ngus Montgomery Ltd, one of the world’s oldest exhibition and events organisers, has acquired a majority stake in FIT Events Ltd, organiser of the Fabricator Installer Trade (FIT) Show
Press release:Terrapinn [www.terrapinn.com], the global events company, announced today that it has acquired Science Media Partners (SMP) [www.sciencemediapartners.com], an international events and publishing company based in the UK and focused on next-generation government, citizen and consumer-based identity solutions.
RELX Group announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of ThreatMetrix, for a consideration of £580m payable in cash.
Thomson Reuters is in advanced discussions for a sale of part of its financial and risk business, its largest unit by revenues, to US private equity firm Blackstone. The company confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that it was considering a sale of a stake in the business to Blackstone but would retain an interest in the unit.
Press release: dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, a leading international events company, has acquired boutique business forum organizer Atticus Events. Focused specifically on the interior design of luxury hotels, HI Design organises specialist business meetings between key buyers from currently active hotel projects and a curated selection of International FF&E suppliers. With each edition held in a different five star hotel location, HI Design events are currently run annually in Europe, Asia and MEA.
Effective 23 January 2018, the Belgian division of the multinational group Easyfairs – specialised in organising events and managing exhibition halls and congress centres – is taking over the event activities of the non-profit association Textirama.
UK ad spend will only grow by 0.3% in 2018 according to the Institute Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Bellwether report
Press release: The Boards of Informa PLC (“Informa”) and UBM plc (“UBM”) today announced the key financial terms of a proposed combination (the “Proposed Combination”) of Informa with UBM to create a leading B2B Information Services Group (the “Combined Group”).
Nearly a decade after a merger attempt collapsed, the trade show organisers Informa and UBM are again in talks about a combination, investors were told this evening
According to The Sunday Times Vladimir Peksa had agreed to sell Mintec, which he founded in 1982, to the private equity firm Synova Capital for an estimated £30m. The deal could be announced as early as this week.
A former Ministry of Defence mandarin is trying to buy the magazines Marie Claire, Wallpaper and NME for as much as £150m.
Press release: XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading provider of digital performance marketing, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire a number of leading Finnish gambling related informational websites from Good Game Ltd (the “Acquisition”) for a total cash consideration of up to €15 million. The Acquisition is expected to complete during the first quarter of 2018 and to be immediately earnings enhancing in the current financial year following completion.
WPP’s new unit Kantar Consulting has acquired brand consultancy Mash Strategy for an undisclosed sum.
Facebook is planning sweeping changes to its newsfeed, as Mark Zuckerberg pledges to help users have more meaningful social interactions on the platform by prioritising posts from friends and family at the expense of those from publishers. Mr Zuckerberg said users would see less public content “like posts from businesses, brands and media”. This content would be prioritised based on whether it encouraged interactions between people, rather than “passively read”.
Amazon reports its voice device Echo was its top seller over the holidays. Hearst is hoping to plant its feet firmly in technology’s future, too. The company has been experimenting successfully with content on both the Echo and Google Home.
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (“Euromoney”), the international business information and events group, today announces that it has sold its Institutional Investor Journals (II Journals) business to Pageant Media
UK industry events ad:tech London and Technology for Marketing (TFM) have joined forces to form the country’s largest marketplace for advertising and marketing technology at Olympia, London on 26-27 September
APA Publications, which also publishes Insight Guides and Berlitz, on the acquisition of Rough Guides from Dorling Kindersley for an undisclosed sum.
Press release: Wilmington plc, the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Professional, and Healthcare, announces it has reached an agreement to acquire the Interactive Medica S.L. group of companies for an initial consideration of €2.8m with an adjustment for working capital, payable on completion. IM comes with an estimated €0.6m of cash on completion with further deferred consideration of up to €1.6m subject to IM achieving revenue targets for the period to 31 December 2019. The consideration is to be funded from the Group’s existing debt facilities and the Acquisition is expected to complete by 31 January 2018.
UBM has taken its final step from magazine publisher to events company after striking a deal to sell its last major publication, the construction industry bible Building
