The KMJ Entertainment Group is a dynamic live entertainment organization that has grown into a comprehensive portfolio of 32 companies across diverse entertainment sectors. With operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland spanning theater production, concert promotion, exhibition spaces, and spoken word productions, the group serves the vibrant live entertainment industry with multiple shareholders and varied business models.
Industry: Live Entertainment.
Business model: Multi-entity entertainment company with complex intercompany relationships.
Team: Central accounting team of 12 people serving 20 companies on Business Central.
Microsoft Partner: Advantage Business Systems.
“If a supplier changed their information, for example, we’d have to go into every single database to change those details manually, and it just became very laborious, and wasn’t the best use of our time.”
— Andy Jennings, Group CFO
Prior to implementing Business Central with Binary Stream’s Multi-Entity Management (MEM), KMJ faced significant operational challenges managing their complex multi-company structure.
The organization was merging two legacy systems and struggling with the decision of whether to consolidate into one existing system or implement a new solution entirely. Their previous setup created several critical pain points:
