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Gregory Denholm

NCTJ-qualified Assistant Editor with three years of experience working across two brands in the B2B telecoms channel.

I have risen from the role of Junior Research Analyst by chasing additional responsibility and taking every opportunity to improve my skills.  

In my current role,  I am conceptualising and delivering new content to my industry including interviews, analysis pieces and online events concepts.

Launching a new brand within my media company has given me exceptional experience in building and fostering communities, a great tool for creating unique and organic content.

I frequently host video work both onsite at company events and online, mostly during the pandemic.

This includes roundtables, panels and executive interviews with c-suite executives at some of the UK's largest companies. 

Leadership Profiles and Features

For Comms Dealer Magazine and FibreProvider.net

Fibre Provider •

Creating a compelling rural network

Boosted by five Project Gigabit contract wins, Wessex Internet continues to scale its rural build operations and aims to connect its 10,000th customer in the coming months. Here, CEO Hector Gibson Fleming discusses how the altnet has overcome unique challenges and leveraged government subsidy to build a compact network with a loyal customer base.
With a leadership team driven by frustrations experienced with their own rural connectivity challenges, Wessex Internet has set a clear geographical de...
Fibre Provider •

Stability sought to support ongoing sectoral growth

Following Labour’s election win, altnet leaders outline how the incoming government can foster sector growth. Their collective Wishlist emphasises the need for regulatory stability, expanded subsidy programmes and a focus on consumer education.

As well as boosting consumer outcomes by promoting competition and social tariffs, contributors highlight the need to address ongoing rollout issues like digital inequality in multi-dwelling units and rural ‘stranded streets’ to combat the digital divide...
Fibre Provider •

Building the UK’s third fibre network

CEO Jeremy Chelot aims to leverage Netomnia and Brsk's combined scale and expertise to create the UK's largest full-fibre altnet, its third-largest full-fibre network overall, and its fifth-largest ISP. This will be achieved through an equal mix of continued organic growth and leading the sector's consolidation.
It is time to move beyond being altnets and become a national network, according to Chelot, who shares his post-merger roadmap for creating the UK’s third-largest fibre provider.
“Altnet...
Fibre Provider •

Managing merger success

A year on from the formal merger of Fern Trading’s FTTP assets, AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) Group CEO Jarlath Finnegan shares the four-focus strategy that drove integration success and may help altnet leaders as the sector remains on the brink of mass consolidation.
During 2023 Fern Trading took five entities, Cuckoo and four networks, and consolidated these into two companies. APFN is an open-access full fibre wholesale platform and ISP Cuckoo is its main anchor tenant, with its own managem...

Comms Dealer - Postcard from Margin

The SMB space, the rise of software, the burgeoning security market and the shift from telco to a techco model are just some of the hotspots spotlighted at this year’s Margin conference (20th June, Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club).Having a tight grip on SMB ICT requirements is a top priority for resellers, according to Voiceflex CEO James Arnold-Roberts, who also pointed out that this sector makes up 99.9 per cent of UK businesses. “With the enterprise market becoming saturated and margin...
Fibre Provider •

Fibre sector faces business model change

Business model reinvention is a hot topic in the UK’s fibre provider space, and balancing the key components driving change is an immediate priority for all players in the sector, according to industry leaders at last month’s state of the full fibre market insight session hosted by Fibre Provider in association with Xantaro and Nokia.
Many altnets are facing an inflection point in their business models as the need to connect customers and increase APRU overtakes their previous focus on build. Th...
Fibre Provider •

Postcard from inaugral UK Fibre Summit

Wholesale models, portfolio diversification and tighter industry collaboration are examples of the immediate fibre sector opportunities spotlighted by speakers at the Inaugural UK Fibre Summit (11th July, Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club).
Tapping into ISPs through a wholesale model should be central to altnet’s future strategy according to Donal Hanrahan, Director of Strategy at Strategic Imperatives. He highlighted a £490m revenue opportunity if altnets can match Openreach’s 35% penetrat...

