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Revenue was up 9.4% to £78.3m (2013: £71.5m) and headline profit befoore tax was up 26.4% to £4.4m (2013: £3.5m)

Group revenues for the period were up 6% at £90.0m (2013: £85.0m) and Adjusted EBITA¹ increased 11% to £18.7m (2013: £16.9m)

The popular home-interest title was launched in 1998 by BBC Worldwide, enjoying circulation peaks of 150,000 copies, with ownership transferring to Kelsey Media in 2009

In an RNS UBM confirmed today that discussions were in progress with Advanstar but declined any further details

nforma Middle East has boosted its profile in the commercial retail market with the acquisition of Channels Exhibitions, a UAE firm specialising in commercial retail and photography events

Roy Greenslade reviews the redesign of the FT: I must say that I like the look of the “refreshed” Financial Times

We are pleased to announce the completion of the sale of History of War print and digital magazine, and its related website to Imagine Publishing Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The title was launched earlier this year by Anthem Publishing

Media Mergers has brokered a sale of History of War magazine to Imagine Publishing

F2f events has sold The Back Pain Show to BackCare Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the charity BackCare

C&IT has spoken to key industry figures for their reaction to the £2.9m management buyout of events agency Zibrant and the sale of Motivcom to Sodexo for £41m.

It’s the end of an era for both Apple fans and print publishing as Macworld kills its print edition

Barton is the behind Diagnostic Questions, a website which enables teachers to create and share maths questions. Since launch earlier in 2014, over 5,000 teachers have registered to use the site, creating more than 2,250 multiple choice questions

WPP announces that Kantar Health, its wholly-owned global healthcare consulting firm, has acquired Focus Assistência Médica S/S Ltda. and Classe Assistência Médica S/S Ltda. (“Evidências”), a leading healthcare research company, in Brazil

Four Communications is making preparations to buy Consolidated PR next month as it seeks to strengthen its consumer credentials. Four Communications CEO Nan Williams said that Consolidated’s size – which she claimed was around £2.5m in annual fee income – was similar to other agencies snapped up by the group, which posted a £10.8m fee […]

IDG Communications put a major reorganization plan into effect earlier today, resulting in layoffs, the end of print for Macworld and the creation of a new division

Lionel Barber: “We’ve thought very hard about the future of print and we’ve drawn one or two big conclusions. First of all, anybody who said post-dotcom boom that print is dead is wrong.”

Lionel Barber: “We’ve thought very hard about the future of print and we’ve drawn one or two big conclusions. First of all, anybody who said post-dotcom boom that print is dead is wrong.”

Yet another big publisher may be exiting the newspaper business, as Digital First Media considers selling some or all of its assets, according to a report in the The Denver Post, which is controlled by Digital First

This month, UK magazine publisher Future will be offering everyone who buys one of its print magazines the chance to download its digital counterpart for free

This month, UK magazine publisher Future will be offering everyone who buys one of its print magazines the chance to download its digital counterpart for free