It started with one cover.

Chapter 1 · 2014

Two languages from the first year

BNC began in 2014 in Dubai Media City as BNC Publishing, a media house for the region’s business communities. Its first title in the archive is Entrepreneur Middle East, February 2014.

Entrepreneur Al Arabiya followed in June, bringing the same conversation to Arabic readers, and Logistics News opened with its first issue in October. That first year closed with 31 editions.

By the end of 2014: three titles, 31 editions, no events in the archive.

Chapter 2 · 2015

From the page into the room

Construction Business News joined in March 2015. The same year the stories stepped off the page: Achieving Women Forum 2015 is the first event in the archive, people meeting the people they had been reading about.

By the end of 2015: four titles, 89 editions, 1 event in the archive.

Chapter 3 · 2016

Six titles, each with its own industry

In December 2016 Design Middle East and Hotel & Catering published their first editions in the archive. Six titles now covered entrepreneurs, construction, logistics, design and hospitality, in English and Arabic.

Each title began to gather its own community in person: 4 events that year, from forums to awards nights.

By the end of 2016: six titles, 151 editions, 5 events in the archive.

Chapter 4 · 2017–2019

Awards season

Events became a calendar of their own. The archive counts 4 in 2017, 7 in 2018 and 12 in 2019: forums where ideas were argued and awards nights where an industry recognised its own.

By the end of 2019: six titles, 346 editions, 28 events in the archive.

Chapter 5 · 2020

The rooms went quiet. The pages didn’t.

In 2020 the event calendar shrank to four. The titles kept publishing: 73 editions, more than in any year before it (the previous high was 67).

By the end of 2020: six titles, 419 editions, 32 events in the archive.

Chapter 6 · 2021–2024

Back in the room, and across the region

Events returned stronger: 15 in 2021, 16 in 2022, 26 in 2023 and 26 in 2024. In 2021 Construction Innovation Awards 2021 KSA took a BNC awards night to Saudi Arabia, and by 2024 the titles held 7 events for Saudi audiences.

By the end of 2024: six titles, 689 editions, 115 events in the archive.

Chapter 7 · 2025

The busiest year

2025 became the busiest year in the archive: 88 editions and 27 events. In November 2025 BusinessToday Middle East joined as the seventh title.

By the end of 2025: seven titles, 777 editions, 142 events in the archive.

Chapter 8 · Today

One house, seven titles, and what comes next

Today BNC Media Group publishes seven titles from Dubai Media City and holds its events in Dubai, Riyadh and London. Entrepreneur IMPACT, powered by Entrepreneur Middle East, has joined the portfolio.

The next chapter is BNC REACH, the group’s martech arm: brands, systems, immersive experiences, agentic AI, SEO + GEO and performance media.

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Today: seven titles, 853 editions, 166 events in the archive.