Comms Dealer - PSTN switch off push back provides breathing space

The PSTN switch off delay gives channel firms more time to calibrate right-fit solutions for non-standard migrations, but the January 2027 deadline must not be seen as an excuse to ease up on IP migration, according to this month’s panel of industry commentatorsRICHARD SCOTTSALES DIRECTOR, START COMMSThe PSTN switch off delay was disappointing, but not surprising. The additional time will assist with identifying and aiding complex use case scenarios. Eighty six per cent of our PSTN migration str...
Fibre Provider •

Telenco drives altnet growth as connections become key

Telenco is thriving in the UK fibre market as shifting altnet priorities favour suppliers that can prove flexibility and reactivity. Here, MD Clément Lesur explains why Telenco’s unique model positions it to help partners deliver connections with speed and quality.
Telenco UK is actively working with a few dozen operators ranging from Tier One to hyper-local, offering a full package of design, manufacturing, distribution and training services. It is differentiated in the market through its abili...
Fibre Provider •

Helm steers ambitious FullFibre

Oliver Helm leads a bigger, more ambitious FullFibre following the altnet’s merger with fellow Basalt-backed Digital Infrastructure.

Helm’s short-term priority is to combine the two networks, with a joint footprint of 270,000 live premises, and create a single wholesale platform available for ISPs to sell on from Q4 this year. “Combining networks brings huge competitive advantages for us,” said Helm. “The greater footprint scale means we’ll have significantly better routes to market for our par
Fibre Provider •

toob switches focus to growing customer base

Nick Parbutt struck upon the idea behind toob while on holiday during the summer of 2017. At the time, he was serving as the Strategy and Wholesale Director at Vodafone and had noted that Openreach was reluctant to invest in full fibre.

In 2017, Vodafone was in discussion with CityFibre regarding partnership, and the rest of Europe was deploying fibre networks at pace, leaving the UK far behind. “I had a decision to make; I could encourage fibre build in the UK from my current role or take the
Fibre Provider •

Postcard from Connected Britain 2023

Connected Britain 2023 saw stakeholders from across the connectivity landscape discuss the evolution of the UK fibre market, with one message echoing around the ExCel – the gold rush is over. Sessions across the 11th and 12th of September explored the realities of a new phase for the UK fibre rollout, one typified by new investment attitudes and a flurry of consolidation.

To date, the sector has been driven by 100-plus altnets which have secured substantial funding based on their ability to bui

Video Work

Interviews and panels hosted on-site or online (click for links through)

Miscellaneous Journalism

The Kinetic Foundation: Running a charity through lockdown – PA Diploma News

Coronavirus has had an effect on every sector of society with both sport and education being hit hard.

So, for a charity that combines football with providing educational opportunities to disaffected young people, these are trying times.

The Kinetic Foundation was set up in 2011 as a social inclusion project in Croydon, with the aim of exploring how football could have a positive impact on the surrounding society.

“It came at a time where, in 2011, there was the London riots that impacted Cro
Premier League Central •

Everton's Anthony Gordon continues to impress amidst dull team performances.

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has shown a lot of faith in Everton’s 19-year-old youth prospect Anthony Gordon. He appears to be paying back the trust.

Ancelotti has used the restart to hand Gordon his first three Premier League starts, featuring him over first-team regulars Bernard and Gylfi Sigurðsson.

A surprise to many, Gordon got his first start in the Merseyside derby, a game with the potential consequence of Liverpool winning the league at Goodison Park.

The game did not favour Gordon
Hackney Citizen •

All My Heroes Are Dead, R.A. The Rugged Man, album review: ‘Hip-hop’s best kept secret’

R.A. The Rugged Man, aka R.A. Thornburn, is hip-hop’s best kept secret, and that is a hill I am willing to die on.

Despite starting out rapping in the early 90s, his controversy-soaked career has only borne three studio albums.

The most recent of this trilogy is All My Heroes Are Dead, which fans of the New York artist have waited seven years for.

The long wait may explain the album’s swollen tracklist, which at first looks daunting, but Thornburn needs every second to explore a plethora of i
Premier League Central •

Are promoted clubs able to compete financially?-

The Premier League is the richest football league on earth and newly promoted clubs often face the tremendous task of going toe to toe financially with the likes of Manchester City.

Whenever a newly promoted club comes up and puts in a good performance against an established Premier League team, it is always cast as a plucky underdog fighting against a financial powerhouse.

This David vs. Goliath narrative is always entertaining, and probably used to be correct 99% of the time, but is it outda
Hackney Citizen •

It Is What It Is, Thundercat, album review: ‘Highly nostalgic yet totally fresh’

Thundercat’s solo album releases have never truly been the pinnacle of his creative output.

Largely, it has been his central role in projects by artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe as well as his intricately assembled live performances that have brought him into the spotlight.

Whilst some use Thundercat’s (aka Stephen Bruner) many creative projects as an excuse for why his own albums have felt under-baked, no such justifications are needed for It Is What It Is.

In this project, a