UBM plc

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UBM plc

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legal form Public Limited Company
ISIN JE00B2R84W06
founding 1918
Seat Ludgate House, London , United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Dame Helen Alexander ( Chairman )
Tim Cobbold ( CEO )
Number of employees approx. 6,500
sales 797.8 million pounds sterling
Branch Publishing
Website www.ubm.com
Last updated 2012

UBM plc is a multinational information and media group based in London . Its main business areas are live media and business-to-business communication, marketing services and data brokerage. Customers are primarily from the technology, healthcare, retail and transportation, pharmaceutical and fashion sectors. The company is listed on the FTSE 250 Index of the London Stock Exchange .

Company history

Beginnings in publishing

The company was founded in 1918 by David Lloyd George as United Newspapers to acquire the Daily Chronicle and Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper . However, the origins of the companies that are part of UBM date back to the 18th century. UBM continues to publish titles that first appeared during this period, such as the Building and Chemist & Druggist magazines , which were started by Joseph Hansom in 1843. In 1929 the company merged with Provincial Newspapers, the owner of several regional newspapers in northern England. The following year the company sold its national newspapers. Over the next few decades the company operated as a publisher of regional newspapers and acquired other papers such as the 1969 Yorkshire Post Newspapers .

In 1982 PR Newswire acquired the company . In 1985, Express Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Express newspaper, was taken over . In 1995 the company changed its name to United News & Media. In 1998 the regional newspaper was sold, and in 1999 CMP Media was taken over for 920 million US dollars. In 2000 the company sold Express Newspapers to Richard Desmond and renamed itself United Business Media. In 2006, Commonwealth Business Media took over for $ 152 million.

In 2008 UBM formally relocated its headquarters to Ireland for tax reasons , but announced its return to the UK in 2012 . In 2012, UBM's joint venture partner PA Group, parent company of the Press Association news agency , sold the company its 50% stake in Canada Newswire for £ 30.1 million.

TV holdings

MAI was part of a consortium bidding for the ITV network in the South and Southeast, which formed Meridian Broadcasting in 1991. Following the successful establishment of Meridian, MAI began to expand: In 1994, Anglia Television , the ITV franchise for the East of England, became the majority shareholder of the consortium that won the bid for Channel Five . In 1996 MAI merged with United Newspapers to form United News & Media (UNM) after a successful takeover. The company thus controlled the Daily Express , Meridian, Anglia and, via the Yorkshire Post, a large stake in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television , the owners of Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television . The stake in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television was sold to Granada in 1997, which gained control of the two channels. United News and Media agreed later, the 20 -% - share of Scottish Television on TV station HTV to assume, on 28 June 1997 HTV British pound was eventually taken over completely by UNM for 370 million.

In 1999 there were talks about a merger between UNM and competitor Carlton , which were, however, unsuccessfully broken off when it became known that Meridian should have been sold as a condition for the merger. Instead, the UNM's TV offerings were sold to Granada. Due to antitrust regulations, according to which Granada should not have control over such a large audience share, the broadcasting division of HTV was sold to Carlton in exchange for Central's 20% stake in Meridian.

Reorganization since 2005

In 2005, UBM refocused on two main areas: PR Newswire, a global news provider, and CMP, an international event, print and online publishing provider. NOP was sold to GfK that same year for £ 383 million . In September 2006, NewBay Media acquired CMP Entertainment Media from United Business Media.

On July 1, 2008, United Business Media Limited (UBML) was set up as a new holding company as part of a reorganization of the group structure. UBML is registered in the UK and incorporated in Jersey .

In 2010 the holding was divided into five operational units: Events, TD&M, Data Services, Online and Print. In September 2010 Canon Communications announced that it had accepted a takeover offer by UBM. Also in 2010, UBM launched the marketing service provider DeusM, a company that focuses on setting up online communities for business-to-business retailers.

In May 2011 United Business Media officially changed its name to UBM plc.

