Headland acquires Bladonmore
Richard Carpenter
Chief Executive Officer
Joining forces to strengthen offer
We’re delighted to announce that Bladonmore has been acquired by Headland, the UK-based reputation and communications consultancy.
Together we can better serve our clients’ communications needs with a broader and deeper offer. We’ll remain as a separate business but work in partnership for our clients, where appropriate.
PRESS RELEASE
Headland acquires Bladonmore to broaden advisory offer and international reach
Reputation and communications consultancy Headland has acquired Bladonmore, the international digital, brand and content business, to expand its client offer and international footprint.
Bladonmore helps listed businesses, multinationals and private capital firms engage stakeholders through digital, content, coaching, campaigns and wider advisory services. It supports on high stakes moments – including financial results, investor days, transactions and crises – as well as brand repositioning and business transformation. With a 50-strong team based in London and New York, the firm has an enviable roster of clients across the US, UK, Europe and the Middle East.
The acquisition equips Headland to support clients with a far broader offer, and across more markets, as senior leaders navigate an increasingly complex picture of stakeholder relationships and scrutiny, and a constantly evolving media and digital landscape.
Bladonmore’s talented team of strategists, developers, designers and filmmakers are already trusted by clients including Bridgepoint, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Philips and Stonepeak.
Bladonmore will remain a separate business with its own compelling offer, brand identity and management team led by CEO, Richard Carpenter, and Founder and Chair, Richard Rivlin. The two businesses will work in partnership to serve clients, building on Headland’s uniquely collaborative culture and unrivalled experience in successfully blending offers and specialist skills on behalf of clients.
Dan Mines, CEO of Headland, said: “Our vision is to build on our reputation, offer and collaborative culture, to become the driving force behind a broader, international reputation and communications advisory business. Welcoming Bladonmore to the Headland fold is a big step towards that vision. Its market-leading digital, brand, content, campaigning and coaching expertise gives us the firepower to support clients with wider reputational challenges and opportunities and help engage and influence stakeholders in new and different ways.”
Richard Carpenter, CEO of Bladonmore, said: “Bladonmore’s success comes from our deep understanding of what matters to clients as they tell their stories to key stakeholders across multiple channels. We want to build on that success. Joining forces with Headland will support that goal – and help its growth, too. Our companies are a fantastic fit – Bladonmore’s clients will gain access to new services and benefit from an even stronger presence and influence in the market. We’re excited about what lies ahead.”
This is Headland’s first acquisition since LDC, the leading private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, reinvested in the business in October 2024, having first partnered with the firm in 2021.
Notes to editors
About Headland
We believe in the power of collaboration. Good reputations give businesses the legitimacy to create the conditions and opportunities to thrive financially, socially, and environmentally, even in challenging times. We believe that reputations are built on purposeful relationships with all stakeholders, and they happen by design. Through a method and culture of collaboration amongst our experts, we shine a light on all perspectives and help businesses act on those insights. Those actions provide the impetus for powerful communications and give rise to reputations that put our clients in control of their futures.
Headland works for a range of listed and private companies, not-for-profits and charities including Accenture, BAE Systems, Danone, Iberdrola, International Distribution Services (parent company of Royal Mail), Just Eat, KFC, Legal & General, Ocado Group, OpenAI, PepsiCo, Pret A Manger, Tata Steel, TikTok, Trustpilot and Who Gives a Crap.
Headland is ranked number 2 in the UK and number 4 in EMEA by deal value in the Mergermarket M&A advisory table (H1 25).
About Bladonmore
Bladonmore is an international digital, brand and content business. For over 20 years we have transformed how organisations communicate and are understood by their key audiences.
Our purpose is to uncover and craft your story – helping you to bridge worlds and connect with the people who matter to you most. We are strategic and agile; creative and execution-focused – advisors, designers, developers, film-makers, strategists and writers – bringing our firepower to bear on client communications. We work with large corporates, investors, family offices and not-for-profits across international borders from the US, to Europe and the Gulf.
We combine our expertise and capabilities to create maximum impact on behalf of our clients. We transform communication.
ENDS
We want to thank our clients and partners for continuing to place their trust in Bladonmore and the team. We’re looking forward to delivering exceptional work for you as part of the Headland family.
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