Sponsorship pays for Ijcit’s editorial work. We accept sponsorship on terms designed to keep the editorial line independent of any single sponsor and visible to every reader.

What sponsors get

• Weekly newsletter sponsor slot. One clearly-marked slot per issue, exclusive to a single sponsor for that week. Sponsor copy is supplied by the sponsor; we copy-edit for accuracy and house style only.
• Site banner placements. Carbon-flat, clearly-marked banner placements above the fold, in the article body, and in the footer. Sponsor banners are visually distinct from editorial content and labelled “Sponsored”.
• Sector-specific research-report sponsorship. Sponsor is named on the cover of the report. Editorial scope is set by the Ijcit research team; the sponsor does not set the research question, the methodology, or the conclusions.
• CW500 Club sponsorship. Sponsors of CW500 networking events are credited in event materials and at the events themselves. Sponsors do not select the agenda or the participant list.

What sponsors do not get

• Influence over what briefings we publish or do not publish
• Sight of briefings before publication
• The ability to remove or alter published briefings
• Editorial-style placements without a clearly visible sponsorship label
• Cross-promotion of their products inside the body of an editorial briefing
• Special editorial treatment of their competitors
• The ability to commission editorial content on a topic of their choice

Disclosure

When an editorial briefing covers an organisation that has sponsored Ijcit in the previous 12 months, we note the sponsorship relationship in the briefing’s foot. The disclosure is brief, factual, and standardised: “Disclosure: [Organisation] was a sponsor of Ijcit in [period].”

When a briefing covers an organisation that competes with a current sponsor, no disclosure is required — sponsorship does not earn organisations special editorial treatment, and we will not pretend otherwise by disclosing the relationship in cases where it has had no influence.

Sponsor approval

We do not accept sponsorship from:

• Organisations under active enforcement action by a financial or healthcare regulator
• Organisations whose primary business is regulatory arbitrage
• Organisations that have asked us to remove a published briefing about them
• Organisations subject to international sanctions in the markets we cover
• Organisations that have failed our due-diligence checks for adverse media or beneficial ownership

Sponsored research

Sector-specific research reports sponsored by a single organisation follow a strict editorial firewall:

• Scope set by Ijcit. The research question is defined by the Ijcit research team before a sponsor is approached.
• Methodology disclosed. The methodology section of every sponsored report describes the sample, the research period, and the limitations of the study.
• Sponsor has no veto. The sponsor does not see the report before publication and cannot block publication of findings unfavourable to them or their competitors.
• Sponsor credit, not co-authorship. The sponsor is named on the cover and in the foreword; they are not listed as a co-author.

Newsletter sponsorship

The weekly newsletter has one sponsor per issue. The sponsor slot sits below the fold of the newsletter, is clearly marked “From our sponsor”, and uses a distinct visual treatment from the editorial briefings above it. We do not write the sponsor’s copy; we copy-edit for accuracy and house style.

Sponsors may not run misleading product claims, anti-competitive claims about named competitors, or content that breaches our advertising standards (UK ASA, US FTC, EU AMS).

Sponsorship pricing

Our sponsorship rate card is provided on request. We do not publish rates publicly. Pricing is consistent across sponsors of the same category and is not negotiated in exchange for editorial consideration.

Termination

We may terminate a sponsorship agreement at any time if we conclude the sponsor is attempting to influence editorial coverage, breaches the policies above, or comes under regulatory action that would breach our approval criteria. Termination does not affect the editorial treatment of the former sponsor in subsequent briefings.

Contact

Sponsorship enquiries go to [email protected]. Annual rate card and inventory available on request. Editorial questions about a specific sponsored placement go to [email protected].