Archived news for Sep 2005
dmg world media acquires iMedia Communications for £6.8m30 Sep 2005
dmg world media, the exhibitions division of DMGT, has announced the acquisition of iMedia Communications.
Travel Trade Gazette partners with The Sun
29 Sep 2005
Travel Trade Gazette, the weekly for travel agents, has linked up with The Sun for a free holiday competition in which readers nominate the travel agent who "has gone the extra mile" for them.
Contract Journal goes digital
29 Sep 2005
Reed Business Information's Contract Journal has launched a digital edition to be delivered by email every week.
Incisive acquires GPM, publisher of Legal Week
22 Sep 2005
Following the announcement of interim results on 14 September, Incisive Media has completed the acquisition of GPM, publisher of Legal Week.
BT reaps the benefits of business advertising
20 Sep 2005
BT has declared the first year of its biggest business-to-business marketing campaign a success, and announced that it is investing £18.5m in a second phase to build further credibility as a global provider of networked IT services.
Reed Exhibitions and China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation announce joint venture
19 Sep 2005
China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation has agreed to sell a 50 per cent of share equity in its subsidiary, China Pharmaceutical Exhibition Corporation (CPEC), to Reed Exhibitions. The new joint venture is named Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions Co. Ltd.
Incisive appoints managing director to insurance and legal services division
16 Sep 2005
Incisive Media has announced the appointment of Graham Harman, who has joined from EMAP where he was a managing director, to head the newly formed insurance and legal services division, which will contain the newly acquired Legal Week business.
Euromoney buys telecoms publisher
15 Sep 2005
Euromoney Institutional Investor has announced that it is buying TelCap, publisher of global telecoms magazine, Capacity, and the organiser of nine annual conferences for a maximum sum of £17.5m.
BT to launch £18.5m global ad campaign
14 Sep 2005
BT is launching a £18.5m ad campaign to continue to build awareness of the company as a global provider of networked IT services.
Incisive reports 12 per cent rise in revenue despite uneven market conditions
14 Sep 2005
Incisive Media has reported that first half reported revenues were up 12 per cent at £24.03m while underlying revenues, which exclude the effect of acquisitions, grew by five per cent. After a positive start to the year with revenue growth in all the divisions, performance in April and May was more mixed.
William Reed buys Wilmington drinks publishing assets for £2.2m
14 Sep 2005
Wilmington Group has announced the sale of its drinks publishing division to William Reed Publishing for a total cash consideration of £2.2 million.
Mature Marketing title launches
12 Sep 2005
Britain's first publication about how to target Britain's over-50s market has launched.
Reed Business Information revitalises Farmers Weekly
08 Sep 2005
Reed Business Information (RBI) is revitalising one of its flagship titles, Farmers Weekly. The title has served the farming community since 1934 and is read by over 200,000 people every week.
Convention- challenging launches unveiled
08 Sep 2005
Two convention- challenging magazines are being launched this week, aiming to target audiences not currently catered for.