Springer sells Finlayson Media Communications (FMC)

Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) announced today that a successful agreement has been reached for the sale of its 100 percent stake in Finlayson Media Communications (FMC). The stake is being sold back to its founder, Ken Finlayson, who will continue the business independently.

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Professional Beauty

Mark Moloney has bought back the portfolio of Professional Beauty shows from Emap. Moloney had set up Total Beauty Show to launch at Excel on similar datelines to Professional Beauty in February 2011. EMAP bought Professional Beauty and 5 other events for £19m from Moloney in 2006. No details of the transaction were released.

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