Brits who want to "XL" in business should get to know Vitesse Media, publisher of "Business XL" and other UK magazines and Web sites primarily for entrepreneurs and investors. "Business XL" targets CEOs of growing companies. The media firm also publishes such titles as "Growth Company Investor" (focusing on fast-growing public companies), Information Age (a monthly technology magazine), and M&A Magazine (information on mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs). Vitesse Media's Web sites target investors and small and growing businesses. Vitesse Media PLC company also sponsors and produces events, including business awards, seminars, and exhibitions. Each month, Vitesse Media reaches an audience of approximately 450,000 people.

BGR Holding, LLC operates as a government relations, strategic communications, and investment banking firm. It focuses on international, healthcare, appropriations/state and local affairs, energy and commerce, financial services, education, and justice and intellectual property. The company also provides communications strategies and advocacy for governments and businesses; investment banking services; and expert advice and advocacy in dealings with the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, the Treasury Department, the Department of Commerce, and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies. It serves various companies, international governments, trade associations, non-profits, academic institutions, hospitals, coalitions, and state and local governments.

Al Paul Lefton Company provides strategic planning, advertising, public relations, and marketing communications for its customers, including FORTUNE 500 firms and medium-size companies. Specializing in business-to-business advertising and marketing, the agency provides its services as integrated marketing programs or by filling tactical needs of clients in specific marketing disciplines such as design or interactive marketing services. The agency has worked with a wide array of clients including Ametek, Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, Rohm and Hass, Sunoco, and Tyco Electronics.

Capstone publishes fiction and nonfiction books, picture books, literacy books in English and Spanish, and educational comic books for the pre-kindergarten to high school set. Its more than 13,000 titles are distributed to schools and public libraries nationwide. Capstone Publishers company also offers online content, such as the Capstone Interactive Library, which has more than 200 e-books available for kids to read online or in CD-ROM format, and other educational Web sites. Capstone Publishers makes at least one of the three Rs exciting. Capstone Publishers company publishes children's books under six imprints -- Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window Books, Red Brick Learning, and Stone Arch Books.

inVentiv Health provides commercial, clinical, communications, and patient assistance services for customers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. inVentiv Health company's commercial services unit provides outsourced sales and marketing services, market research, data collection and management, recruitment, and training. The clinical services unit provides clinical staffing, clinical research and statistical analysis, and executive placement. It serves more than 350 clients, including Johnson and Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. In mid-2010, private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) bought inVentiv Health for $1.1 billion.

Colle & McVoy (doing business as Colle+McVoy) provides marketing communications including television, print, and interactive advertising; Web site design; direct mail; digital and social media marketing; public relations; and graphic design. The agency serves a variety of industries such as travel and leisure, agriculture, and retail. Customers have included DuPont, General Mills, Land O'Lakes, Yahoo!, and The Minnesota State Lottery. The firm was owned by Canadian shop Maxxcom until that company's acquisition by marketing communications agency network MDC Partners, which also owns the Crispin Porter + Bogusky ad agency.

Havas provides advertising and marketing services through some 300 agencies in more than 100 countries. Its Havas Worldwide unit consists of Euro RSCG Worldwide, its vast global agency network operating through 230 offices. The division also offers creative services through smaller agency network Arnold Worldwide Partners. Havas Media consists of Media Planning Group (MPG), a provider of media buying and consulting services, and Havas Digital Media, which includes the company's interactive assets. Investor and chairman Vincent Bollore owns 33% of Havas through his namesake company, Bollore.

Petry Holding (operating as Petry Media) does business through two chief divisions: Petry Television and Petry Network. The firm provides an assortment of advertising, marketing, and media placement services, selling 30-second commercials to national advertisers. It has expertise in political, direct response, and paid programming sales as well as sports marketing services. Broadcast clients have included Saga Communications, LIN TV, and Max Media. Petry Media also provides support services including research, programming, and traditional and digital marketing. Established in 1995 when Petry Television acquired Blair Television, Petry Media is owned by its executives and Patriarch Partners investment firm.

Badertscher Communications business-to-business marketing specialists, and have been since 1985. It's what Badertscher do best. And what Badertscher enjoy doing most. To us, business-to-business marketing is more challenging and more rewarding. To do B2B right takes a deeper understanding of our clients' operational realities and their customers' everyday needs. It's still people talking to people in a persuasive, friendly, compelling way. But making the industrial sale is more complex than selling a burger or perfume. So the advertising and public relations that support B2B selling have to work from a strategic foundation and from a broader understanding of marketplace dynamics.

Hunt Adkins is a Minneapolis-based advertising agency secure in its identity and expertise. Established in 1991, the agency provides the full range of advertising and design services offering strategic planning, creative, media, interactive, account management, and production services for print, broadcast, and nontraditional media channels. The agency' brand building services target both external customers and internal employees to create a comprehensive brand experience. Clients have includedThe American Red Cross, Fujitsu, Northern Tool & Equipment, PENTAX, and St. Jude's Medical. The firm was founded by partners Patrick Hunt and Doug Adkins.

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