About Us

Business First is produced by an experienced media team based in Sussex.

Nick Peters (email him here) is the publisher and editor-in-chief. Nick's career in journalism spans 30 years and has included assignments as a foreign correspondent in Brussels and Washington DC. He began as a broadcast journalist in TV and radio, which included hosting his own news programmes on LBC Radio in London and reporting from all over the world for IRN, NBC and CBC. During his time in the United States, Nick produced TV for the BBC and ITV, as well as for private corporate clients.

Nick Hall (email him here) is an experienced sales executive who joined Business First as sales director in May 2006 on his return from Brussels where he was a founder partner of the magazine Twelve. Before that he was senior sales manager for two in-flight magazines, including Virgin Express. In his time he has also sold advertising and exhibition space for a leading medical journal and spent six years in Portugal selling advertising for the top English-language weekly newspaper.

Richard Partridge, sales executive, (email him here) has an impressive track record in corporate advertising sales. He has represented the Brussels-based E-Sharp! and BusinessFORMULA ONE, a magazine aimed at the motor racing industry. Richard is based in our Brighton office.

Steve Rowland, managing director, is also MD of Evon Print, one of the largest magazine printers in the region. With some of the most advanced printing technology in the business, Steve and his team guarantee that Business First is printed to the very highest standards.