Charlotte Stonestreet, Managing Editor

Western Business Media

“Throughout the year, the First Friday Club events always feature highly relevant companies talking about a range of interesting and topical subjects. Attending editors benefit not only from gaining knowledge about important new products and services in the industrial sector, but they also have the opportunity to network with representatives from presenting companies and form working relationships that continue long after the event. A stand-out feature is the high calibre of the guest speakers, who are drawn from industry bodies and associations, educational organisations and the like, and always provide the basis for some great copy. A variety of venues and the occasional ‘takeover’, when presentations come from a single company, keep the format fresh. The team at Cadence is also excellent at supplying follow-up material and further information as needed.”

Aaron Blutstein, Managing Editor

Plant & Works Engineering/ Smart Futures

“The First Friday Club is an institution for industrial trade press journalists. I’ve attended for over 15 years and it has been the one place in an ever-changing publishing world I can justifiably say editors want to attend because of the variety of new technologies, news and information gained at each and every event. The relaxed environment culminating in an enjoyable lunch has also helped me to cement many business relationships and create new opportunities to network, benefiting my publications enormously over the years. Although the FFC is legally owned by Cadence its guardians are the editors of each generation who see it as their own event and this for me is why it is so valuable to the industry.”