Why Invest

Informa offers investors exposure to the growing, global Knowledge & Information Economy.

The Group has a balanced portfolio, focused around two leading scale businesses in Academic Markets and Business-to-Business Markets, with attractive financial characteristics.

We operate through dozens of specialist brands that have strong market positions, combining a digital-first, data-driven mindset and products alongside powerful live and on-demand events.

2021 Annual Report

The growing Knowledge & Information Economy

500m
tweets sent every day
Source: Twitter

95m
photos and videos are shared daily on Instagram
Source: Instagram Business

294bn
emails sent daily, rising to 306bn by 2020 and 320bn by 2021…with 3.9bn people using emails
Source: Radicati Group

4PB
data created by Facebook inc. 350m photos and 100m hours of video
Source: Facebook Research

175ZB
data predicted to exist by 2025
Source: UIS Unesco

3.5bn
searches made per day on Google
Source: Internetlivestats.com

$1.8tn
Size of the Information Industry
Source: Outsell

1bn
Connected wearable devices by 2022
Source: Statista

4.4ZB
Accumulated digital universe of data in 2019, rising to 44ZB by 2020
Source: PWC

Seizing opportunities from specialist knowledge

We have dozens of highly specialist brands, with strong market positions, delivering knowledge and connections to businesses and professionals in a growing global market
Our brands and teams have international reach combined with deep expertise in our chosen specialist markets
Informa's portfolio is well balanced across customer markets, geographies and products

Learn more about trends in our markets

An agile, customer-focused approach

Customers are at the heart of Informa's purpose, and we take an agile and flexible approach to responding to their preferences
We combine a digital-first, data-driven mindset and services with powerful live and on-demand events and products
Deep relationships and first-party customer data drive continuous improvements in our products and new services

Read about our approach to engaging with customers

Accelerating digital and data capabilities

We are accelerating the pace of digitisation across the business under GAP II
Strong and growing position in open research through Taylor & Francis and F1000
Expanding audience development and digital demand generation services, supported by our B2B customer data engine IIRIS

Find more on our GAP II programme

Strong and stable financial profile

Informa has new and growing revenue streams and a flexible operating model
Robust balance sheet
Strong cash conversion
Disciplined approach to capital returns

Read the 2021 Financial Review

Embedding Sustainability

We are embedding sustainability ever more deeply across Informa and inside our products through the FasterForward programme
Informa has been recognised for our progress and performance and ranked top of the global media sector by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2021
We make relatively low use of natural resources and have set Science Based Targets verified at the 1.5° level

See the Sustainability in 2021 review

Find out about FasterForward

Some of our Brands and Markets

Health & Nutrition

Maritime

Technology

Pharma

Aviation

Taylor & Francis

What We Do
Informa's leading brands connect businesses and professionals to knowledge and relevant customer networks and audiences in over a dozen specialist markets
Strategy
Our long-term strategy is market specialisation and digitisation. Through the GAP II programme, we continue to build depth and international reach in our chosen markets and to accelerate the pace of digitisation throughout the business
Financial Summary
Find a financial summary for the Group and our five divisions here
Sustainability
Through the FasterForward programme, our ambition is to become a champion of sustainability within our business and across the specialist markets we serve