NAS MEDIA LIMITED

What NAS MEDIA LIMITED does

NAS Media Limited is a UK-based private event organizer headquartered in Bridgwater, Somerset, that operates a portfolio of careers, apprenticeship, and education recruitment shows. The company's core product lines are the National Apprenticeship Shows, the National School + College Leaver Shows (NSCL), and the UK Higher Education Expos, supplemented by a set of regional festival-format sub-brands — NSCL Fest, SSCL Fest (Scotland), and LSCL Fest (London & South). Across these events the company engages more than 450 exhibitors and reports an annual attendance of over 110,000 young people spanning England, Scotland and Wales.

The underlying technology stack is minimal and entirely third-party: the company uses MailChimp for email marketing of event announcements, Google Analytics for website traffic analysis, and All in the Loop as a trusted app provider. No proprietary platform, software product, app, or AI/ML capability is disclosed. Operations are governed by published safeguarding, health & safety, code-of-conduct, and data-protection policies aligned with GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 1998, reflecting the regulatory obligations of running events involving minors.

The business model is event-driven and B2B2C: revenue is generated from exhibitor fees paid by employers, colleges, universities, and training providers who participate in the shows, while the end-visitor audience (school, college, and university leavers, parents, and carers) is attracted free of charge as the talent-pipeline proposition sold to exhibitors. The company appears to be founder/management-owned, has no disclosed institutional investors or parent company, and operates with 11-50 employees from its Bridgwater headquarters and a registered office also in Bridgwater.

Name

NAS MEDIA LIMITED

Legal name

NAS Media Ltd

Website

https://nasevents.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NAS Media Limited is a UK-based private event organizer operating careers, apprenticeship, and higher-education recruitment shows across England, Scotland, and Wales. It serves 450+ employer, college, university, and training-provider exhibitors and reaches 110,000+ young people annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career & Recruitment Event Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro primary industry

General Consumer Expos & Trade Shows (MPAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Careers events
• Recruitment exhibitions
• Apprenticeship shows
• Higher education expos
• Youth recruitment fairs

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridgwater

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Exhibitor fees: Revenue is generated from employers, colleges, universities, and training providers who pay to exhibit at NAS Media events. These events include the National Apprenticeship Shows, NSCL Fest, SSCL, LSCL, and UK Higher Education Expos.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

NAS Media Ltd organizes and runs a portfolio of interactive, immersive careers and recruitment events across the United Kingdom, including the National Apprenticeship Shows, National School + College Leaver Shows, UK Higher Education Expos, and regional festival variants (NSCL Fest, SSCL Fest, LSCL Fest). Exhibitor stands and participation are sold to employers, colleges, universities and training providers, with events reaching over 110,000 young people annually across England, Scotland and Wales.

Product overview

NAS Media Ltd operates as an event organizer offering a portfolio of careers and recruitment events. The core offerings include the National Apprenticeship Shows, National School + College Leaver Shows (NSCL), and UK Higher Education Expos. These are complemented by regional sub-brand events including NSCL Fest, SSCL Fest (Scotland), and LSCL Fest (London & South). Together, these events reach over 110,000 young people annually and feature more than 450 exhibitors including employers, colleges, universities, and training providers across England, Scotland and Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• National Apprenticeship Shows: Career and recruitment event showcasing apprenticeship opportunities for young people
• National School + College Leaver Shows
• UK Higher Education Expos

Products and services

• National Apprenticeship Shows (NAS) Career and recruitment events showcasing apprenticeship opportunities from employers, colleges, universities, and training providers to young people across England, Scotland and Wales. Exhibitors pay to participate and access 110,000+ annual attendees.
• National School + College Leaver Shows (NSCL)
• UK Higher Education Expos
• NSCL Fest
• SSCL Fest (Scottish School + College Leaver Fest)
• LSCL Fest (London & South College Leaver Fest)

Quantifiable outcome

• 110,000 young people reached annually across England, Scotland and Wales
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Springpod: Springpod is a UK digital platform that connects employers and educators with young people through virtual work experience, career insight programmes and online events. It is an emerging digital-first alternative to NAS Media's in-person careers shows, particularly for cost-sensitive employers.
• RateMyApprenticeship: RateMyApprenticeship is a UK platform for apprenticeship reviews, employer ratings and apprenticeship-related content targeted at young people. It competes for engagement with the same apprenticeship-focused audience that attends NAS Media's National Apprenticeship Shows.
• Success at Schools: Success at Schools is a UK careers platform aimed at school and college students, providing employer profiles, advice and engagement tools. It is an emerging digital alternative addressing the same school-leaver audience as NAS Media's NSCL Fest events.

Direct peers

• UCAS: UCAS is the UK's higher education admissions service and runs a portfolio of in-person university exhibitions and conventions across the UK. It is the closest direct analogue in the higher education expo segment, competing for the same prospective-student audience that attends NAS Media's UK Higher Education Expos.
• WorldSkills UK: WorldSkills UK promotes vocational skills and runs skills competitions and showcases for young people across the UK. It overlaps with NAS Media's apprenticeship and training audience and competes for employer and educator engagement in the skills/training space.
• TARGETcareers: TARGETcareers is a UK careers information and events publisher focused on school and university students considering graduate employment. Its event activity targeting future graduates overlaps with NAS Media's NSCL Fest and UK Higher Education Expos audiences.
• Prospects: Prospects is a UK graduate careers and employability service (part of Jisc) that runs careers events and fairs aimed at graduates and students. It overlaps with NAS Media's audience and B2B employer base, particularly around higher education and graduate recruitment.
• Milkround: Milkround is a long-standing UK graduate and student recruitment platform that historically combined jobs boards with recruitment events and expos. It targets the same school, college and university leaver audience as NAS Media and historically offered in-person careers events as part of its proposition.
• The Big Bang Fair: The Big Bang Fair is a major UK STEM-focused event for young people, run by EngineeringUK with regional Big Bang events across the country. It targets the same school-age audience as NAS Media and competes for exhibitor marketing budgets in the careers/education space.
• Careermap: Careermap is a UK careers and apprenticeship event organiser that hosts apprenticeship and skills shows targeting young people. It directly competes with NAS Media's National Apprenticeship Shows and NSCL Fest brands for both exhibitors and attendees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nas-media-limited

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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