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Our Guest Speakers

Nils Leonard
Nils Leonard

Co-founder of Uncommon Creative Studio, Nils brings over two decades of experience in advertising and design. He is a creative champion and an agitator for change and diversity in the industry.

Tara Attfield-Tomes
Tara Attfield-Tomes

Founder and Managing Director of East Village, Tara is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur with 16+ years’ experience. She champions women and underrepresented founders, driving business equity.

Nikki Gatenby
Nikki Gatenby

Founder of Gatenbys Consulting, Nikki is a seasoned leader passionate about high-performing, happy teams. She brings expertise in scaling businesses and fostering positive workplace cultures.

Kelly Goodship
Kelly Goodship

Managing Director of The Wow Company, Kelly helps agencies, consultancies, and tech businesses grow sustainably. She focuses on strategic support and financial insights to build Beautiful Businesses.

We’re working with Ecologi to find ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. This is why we are planting a tree on behalf of every person that takes part in the survey and every person that attends our BenchPress live event.

See how we're doing here.

What to expect

Here's our abridged schedule for the afternoon. Please note we'll have regular breaks, coffee and snacks, plus we'll be providing catering later in the day. 

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    1:15pm - Welcome

    Join us for a coffee, a pastry, and to meet the other attendees.

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    2pm - The fun begins

    We'll reveal the specific benchmarks for £1m+ agencies, drilling down into the details and sharing what's on agency owners' minds right now.

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    3:20pm - Peer discussions

    Get into groups with fellow agency leaders to discuss common challenges and how you can use the BenchPress insights to create positive change in your agency.

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    4:25pm - The Beautiful Business Panel

    Lead by Chloe Bannister, host of the The Beautiful Business Podcast, we're exploring 'business as a force for good' and are thrilled to welcome Tara Tomes, Nikki Gatenby and Kelly Goodship to a live recording of the podcast.

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    5:30pm - Keynote: In conversation with Nils Leonard

    Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from Nils Leonard, co-founder of Uncommon Creative Studio, an innovator with over two decades of expertise in advertising and design. Recognised as one of Adweek’s Creativity 100 and named the No.1 creative in advertising globally by Business Insider, Nils promises an unmissable keynote that will inspire and captivate.

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    6:15pm - Networking

    A chance to unpack some of the big topics of the day, and catch up with old and new friends over drinks and nibbles. You'll even get to mingle with some of our speakers, too.

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    8pm - The after party

    While the official conference wraps up, if you stick around there might be an invite to the after party. Watch this space...

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Your Wow hosts

 

Peter Czapp
Peter Czapp

Wow's co-founder and BenchPress mastermind. Peter will share the results from the 2025 survey, answering your questions on how the findings impact agencies.

Rory Spence
Rory Spence 

As Wow's Head of Commercial, Rory has the inside track on what it takes to build a successful agency business. He'll be hosting our keynote session at the event.

Chloe Bannister
Chloe Bannister

Our MC for the day. As a trained Mindset & Leadership Coach, Chloe is excellent at helping founders to effectively navigate challenges and opportunities. 

Hugh Slater
Hugh Slater

As part of Wow's Commercial team, Hugh speaks with agencies on a daily basis. He'll be using his expertise to guide us through the Q&A sections of the day. 

BenchPress

About BenchPress

 

In 2012, we began our agency benchmarking report – BenchPress. The aim was simple; to take an accurate snapshot of agency life in the UK and to share insight and analysis with ambitious agency owners. BenchPress has grown to become the largest survey of UK independent agency owners and is a great way to benchmark yourself against your peers.

As well as the results from the survey, BenchPress is now an entire programme of activity, with events, content and support for agency owners taking place throughout the year.

Take a look at last year's reports.