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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.

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

Natural Products Expo West
Vitafood Europe
New Hope Network
SupplySide West

Maritime

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
Seatrade Cruise Global
Monaco Yacht Show
CMA Shipping

Technology

blackhat
Internet of Things World Europe
Omdia
London Tech Week

Pharma

Citeline
ArabHealth
CPHI Worldwide
Partnerships in Clinical Trials Europe

Aviation

Aviation Week Network
Aviation Week MRO Americas
CAPA Centre for Aviation
Routes

Taylor & Francis

Routledge
CRC Press
F1000
Dovepress

  • 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