Informa to dispose of five corporate training businesses

Informa plc (“Informa” or the “Group”), a leading Academic Publishing, Business Information and Events Group, today announces it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its five Corporate Training businesses to Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”) for a total consideration of up to $180m. The initial consideration of $165m, consists of $100m in cash (net of […]

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What will world’s best B2B media boss do next?

Peter Rigby is one of the great survivors among European media company chiefs. He became CEO of what is now Informa Plc in 1989, the year when: Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, Time Inc merged with Warner Brothers, and Alan Bond’s media-to-brewing group became Australia’s largest ever bankruptcy. It was also the year […]

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