History
Informa is a young company with deep roots. Formed in 1998, some of our brands trace their history back decades and in some cases, centuries.
2022 - Informa Intelligence divestment
As part of GAP 2, Informa focuses on Academic Markets and B2B Markets, divesting our portfolio of Intelligence businesses including Lloyd’s List, Citeline and EPFR
2021 - Sustainability progress
Informa is ranked top of the global media sector for sustainability for the first time, by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
2021 - Launch of GAP 2
At the end of 2021 Informa launched GAP 2 - the 2021-2024 Growth Acceleration Plan 2 - a programme to grow further, faster and sustainably through digitisation and further market specialisation
2021 – New intelligence brand
Launch of Curinos, a brand providing competitive intelligence and decision making tools in retail banking, created through the combination of Financial Intelligence’s FBX business with the company Novantas
2020 – Moving FasterFoward
Informa launched FasterForward, our approach to becoming an ever more sustainable business, with a series of activities and commitments running between 2020 and 2025
2020 - Specialist brands & markets
Launch of Omdia, the new brand for all our specialist Tech data and research products and services
F1000 Research joins Taylor & Francis, expanding our capabilities in open research publishing and our services to the research community
2019 - Performance & Growth
As part of the Accelerated Integration Plan, Informa updates its Group brand identity and the identities of several business divisions and creates a new fifth operating division, Informa Tech
2018 - Informa acquires UBM
Informa acquires global events company UBM in June 2018 to create a leading business-to-business information services Group, and launches an Accelerated Integration Plan to combine the business
2017 - Informa acquires YPI
Informa expands its position in the specialist International Yachting market through the purchase of YPI, a Florida-based exhibitions business
2016 - Informa enters the FTSE 100, acquires Penton
Informa becomes a member of the FTSE 100, an index of the largest UK-listed companies
Walk the World, Informa's annual global charity initiative launches
Informa completes £1.2bn acquisition of US based Penton Information Services
2015 - Informa expands in the US
Informa acquires specialist US exhibitions organisers Virgo and Hanley Wood, strengthening the Exhibitions business
2014- GAP 1 launched
Informa launches GAP 1 - the 2014-2017 Growth Acceleration Plan - which sees the business reorganise into four operating divisions, refocus on our chosen markets, add management talent and invest in products, people and platforms
2013 - China Beauty addition
Informa acquires a stake in Baiwen, organiser of China Beauty Expo, expanding its exhibitions and Asia presence
2012 - Informa acquires MMPI
Informa expands exhibitions business by acquiring Canadian exhibitions business MMPI
2007 - Informa acquires Datamonitor
Informa acquires Datamonitor, a publicly listed provided of business information
2005 - Informa acquires IIR Holdings
Informa acquires IIR Holdings and becomes the world's largest publicly-owned event, conference and training business with a presence in the Middle East
2004 - Informa and Taylor & Francis merge
Informa and academic publisher Taylor & Francis agree an independent merger
1998 - Informa is formed
Informa is formed with the merger of IBC Group plc and Lloyd's of London Press
1973 - IIR established
The Institute for International Research (IIR) is founded. Initially producing newsletters and then specialist conferences, which are now part of Informa Connect
1852 - Taylor & Francis founded
Richard Taylor, a publisher and Dr. William Francis, a chemist join forces to create the Taylor & Francis publishing company
1798 - Philosophical Magazine published
The Philosophical Magazine, now published by Informa's Taylor & Francis division, is produced by Richard Taylor