2000 & 2001
7 Press Releases Found
Informa Group’s Chairman Peter Rigby commented: "The first half of 2002 has seen a stabilisation in market conditions with a significant recovery in profits and operating profit margin since the second half of 2001. We continue to manage our cost base closely, as well as ensuring we exploit our brands to their full potential. "The Board remains confident about Informa’s future and believe that the Group is ideally positioned to benefit from any recovery in our markets."
Informa Group's Chairman Peter Rigby commented: "2001 was a difficult year for Informa, particularly in the second half with the downturn in the telecom market and lower advertising and delegate numbers in the final quarter of the year." "The first few months of the current year has seen a stabilisation in the market conditions. We are cautiously optimistic that when market conditions improve we will be well placed to take advantage."
Informa Group has made an investment in Xinhua Financial Network (XFN). XFN is a financial news service based in Hong Kong with additional offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The majority shareholder in XFN is the main Chinese Government News Agency - Xinhua News Agency. XFN provides financial information about China to foreign companies based outside China and to Domestic and International companies operating in China.
Informa Group's Chairman Peter Rigby commented: 'The results for the first six months are satisfactory and have been achieved despite the challenging economic environment. We remain positive about the strengths of the business which provides business information to six diverse markets over a number of geographical areas.'
Informa Group plc ("Informa"), the business information group, announces that it has today entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Eaton Massachusetts Business Trust, publisher of the market leading bio-research journal BioTechniques. First published in 1983, this monthly US journal and its bi-monthly sister journal for the European market publishes peer-reviewed articles on original techniques and applications used by life scientists. It is circulated to approximately 60,000 scientists in the US and a further 20,000 in Europe. Revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were approximately 10% ahead of the same period in 2000 and forward bookings for the remainder of the year are encouraging.
Informa Group's Chairman Peter Rigby commented: "This record result reflects the quality of the business information we generate, the strength of our leading niche brands across six international marketplaces and the synergies which we are continuing to exploit between our publications and our events. We are looking forward to another successful year in 2001."
Informa Group Plc announced today that it has agreed to acquire MCM Group Inc. ("MCM"), headquartered in New York and a specialist provider of real time analysis delivered electronically to financial institutions worldwide. The consideration is $44.9 million (£30.5 million), adjusted for net working capital at completion, payable in cash. The transaction is expected to complete in February 2001.
