Uncensored brand conversations with
OnlyBrands Live
Real conversations with real brand leaders.
Brand leaders talk differently when the room is small and the doors are closed.
The real decisions, the failed bets, the insights that actually shifted the business — they stay hidden at most events.
We built OnlyBrands Live to change that.
What makes it different
From the frontline, not the sideline
Every speaker has built, scaled, or turned around a brand. No consultants theorising.
Small room, big conversation
These aren't 500-seat conferences. Intimate, curated events where you can actually talk and question.
Leave with something you can use
Not vague inspiration. Actual insight you can take back to your brand tomorrow.
Your people are in the room
Brand-side marketers and founders facing the same pressures you are. The right people.
Four completely different perspectives
We don't build panels by accident. Each speaker brings a different scale, a different market, a different challenge — but they're all here for the same reason: to strip back the polished version and say what actually happened. The stuff most brand leaders would never say on a stage.
Our first panel featured:
Francis Booth, Lotus Biscoff
Heritage brand with 27% UK household penetration that redefined itself by asking one question.
Kasia Bromley, ACAI Outdoorwear
A founder who lost her brand identity to investor noise and rebuilt it by saying no.
Eddie Shepherd, KENJI
Fast-casual operator serving 30,000 customers weekly with zero e-commerce and a strategy built on real connection.
Jennifer Blease-Williams, Faith in Nature
Purpose-led challenger navigating a growing trust gap with consumers and asking the hard questions.
What came out of the room last time
The panellists didn't hold back.
Here's what shifted the room.
Ask your customers who you actually are
Francis Booth invested in consumer research and discovered Biscoff wasn't a coffee biscuit at all — it was a taste brand. Everything changed from there.
Clarity dies the moment you stop saying no
Kasia Bromley lost ACAI when too many voices arrived. Four brand pillars brought it back. If it fits the pillars, yes. If it doesn't, no.
Physical connection is a strategy, not a weakness
Eddie Shepherd serves 30,000 customers weekly through stores alone. No e-commerce. That's not a limitation — that's the entire brand built on real human interaction.
Trust gaps grow faster than you think
Jennifer Blease-Williams improved Faith in Nature's formulas. Customers assumed she'd cut corners instead. The question isn't what you do — it's whether anyone believes you did it.
From the room
Moments that stayed with us.
The next OnlyBrands Live is 24th June
CUPRA City Garages, Manchester.
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