[1][failed verification] He is in charge of major London venues including the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and O2 Brixton Academy.
In 2011, The Guardian credited Simon Moran as the catalyst for Take That reforming in 2005, after he offered to promote a comeback tour.
[2] The band "heaped praise on music mogul Simon Moran" at the BRIT Awards 2008, for his work arranging their sell-out tour.
[9] In the same year he was listed by the Evening Standard as one of London's 1000 most influential people in the Pop & Rock category.
[12] Simon Moran and SJM Concerts won the Music Week award as best UK promoter in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 (it didn't run in 2012) On 16 July 2013, Moran was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music by his alma mater, the University of Sheffield.