, a bi-monthly trade publication for dental professionals, alongside its digital platform at sdmag.co.uk. The company also organizes the Scottish Dental Show, an annual industry event. The product portfolio consists of the print/digital magazine, the news website, and the live event, serving the Scottish dental profession with industry news, clinical articles, and networking opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scottish Dental Magazine Scottish Dental Magazine is a bi-monthly print and digital publication providing news, clinical articles, regulatory updates, practice management insights, and CPD opportunities for dental professionals in Scotland.
• sdmag.co.uk Website Online portal providing dental industry news, magazine archives, subscription management, and resources for dental professionals in Scotland.
• Scottish Dental Show Annual dental industry exhibition and conference event held in Glasgow, featuring exhibitors, lectures, and workshops for dental professionals.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Dentistry.co.uk: Dentistry.co.uk is a UK dental news and clinical content portal for dental professionals, competing with sdmag.co.uk for online readership of dentists and the digital advertising budgets of dental product suppliers.
• FMC (Dentistry UK publisher): FMC is a UK-based dental and healthcare media company that publishes Dentistry magazine and runs dental events, directly competing with Connect Publications for dental professional audiences and dental supplier advertising budgets across the UK.
• The Probe (Probe Dental Publications): The Probe is a long-running UK dental trade magazine targeting dental professionals and supplier advertisers, directly comparable to Scottish Dental magazine as a B2B trade publication in the same dental vertical.

Broad incumbents

• BDJ In Practice (British Dental Association): BDJ In Practice is the British Dental Association's professional magazine for dentists, an association-backed incumbent that competes for the attention of the same UK dental professional readership and for some of the same dental industry advertising budgets.
• Dental Tribune International: Dental Tribune is an established international dental publishing group producing print and digital news, magazines, and event coverage, serving overlapping dental professional and supplier audiences at much greater scale than the Scottish Dental operation.
• British Dental Industry Association (BDIA): The BDIA is a UK dental industry trade body that represents manufacturers and suppliers and supports dental trade media, providing an institutional context and audience pool that overlaps with Connect Publications' Scottish Dental advertiser and readership base.

Regional players

• Scottish Pharmacy Magazine: Scottish Pharmacy Magazine is a Scottish trade publication for community pharmacists and the pharmacy trade, applying a structurally similar regional Scotland-only trade publishing model to a different but comparable healthcare professional vertical.

Others

• Connect Communications: Connect Communications appears to be the parent or sister organisation of Connect Publications based on shared contacts (e.g., Ann Craib), supplying communications, content, and publishing services from which Connect Publications and the Scottish Dental magazine likely draw shared infrastructure and back-office support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/connectcomms
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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