Deals

Emerald Expositions LLC in San Juan Capistrano bought RFID Journal LIVE event and several regional expos from RFID Journal LLC in Hauppauge, New York on undisclosed terms

Press Release: The directors of Electric Word plc (the “Board”) are pleased to announce the sale of the trade and certain assets of the Company’s subsidiary, Speechmark Publishing Limited (“Speechmark”), to Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Newspaper publisher Johnston Press has confirmed it is in late-stage discussions to sell a stable of newspapers in East Anglia to a rival group

Attempt to diversify away from home market in Europe to growth regions

London, 04/10/2016: Easyfairs UK & Global, part of the Artexis Easyfairs group, today announces its acquisition of CCR (Clinical Cosmetic & Reconstructive) Expo from Wimbledon-based Nineteen Events.

Hudson Sandler has become an LLP that will offer a stake in the business to staff, after listed holding group Huntsworth sold its majority stake in the global corporate and financial agency

Northstar Travel Group has made its first purchase since being acquired by private equity firm Wasserstein Partners in June. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) subsidiary, Inntopia, has acquired Ryan Solutions, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and database marketing to the hospitality industry

UBM scooped up a new show in the U.S., The Battery Show North America, from another UK-based company – Smarter Shows. The Battery Show and collocated events will be part of UBM’s Advanced Manufacturing Group.

Prospects Press Release: Prospects, the market-leading education, employment and skills company, has acquired Optimus Education. Optimus Education was founded in 1997 to help primary and secondary school leadership teams manage staff development efficiently and effectively, stay compliant and drive whole school improvement through a variety of conferences, events and training resources

Hearst has acquired CAMP Systems International Inc. in its latest move toward diversification in the information and data sectors. CAMP was acquired from GTCR, a private equity firm, for around $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the situation. The exact sum was not disclosed

Acquisition of Evenementenhal – from H2 Equity Partners and ABN AMRO Participaties – puts Artexis Easyfairs among the world’s leading events organisers and venue operators

Press Release: Ascential plc: (the “Group” / LSE: ASCL.L), the international business to business media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and information services products, is pleased to announce the launch of Money20/20 Asia from 13-15 March 2018 in Singapore

Bewkes says $85.4bn deal can boost competition as rivals call for regulatory scrutiny

Time Warner would give a competitive advantage over rivals such as Verizon, T-Mobile US and Sprint with a so-called “vertical integration” strategy, allowing it to use its internet and telecoms services to distribute Time Warner’s film and television portfolio

Citic Private Equity, part of China’s top financial conglomerate, has held preliminary talks to buy a roughly €2bn controlling stake in Spain’s Imagina Group, a media company that distributes the country’s top football league internationally and has also backed films including Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The discussions between the unit of the powerful state-backed […]

Press Release:  UDG Healthcare plc, a leading international provider of healthcare services, announces that it has acquired STEM Marketing Limited, the leading global provider of commercial, marketing and medical audits to pharmaceutical companies for a total consideration of up to £84m ($103m)

Time Out Group has announced the acquisition of London-based events and ticket booking company YPlan

National Pavement Expo is the leading industry event for contractors in the asphalt, concrete paving, sealcoating, striping, sweeping crack sealing, pavement repair and snow removal industries in the US

AXIO Group, which manages a global portfolio of market-leading information businesses has announced it has received a binding offer from M3, Inc. to purchase Vidal Group (‘Vidal’), a leading European provider of reference drug information for healthcare professionals, for €100 million

Press Release Emerald Expositions, LLC (“Emerald”), a leading business-to-business trade show and conference producer, today announced its acquisition of the Digital Dealer Conference & Expo from Dealer Communication