Informa Group PLC

Informa operates at the heart of the Knowledge & Information Economy. It is a leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events business.

• 1734 | Edward Lloyd pins the first ever copy of his shipping list to the wall of his coffee shop in Lombard Street, City of London
• 1798 | Richard Taylor publishes the first edition of The Philosophical Magazine, one of the first scientific journals produced by an independent company
• 1852 | Dr William Francis joined Richard Taylor to found Taylor & Francis and continue the close links between the academic community and the company
• 1936 | Taylor & Francis becomes a private limited company with leading scientists as directors and shareholders
• 1964 | Investment & Property Studies founded as a part-time business
• 1971 | International Business Communications Ltd (IBC) created to be an umbrella company for Investment & Property Studies and Legal Studies & Services
• 1973 | The Institute for International Research (IIR) is launched by Irvine Laidlaw, later to become Baron Laidlaw of Rothiemay - IIR becomes a specialist business conference organiser
• 1976 | Euroforum established in Holland by IBC
• 1985 | International Business Communications (Holdings) plc established
• 1989 | Datamonitor is founded in London and produces its first ever report on the UK frozen food industry
• 1991 | Launch of The Monaco Yacht Show by IIR
• 1998 | Taylor & Francis successfully launched on the London Stock Exchange and shortly afterwards acquires the Routledge Group of companies
• 2000 | Datamonitor, now a world-leading provider of business information, completes its float on the London Stock Exchange and expands its reach into major cities around the world
• 2003 | Informa acquires PJB Publications Limited, the publisher of Scrip and other leading healthcare titles
• 2004 | Informa and Taylor & Francis Group plc agree an independent merger
• 2005 | Informa announce the acquisitions of IIR Holdings to form the world's largest publicly-owned event, conference and training business
• 2007 | Informa acquires Datamonitor
• 2011 | Informa acquires Brazil Trade Show Partners Participacoes (BTS) and Ibratexpo in Brazil
• 2012 | Informa announces the acquisition of Canadian exhibitions business MMPI, now rebranded Informa Canada
• 2013 | Informa acquires EDB Group and a stake in Baiwen, the owner and organiser of the annual China Beauty Expo
• 2015 | Informa accounces major US acquisitions. Virgo's portfolio includes SupplySide West and Vitafoods, while Hanley Wood adds 17 construction and real estate tradeshows, including World of Concrete, to Informa's portfolio
• 2016 | Informa acquires Penton Information Services, a leading independent US-based Exhibitions and Professional Services Group, adding greater balance and breadth to the Informa Group
• 2017 | Informa acquires YPI, expands position in International Yachting exhibitions through purchase of YPI
• 2018 | Informa acquires UBM. Informa combines with UBM in June 2018, to create a leading B2B Information Services Group
• 2019 | Informa updates its Group brand identity and the identities of several business divisions and creates a new fifth operating division, Informa Tech
• 2020 | Informa announces the launch of Omdia, the new brand for all our specialist Tech data and research products and services
• 2020 | Informa launches FasterForward, our approach to becoming an ever more sustainable business, with a series of activities and commitments running between 2020 and 2025
• 2021 | Informa announces the 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