Sledge

You can brief strategy, creative, venue sourcing, live production and film to one team, rather than coordinating separate suppliers for the event and the content around it. You also get a supplier whose social and environmental claims have been assessed from outside: Sledge announced its B Corp certification in October 2026, with a B Impact score of 130 against the 80 needed to qualify. It is a majority employee-owned London agency, set up in 1991, working on conferences, product launches, awards and brand experiences.

Services

You can keep one agency from first brief to final film, because Sledge describes its work as running from strategy and content through venue location to delivery.

• Event strategy and content: a discovery stage sets the strategy and audience journey, followed by agenda design and speaker management.
• Creative and set design: event identities, stage sets, branded areas and bespoke presentation templates.
• Live production: technical planning, AV, crew, rehearsals and on-site management.
• Venue sourcing: for Trustpilot it chose cinemas and small theatres in Copenhagen, London and New York.
• Exhibition stands and exhibitor management: a 39-booth space for TOKEN2049, including artwork and exhibitor bookings.
• Delegate logistics: registration, catering and group transport between locations.
• Film and content: long-form documentaries, branded content, animation, live broadcasts and social media edits.
• Virtual and hybrid events: livestream platforms, online event portals and audience data capture.

Sectors and clients

You can test the fit with your sector before you shortlist, because Sledge names its clients and its leadership biographies list the fields they have worked in: automotive, financial services, government, non-profit, retail, technology and telecommunications. It says it is based in London and deploys worldwide.

Clients named in its portfolio include O2, Trustpilot, Sage, Wiley, Lidl, Co-op, Crayola, Manchester City F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C., along with film work for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It also publishes an 18+ year partnership with HPE Aruba Networking, covering customer conferences, sales kick-offs and exhibition stands. For healthcare and pharma meetings, the group has a sister agency, SWM Partners.

Recent work

You can judge how Sledge handles tight turnarounds, multi-venue logistics and remote audiences from these published projects.

• HPE sales bootcamp: a one-day event for 400 sales staff. Sledge built a shared area for five sponsors and says it turned the plenary room into the evening awards setting in just over an hour.
• Aruba Atmosphere 2023, London: a one-day customer conference with a main plenary on a 12x4m LED screen and an Innovation Zone of 17 stands. Sledge recommended water jugs instead of plastic bottles and recyclable badges and lanyards.
• We Are Family Foundation summit, Sweden: seven days across 10 venues for 20 Global Teen Leaders in 2025. Sledge led the technical set-ups with local AV suppliers and split film crews into leapfrogging teams to cover venues at the same time.
• Atos Unify partner update: a hybrid event for an audience across 68 countries. Sledge sourced the 12th Knot space at Sea Containers in London, edited graphics and video into the live stream, and found a platform that gave post-event data.

Company

You deal with an independent business that is mainly owned by its staff. When Sledge and SWM Partners moved to an Employee Ownership Trust in November 2022, the trust took 75% of the group, the former owners kept 25%, and the group had 35 staff.

Robin Fawcett founded Sledge in 1991 and is now Executive Chairman; Sarah Yeats is Group Managing Director. Companies House lists Sledge Limited (03101850) as incorporated on 13 September 1995, with its registered office at 7 Glenthorne Mews, London W6 0LJ, which is also the agency’s office address.

The B Corp certification covers the group, and Sledge says it is working towards ISO 20121 and ISO 14001, so treat those two as not yet held. It reports winning Green Small Organisation of the Year at the Green Awards UK 2026 and a place in the Power 30 Most Sustainable Agencies 2025-26, its second year on that list. Its site also carries sustainability objectives and modern slavery and whistleblower policies.

What to ask before you appoint them

These checks get you the answers Sledge’s site leaves open, before you commit budget.

• Sledge publishes no rates or minimum project size, so ask for a budget split by strategy, production and film on your first proposal.
• If your tender requires ISO 20121 or ISO 14001, ask when Sledge expects each certificate, since it describes both as still in progress.
• Its objectives include widening the scope of its annual carbon footprint. Ask what that footprint now includes, and whether you would receive event-level figures for your own project.
• The 35-staff figure dates from 2022 and covers both agencies, so ask for the current Sledge headcount and who would work on your account.
• For work abroad, the Sweden project used local AV suppliers and locally hired crew where possible. Ask which roles would be local on your event, and who answers for them.

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Sources: sledge.co.uk, about us, sustainability, modern slavery statement, contact, the project and news pages linked above, and Companies House, checked 4 November 2026.