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That deal would give BT the ability to offer customers a “quad play” package of home phone, broadband, TV and mobile

As first reported in EN last July, LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has been announced as the buyer of the NEC in Birmingham

Holtzbrinck and BC Partners announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education

The Havas Group has acquired Bird & Schulte Advertising, an award-winning agency based in Freiburg, Germany. The German agency, which offers a full spectrum of services for Rx and OTC, including advertising, digital media, events and medical education, will continue to build on its more-than-20-year track record of serving up what its clients’ brands need to succeed

UBM has cut 70-80 positions as it continues its reorganization under its events-first strategy, Folio: has learned. The cuts have happened over the last couple of days and are primarily centered in its UBM Tech division, representing brands that don’t directly support the event- and community-centric strategy. For the full story read Folio

According to a Sky News report today (12 January) LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank, is to be confirmed as the new owner of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham

Private equity-owned publishing house Immediate Media has offered to sell three magazines in a bid to appease the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Instinctif Partners has acquired financial services PR agency Wriglesworth, creating a 90-strong corporate practice in London. For the full story read PR Week

Organiser Media 10 has today announced the acquisition of dedicated event for timber construction, Timber Expo. The event is to run as a key part of UK Construction Week (UKCW), featuring nine construction-focused events taking place at the NEC, on 6-11 October 2015. For the full exclusive read Exhibition News

Clarion, organiser of more than 200 leading events worldwide, has been sold to global asset management firm Providence Equity

Local language sites will debut in Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the first quarter of 2015, and Cosmopolitan Nigeria was unveiled in late December. The company is looking at other African nations, including Ghana, Kenya and Botswana, said Duncan Edwards, chief executive of Hearst Magazines International.

Immediate Media has reported a 75% rise in profits to £14.3m in its last financial year. Immediate Media, which struck a £121m deal with BBC Magazines to buy, licence or contract publish its 34 titles in 2011, saw group operating profits rise from £8.2m to £14.4m in the year to the end of March 2014

ALM, a leader in specialized industry news and information, announced a deal to acquire Summit Professional Networks, the publisher of Investment Advisor and several prominent insurance and legal publications, including National Underwriter and InsideCounsel

INCISIVE MEDIA – parent company of Financial Director & Accountancy Age – has announced refinancing agreement with private equity firm Alchemy, which will see the the firm take a majority stake in the business

When the initial wave of native advertising began just a few years ago, the advertisers were predominantly publishers, not advertisers in the traditional sense.

Wunderman acquires majority stake in digital marketing agency Phantasia in Peru

Sky is facing the strongest competition in its 25-year history — with telecoms groups BT and Liberty Global on one flank, and online challengers such as Netflix and Google, on the other. In the past three years, its shares have underperformed all of those rivals

It’s a hit with the millennial generation and predicts revenue of $1bn this year, so what can young company teach its rivals

Marcoms giant Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Toronto-based digital creative firm SPOKE Agency, which offers a range of services for clients the in the lifestyle, retail and entertainment sectors

Havas has acquired US based integrated communications and experiential marketing agency Formula, giving the French PR firm access to new offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco