• New business talent

    Does your company need to recruit excellent new business professionals, or are you looking to accelerate your own career? You should talk to Blossom. Blossom is a uniquely effective recruitment and training consultancy run by new business experts. For more information contact James Cudd.

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  • Outsourcing new business

    Are you interested in outsourcing new business prospecting to a better resourced, more strategic provider? Rainmaker Consulting is the UK's largest and most effective new business consultancy and is totally focused on results. For more information contact Charlotte Fletcher.

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About us, news & careers

Pearlfinders is the leading international source of forward looking new business intelligence to the advertising, marketing, design, PR and professional consulting markets. With an unrivalled team of researchers and analysts covering Europe and The Americas, Pearlfinders generates punchy, proprietary intelligence and delivers it via its online platform and by email alert to its subscribers.

This wealth of intelligence together with a series of historical archives, decision-maker contacts and market insights, has proven time and time again that this product can and does generate real revenue for clients. This is confirmed by the fact that Pearlfinders products are used by over 1,500 new business professionals in over 400 marketing services companies to assist them with their new business processes. 82% of them use Pearlfinders every day.

Launched in 2003, Pearlfinders is part of the Intelligent New Business Group, which includes Rainmaker Consulting, and the new business HR consultancy Blossom. The directors of Pearlfinders are: -

 

Anthony Cooper - Managing Director

Anthony heads up Pearlfinders' operations. Formerly at Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet, he has an exemplary record in selling and marketing business information products. A keen sportsman, he brings experience and style to the company's 6 a-side football team, while also boasting 2 completed marathons to date.

Bill Colbourne - CEO

Bill is a founder and CEO of Pearlfinders, which is part of The Intelligent New Business Group, the largest hub in the UK for new business support services. Its companies, which include Rainmaker and Blossom, offer original and uniquely effective solutions. He has a former career as a published composer and in his spare time paints in oils.

Denese Colbourne – Financial Director

Denese is Group Commercial Director of INBG. Over the last 14 years she has advised the principals of over 500 different marketing agencies on best practice new business programmes. In addition to a passion for Egyptology, Denese is a serious cook and likes to relax with a good glass of Gigondas. She and Bill have two daughters, Eva and Maya.

Gareth Dixon - Consultant

Gareth was a new business developer at Saatchi & Saatchi, responsible for winning multi-million pound corporate accounts from cold, before teaming up with Bill and Denese to co-found Rainmaker. As well as personally initiating new business wins totalling in excess of £50m for Rainmaker clients, he has facilitated over 100 new business planning workshops for agencies of every discipline. He likes sailing and is the proud father of Kezia, Ted and Rory.