In February 2012, the Yankee Group sold its annual 4G World trade fair to UBM plc and incorporated into the UBM Techweb division. Also in February 2012, Briefing Media acquired UBM's UK agriculture and general medicine portfolio for £ 10 million, while UBM announced the acquisition of four Asian trade shows for £ 19.4 million, highlighting UBM's ongoing transformation into an event host and B2B marketing service provider .

Business areas

Ludgate House, UBM's headquarters in London

UBM distributes news and information as well as media products. The activities are divided into the areas RISI, PR Newswire , UBM Asia, UBM Aviation, UBM Built Environment, UBM Canon, UBM Conferences, UBM Connect, UBM Global Trade, UBM Live, UBM Medica, UBM Awards, UBM Studios, UBM TechInsights , UBM Tech and UBM DeusM. This also includes CMP Information (CMPi), which was divided into five separate areas in 2008. UBM is also a major shareholder in news provider ITN and the Press Association news agency.

UBM is primarily in competition with the companies International Data Group , Reed Elsevier , Nielsen , Informa and Centaur Media.

UBM's media offerings include:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ UBM: Biographies . Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e UBM: History
  3. ↑ UBM History ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ubm.com
  4. ↑ a b United Business Media plc History ( English ) In: Funding Universe . Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ United Business Media buys Commonwealth Business Media for $ 152 million
  6. ↑ "UBM plans to move tax base back to UK" , The Guardian , October 18, 2012. Last accessed January 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ "PA Group sells stake in Canada Newswire to UBM for £ 30.1m" , The Guardian , November 1, 2012. Last accessed January 30, 2013.
  8. ^ Murray John: Heseltine clears way for Anglia TV bid (English) . In: The Independent , February 19, 1994. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Key dates in the history of commercial TV ( English ) In: An Overview of Television in the UK . Ofcom. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  10. ↑ PRNewsWire ( English ) PRNewsWire. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  11. ↑ Horsman Mathew: Hollick secures a stake in HTV as fight for franchises hots up (English) . In: The Independent , October 25, 1996. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  12. ↑ Cathy Newman: HTV succumbs to United News in pounds 370m takeover bid (English) . In: The Independent , June 28, 1997. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  13. ↑ ITV: 20 years of ups and downs (English) . In: The Telegraph , November 16, 2010. Retrieved on 201203-27. 
  14. ↑ Claire Billings: United and Carlton call off merger (English) . In: Media Week , July 21, 2000. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  15. ↑ a b Timeline: ITV 1955-today (English) . In: Media Guardian , October 7, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  16. ↑ United News sharpens focus (english) . In: BBC News , August 4, 2000. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  17. ↑ History ( English ) ITV plc. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  18. ↑ UBM sells NOP World for £ 383m
  19. ↑ UBM Has Sold CMP Entertainment Media to The Wicks Group ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Jordan, Edmiston Group , September 13, 2006 (accessed September 19, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jegi.com
  20. ↑ Annual report of UBML 2008/9 page 62.
  21. ↑ Notes to the parent company financial statements at December 31, 2010 P146.
  22. ↑ Notes to the consolidated Financial Statements 3 P88.
  23. ^ Canon Communications to be Sold to United Business Media; Transaction Expands Global Reach of Canon's Advanced Manufacturing and Design Focus
  24. ↑ "UBM launches DeusM to help b-to-b publishers create online communities" ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BtoB Media Business , October 14, 2010. Last accessed on January 30, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.btobonline.com
  25. ↑ UBM: United Business Media name change to UBM plc
  26. ↑ Mash Media Group Ltd: UBM acquires 4G World exhibition and conference ( English ) Exhibition World. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  27. ↑ UBM - News releases . Media.ubm.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  28. ↑ UBM Tech ( English ) Ubmtechweb.com. January 31, 2013. Accessed March 30, 2013.
  29. ↑ Briefing Media ( English ) Briefingmedia.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  30. ↑ UBM - News releases ( English ) Media.ubm.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  31. ↑ UBM - News releases ( English ) Media.ubm.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  32. ↑ UBM: Our businesses ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ubm.com
  33. ↑ MP Information reorganized into five independent media and information businesses ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ubm.com