According to The Telegraph the business publisher Centaur has been forced to abandon the sale of its flagship title, The Lawyer, after a lengthy sale process failed to secure the price it sought.
According to The Telegraph the business publisher Centaur has been forced to abandon the sale of its flagship title, The Lawyer, after a lengthy sale process failed to secure the price it sought.
Centaur Media Plc (“Centaur” or the “Group”), an international provider of business information and specialist consultancy, today announces that it completed the sale of its engineering portfolio, including The Engineer and Subcon, on 31 May 2019.
Centaur Media Plc (“Centaur” or the “Group”), an international provider of business information and specialist consultancy, today announces that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its engineering portfolio, including The Engineer and Subcon, to Mark Allen Group.
Centaur Media Plc (“Centaur” or the “Group”), an international provider of business information and specialist consultancy, today announces that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell Centaur Human Resources Limited, the owner of the Employee Benefits brand and the rest of its HR business, to DVV Media International Ltd (“DVV Media International”) for a cash consideration of £5m (subject to customary post-completion adjustments). Completion of the disposal is expected to take place on 30 April 2019.
Centaur Media Plc (“Centaur” or the “Group”), an international provider of business information and specialist consultancy, today announces that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell Centaur Media Travel and Meetings Limited (CTM), the owner of the Business Travel Show and The Meetings Show, to Northstar Travel Media UK Limited (“Northstar”), a leading B2B information and marketing solutions company focused on the global travel and meetings industries. Completion of the disposal is expected to take place on 30 April 2019.
Centaur Media Plc (“Centaur”), an international provider of business information and specialist consultancy, today announces that it has sold its financial services division to Metropolis Group (“Metropolis”), specialists in business and consumer media
According to Colin Morrison’s Flashes&Flames It is believed the US-based Northstar Travel Group is poised to acquire three UK exhibitions – The Business Travel Show, Meetings Show, and Travel Technology Europe – from Centaur Media. The annual two-day events are one part of the Centaur portfolio put up for sale as it prepares to focus on its core XEIM marketing services group, which includes Marketing Week, eConsultancy, Festival of Marketing, and Oystercatchers
Centaur, an international provider of market intelligence and specialist consultancy, announces that it has appointed Livingstone Partners and Cavendish Corporate Finance as advisers to assist with its divestment programme. As announced in October, following a strategic review Centaur is accelerating the simplification of the Group’s structure to improve operational execution and to focus attention on the leading brands within its marketing division.
In a trading update Centaur announced that their board had reviewed the groups dstructure.
It said: In recent months, Centaur has received approaches for a number of its assets from potential trade and private equity buyers who recognise the intrinsic value in these businesses, which operate in fast-changing market segments and where leading brands can fetch attractive valuations. The Board believes this value is not reflected in Centaur’s current share price.
Centaur Media has completed the sale of Corporate Adviser to John Greenwood, who has edited the publication since the year of its inception in 2006
Centaur Media has announced the acquisition of MarketMakers, the UK B2B marketing services business, for £13.4m. MarketMakers and its division ReallyB2B consist of “sophisticated” B2B telemarketing, data analytics, database enrichment and automated lead generation businesses.
Future has bought Centaur’s home interest titles for £32m. The magazines include: Homebuilding & Renovating, Period Living and Real Homes. There are also seven exhibitions.
Press Release: The Board of Centaur Media Plc (LSE: CAU), the business to business information, insight and events group, announces that it has commenced a process to explore the sale of its Home Interest portfolio
Centaur Media Plc (LSE: CAU), the multi-platform business information, insight and events group, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the business and assets of Oystercatchers LLP (“Oystercatchers”). Oystercatchers will build on Centaur’s Econsultancy and other marketing assets to provide an international leading consultancy in the marketing sector
Time was when business-to-business media groups seemed the least likely to be disrupted by the web. Media executives routinely boasted that the success of occupational business magazines for everyone from engineers to doctors and farmers to retailers was based on “need to know” information – rather than the “nice to know”content of, say, consumer magazines
Montgomery Group has announced the purchase of international event for professionals in aid and development, AidEx, from Centaur Media
In an interim RNS about trading in the last 4 months, Centaur reported that underlying revenues increased by 6% in the period, a significant improvement relative to the negative trends reported over the last 18 months
In an interim RNS about trading in the last 4 months, Centaur reported that underlying revenues increased by 6% in the period, a significant improvement relative to the negative trends reported over the last 18 months
“We will definitely not be going digital-only, there is a role for a print product. Not everyone wants to live their life digitally”. So says Andrea Vidler , CEO of Centaur. For the full interview read The Guardian
Advertising and events revenues were impacted by weakness across the Group’s Financial portfolio