BNET Industries
Market Cap:$163.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$398.3M
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
GCap Media is the UK's leading commercial radio group with some 15 million listeners on air and over 1.7 million online. With Group headquarters in the heart of London's Leicester Square, there are GCap stations in over 40 other locations around the UK covering many of the major conurbations and key advertising regions. Among the analogue licences owned by the Group, we are proud to have within our portfolio strong recognised brands such as Classic FM, Xfm, Capital 95.8 and Choice FM. On 11 February we announced a new strategy for GCap going forward. To see the Statement and Presentation, please visit our Corporate News section where full copies of both are available. A brief outline of our business is given in the Our Business section. We have tried to answer most of your questions in this website, but if you do not find what you are looking for, or have any comments you would like to make, please get in touch with us. For commercial information, please visit the GCap Commercial website.
Number of Employees 1,435
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio Networks: 515111
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GCAP MEDIA PLC - Pre-close Trading Update.
- 2008-03-31
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO 31st March 2008 ...
GCAP MEDIA PLC - PUSU Extension.
- 2008-03-26
26th March 2008 GCap Media plc ...
GCAP MEDIA PLC - Acquisition of WeLoveLocal.com.
- 2008-03-17
17 March 2008 GCap Media plc ...
GCAP MEDIA PLC - Extension of PUOSU Deadline.
- 2008-03-05
GCap Media plc Re: Extension of Put Up or Shut Up deadline The Board of GCap Media Plc ("GCap") notes the announcement by the Takeover ...
GCAP ponders fresh Global bid.
- 2008-03-04
IN BRIEF: Global Radio has made its final tilt at GCap Media, offering GBP370.1m. Amanda Vermeulen Global Radio has sweetened its bid for GCap Media, the owner of Capital Radio, with a 225p a share, or GBP370.1m, offer. GCap has...
GCAP MEDIA PLC - Re: Global Radio announcement.
- 2008-03-04
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO ...
GCap rejects Allen's offer for radio
- 2008-03-01
Charles Allen's plan to buy GCap Media was "dead in the water" yesterday after Fru Hazlitt, the chief executive, rejected his marginally improved offer for the owner of Capital Radio, analysts said. GCap said the 333m bid tabled by Mr Allen's Global Radio "significantly undervalues" the company and...
GCAP MEDIA PLC - Offer Rejection.
- 2008-02-29
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO 29 February 2008 ...
Diamond brands his ex-bosses 'morons' BROADCASTING: RADIO
- 2008-02-17
SCOTTISH radio iconoclast Dominik Diamond has blamed the demise of new music radio station Xfm Scotland on "moronic" management by his former employers, GCap Media. Diamond, one of Scotland's top media personalities and last year's winner of Scottish DJ of the year at the Xtrax Scottish Radio Awards,...
Policymakers may be leaving it too late
- 2008-02-12
OUTLOOK "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir?" If he were still alive, John Maynard Keynes might have directed his famous rebuke at the Government and the Bank of England, both of which seem to find themselves increasingly alone in believing that...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ashley Taybor | CEO |
| Ashley Tabor | Chief Executive |
| Fru Hazlitt | Chief Executive |
| Andy Turner | Programme Director |
| Chris Hughes | Business Development Director |
| Chris Scott | Hr Director |
| David Andrews | Director, Audience Dev |
| John McGeough | Group Sales Director |
| Mandy Edwards | Hr Director |
| Pete Simmons | Director, Content & Digital |
| Simon Cooper | Group Communications Director |
| Simon Daglish | Director of National Sales and Trade Marketing |
| Steve Orchard | Director, Operations |
| Stuart Campbell | Director, Creative |
| Tom Laidlaw | Director, New Media |
| Wendy Pallot | Director, Finance |
| Lilly Tugwell | Accounting Manager |
| Alastair Ross | |
| Amba Callender | Head of Pr and Marketing |
| Charlotte Rosier | Head of Media Relations and Marketing |
| Claire Berry | Head of Pr |
| Emma Wills | |
| Fiona Sanders | Head of Press |
| Gemma Ebelis | Head of Press |
| Grant Brookes | Head of Marketing & Partnerships |
| Kate Fraser | Accounting Planner |
| Richard Manning | Secretary |
| Teresa Stoddart |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dame Patricia Hodgson | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Chief Executive | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Chief Executive | Current |
| GCap Media plc | CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Programme Director | Current |
Chris Hughes is the Business Development Director for GCap Media plc, the country's largest commercial radio group operating over fifty local and regional radio stations, Classic FM and several National Digital Brands. He is a Board Member of EM Media, Derby University and several other national and local organisations.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Business Development Director | Current |
| Thedomefinedining.Co.Uk | Manager In the Overseas Services | Current |
| University of Derby | Manager In the Overseas Services | Current |
| Em-Media, Inc | Board Member | Current |
| Culture East Midlands Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sheffield University | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Hr Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, Audience Dev | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Group Sales Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Hr Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, Content & Digital | Current |
Simon Cooper works with organizations to develop sustainable cultures, values and business practices. The former HR Director and Group Communications Director at GCap Media plc, he has since re-trained as a sustainability professional with a MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice from the School of Management at Bath University. He is also a qualified performance coach. He is a trustee of the think tank Demos and has a diverse portfolio of pro bono activities including Business In the Community, the Schumacher Society and the Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Group Communications Director | Current |
| Change Agency | Current | |
| Demos LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director of National Sales and Trade Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, Operations | Current |
| GCap Media plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, Creative | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, New Media | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Director, Finance | Current |
| GCap Media plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Accounting Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Current | |
| Morgan Stanley | Senior Advisor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Pr and Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Media Relations and Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Pr | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Press | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Press | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Head of Marketing & Partnerships | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Accounting Planner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Secretary | Current |
| GCap Media plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GCap Media plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Competition Commission | non-executive director | Former |
| Volume | 81,415 |
| Shares Outstanding | 17.9M |
| Market Cap | 163.5M |
| Year High | 8.76 |
| Year Low | 2.12 |
| Earnings Per Share | -1.89 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.00 |
| Yield | 0.00 |
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