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About Active

Built for commercial growth

Active International helps brands, agencies and media owners unlock value, remove barriers and grow smarter.

We have been rooted in Corporate Trade since 1984, but the way we work has evolved. Today, we bring together Corporate Trade, media, digital, content, business services and commercial tools to help our partners fund growth differently.

The model changes depending on the challenge. The principle stays the same: we help partners create value that cash alone may not unlock.

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Pay differently. Remove barriers. Grow smarter.

That is what Active helps partners do. We unlock value, create commercial options and help the UK media ecosystem grow in ways that are structured, measurable and built for today’s market.

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Who we work with

We work across the media ecosystem, connecting brands, agencies and media owners in ways that create clear commercial value for every party involved.

For brands

We create new ways to fund media, content, digital activity, travel, events and wider growth opportunities.

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For agencies

We help remove commercial barriers, protect stronger plans and give clients another way to pay differently.

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For media owners

We help create incremental demand, strengthen commercial relationships and unlock value beyond cash-only trading.

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Proven at scale

We have been doing this for a long time. That experience matters. It gives us the relationships, trading knowledge and infrastructure to make complex value exchanges feel clear and practical.

Active is part of a global Corporate Trade business with more than 500 people across 10 regions.

In the UK, we support more than 250 clients. Across the AMS group, we deliver $1.5bn in annual billings.

Our work is independently audited by Deloitte and built around transparency, accountability and clear commercial value.

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1984

Active has been rooted in Corporate Trade since 1984.

500+

People across 10 regions in the global business.

250+

Clients supported by Active International UK.

$1.5bn

Annual billings delivered across the AMS group.

What we bring together

Corporate Trade is still our foundation, but it is no longer the full story. We bring together a wider set of capabilities to help partners solve commercial challenges and keep moving.

Corporate Trade

Structured value exchanges across brands, agencies and media owners.


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Media

Media solutions that help partners unlock value and support growth.


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Programmatic

Digital and programmatic capability built around the trade model.


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Business Services

Travel, hospitality, rewards and services that turn value into practical outcomes.


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Built for what is next

The market has changed, and so have we.

Marketing budgets are under pressure. Growth targets are harder to reach. Agencies, brands and media owners all need more flexible ways to create value.

That is why we continue to invest in our technology, expand our programmatic capability and build new services across the network.

We are a growth solutions partner built for the wider commercial challenges facing the media industry today.

Powered by people

Good work comes from people who are trusted, supported and valued.

Active is a Living Wage Employer and has been recognised as one of the UK’s best places to work.

Our business depends on people who can think commercially, build strong relationships and solve problems properly.

Our model may be structured, but our work is human. We listen, connect the right partners and build solutions around real business challenges.

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Choose the route that is most useful for you.

What we do

Understand how Active helps partners pay differently and unlock growth.


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Who we help

See how the model works for brands, agencies and media owners.


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Our standards

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Our people

Meet the people behind Active International UK.


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If you have ever assumed Active could not help, it is probably worth asking again.

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