Plexus, part of Ascential (formerly Top Right Group), has been working with Abacus e-Media on a major project to upgrade fifteen major brands to the latest version of the Webvision CMS.
The rebrand follows the completion of the three-year turnaround of the group which began in 2012, and signals a clear purpose for the future of the group which is now focused on two key areas: Exhibitions & Festivals and Information Services
The buyout titan Blackstone is leading the race to buy the Cannes advertising festival’s parent company as its current owner weighs the alternative of a £1.1bn stock market listing
Top Right Group, the international business-to-business media group yesterday announced the creation of a new operating company, to be led by Natasha Christie-Miller, that brings together the 4C, Planet Retail/Retail Net Group (RNG), EMAP and MEED product brands.
The private equity giant Blackstone is among a pack of investment firms weighing £1.2bn takeover bids for the media conglomerate which owns the Cannes Lions advertising festival
Bankers are preparing a £1bn stock market flotation for Top Right Group, the publishing and events company jointly owned by Apax Partners and Guardian Media Group
Investment bankers have been asked to come up with future options for Top Right Group, which could include a sale or flotation of the publisher
Media organisation Top Right Group – owned by The Guardian and private equity group Apax – has enforced cost-cutting measures.
The Top Right Group, parent company of i2i Events Group and Lions Festivals, has released its financial results for 2014, reporting revenue in excess of £300m (US$456m) for the first time
The popularity of the Cannes Lions advertising festival and a surge in demand at environmental data business Groundsure drove a 27% increase in profits at parent company Top Right last year
Media Business Insight, which publishes the industry magazines Broadcast and Screen International, has been sold by Top Right Group to the private equity firm Mobeus Equity Partners, which backed a management buyout
Emap, the publisher of trade magazines from Retail Week to Drapers, is expected to report its highest growth for 13 years, as a result of a recovery plan instituted by chief executive Natasha Christie-Miller
Exhibition organiser i2i Events Group has teamed up with the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) which will see the launch of The Light Show at Autumn Fair International 2015
i2i Events Group and Lions Festivals – grew 13% on an organic basis and generated revenues of £121.3m
Annual results today showed profits before exceptional items dipped more than 2% to £68.8 million last year, although turnover rose strongly by 9% on an organic basis to £271.4 million
Top Right Group Ltd., the U.K. media group owned by Apax Partners LLP and Guardian Media Group, plans to sell a bundle of news magazine titles as part of a divestment strategy
The WGSN owner is rumoured to be acquiring US fashion trend forecaster Stylesight Inc for around $60 million
In an interview with Exhibition World Mark Shashoua revealed i2i’s approach to internationalising their brands by geocloning and interestingly commented on their newly acquired coil-winding event
Euromoney is expanding its project finance and infrastructure business with the acquisition of Infrastructure Journal, a leading information source for the international infrastructure markets
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