Futures Sport & Entertainment

We've just welcomed Daisy and Mark Cowling back from their week working with Octagon at The Open. 🏌♂️   At Futures, we offer our team the opportunity to work at top sports events supporting Octagon. 2024 has been jam packed with action, with Bob Hayes, Lizzie Roberts and Ben Arthur at the Champions League, Ernest Teh and Isabella Farrell at Wimbledon, and Ted Croker and Shalina Nigam at Euro 2024. ⚽ 🎾 And the summer of sport continues with the Olympics kicking off today! Beyond on-site support, the Futures team has also leveraged their tech expertise for the Olympics and Paralympics with Lizzie, Charlie Reed and Chris Felstead all helping Octagon with their ticketing requirements. As well as providing tech support, Lizzie will be heading to the Paralympics in August to assist with on-site ticketing. For more details on the above, head over to our website https://lnkd.in/dy5hkAUb to read our recent round table discussion on how the team have found their experiences this year. Stay tuned for what other events Futures help out with in 2024! #SportsEvents #JobinSport #Olympics #Paralympics #TheOpen #Wimbledon #Euro2024 #TheChampionsLeague

Belated congratulations to Lizzie Roberts for winning our Quarterly Award back in Q1 2023 👏👏👏   It’s been quite a while since she won her award, but her trip to experience the iconic IPL atmosphere sounded like it was worth the wait! 🏏   Lizzie was nominated for the award by many members across the team, highlighting the great work she was doing across multiple accounts and supporting several of our internal initiatives. Highlights included:   ⚽ Making a great impression on the client in her first full quarter on our adidas account and using her technical expertise to quickly improve our internal processes 🚗 Managing a large part of our Formula E scope and being instrumental in upskilling members of the team 🐍 Somehow still finding the time to support the team internally; leading interviews, helping run our Python Working group and managing our Graduate programme   She has since gone from strength to strength, being promoted to Senior Analyst since the award and continuing to develop her responsibilities within the team – including supporting our diversity and inclusion efforts and our women in sport work. Hers is a fantastic example for what a graduate career path could look like at Futures, and we look forward to seeing how her career continues to develop.   Watch this space to see what some of our more recent award winners have been up to. #JobsInSport #SportsBusiness #Graduates

The Futures Market Landscape Tracker in June asked England football fans who they thought held the most responsibility for the England men’s team performance.   The average respondent said the players have the most responsibility at 32%, equating to just under 3% per player on average. Meanwhile, England's manager, Gareth Southgate, took on 24% of the responsibility in the eyes of the fans.    With Southgate stepping down from his strong tenure after England fell just short once again in the UEFA Euro Final, speculation turns to the likes of Graham Potter, Lee Carsley, Eddie Howe and even Jurgen Klopp to take the top job. Who is best prepared to step into the spotlight?

Did you miss our recent webinar with Women's Sport Trust on the coverage and consumption of women's sport this year? It's ok, we forgive you... Fortunately we've summarised three key takeaways below and you can still watch the full webinar here: https://lnkd.in/d3tSyPWc Well done to Shalina Nigam and Lizzie Roberts for presenting on the day, and Charlie Reed who was MIA (at something called Glastonbury?) but helped put a lot of the content together 👏

Are you passionate about sport and looking to kick-start your career in the industry? Head over to the Women in Football website to explore our fantastic graduate opportunity! ⚽

On Thursday, Futures enjoyed a great team day, packed with productive sessions and valuable insights! The day included presentations from almost all of the team, learning about the amazing work they've been doing, goal setting for the rest of the year, and gathering feedback from the team. Our DEI session was particularly impactful, reinforcing our commitment to fostering a more inclusive and diverse workplace. To top it all off, we enjoyed a fun evening at Quiz Boxing, where Ted Croker and Chris Dales emerged victorious in ring 1 and Chris Felstead, Nathan Ingleton, and Ewan Morgan taking the top prize in ring 2! 🚀

Interested in how women’s sport coverage and consumption has fared so far in 2024? 📺 Futures analysed viewership engagement across many women's sport properties, including but not limited to the Barclays Women's Super League, Guinness Women's Six Nations, and WTA events for Women's Sport Trust's latest visibility report. 🔊 Join Charlie Reed, Lizzie Roberts, Shalina Nigam, and Tammy Parlour MBE at 9am GMT on Thursday, June 27th to hear the latest insights! ⬇ Link below to sign up for the free webinar. https://lnkd.in/e7s4DgNB

The MLB was in town for the third London Series with the New York Mets playing the Philadelphia Phillies. Four members of the team, Nitharsan Sathiyalingam, Sam Randewich, Sam Marks, and Ziaul H. watched the second game of the series, enjoying a thrilling topsy-turvy contest which saw the Mets complete a surprise comeback victory to win 6-5 against the fancied Phillies. Both games of the series saw the London Stadium at capacity, a positive step in the MLB’s quest to grow its sphere of influence outside the USA. Alongside the international expansion of the NBA and NFL, we at Futures continue to track, with great interest, the expansion of these American sports across the world! 

⚽️ The day has finally arrived, and the team at Futures couldn't be more excited for the kick-off of UEFA EURO 2024! ⚽️ Ahead of the start of the tournament, Tassilo von Hanau and our own Kevin Alavy have been exploring the German Sports Landscape. Using insights from our proprietary Market Landscape Tracker (MLT), a research initiative run by Futures in Germany and 11 key sports economies, we've uncovered unique and interesting insights. Curious in learning more about what the MLT is, how it could benefit your business, and the German perspective on hosting the event? Dive into the full interview below! #Euro2024 #Futures #MarketLandscapeTracker #SportsInsights #Germany #BusinessGrowth #DataDrivenDecision