Informa： Leading international event, digital service, and academic research group

Informa is committed to providing support for professionals. Through hundreds of brands and a range of products and services, we provide businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need to learn more, understand more, and do more.

Informa is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 100 index, with 12000 employees in 30 countries/regions.

Informa is a young company with a strong foundation. The company was founded in 1998, and some of its brands have a history dating back decades, some even centuries.

• 2025- Create new business

Informa enters 2025 with two newly established businesses: Informa Festivals, which focuses on experiential events, and Informa TechTarget, a professional B2B digital services company listed on NASDAQ

• 2024- Expansion of Digital Services

In January 2024, we reached an agreement to merge Informa Tech's digital business with TechTarget. This proposed merger will help us serve our B2B clients on a large scale digitally

• 2023- Professional Market Expansion

In 2023, we expanded our B2B investment portfolio by acquiring Tarsus and its professional on-site event and catering service expert Winsight, as well as medical IT expert HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition

• 2022- Informa Intelligence divests

As part of GAP 2, Informa focuses on the academic and B2B markets, divesting our intelligence business portfolio including Lloyd's List, Citeline, and EPFR

• 2021- Progress in Sustainable Development

Informa tops the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the first time in global media industry sustainability rankings

• 2021- Launch GAP 2

At the end of 2021, Informa launched GAP 2 (2021-2024 Growth Acceleration Plan 2), which aims to achieve further, faster, and sustainable growth through digitization and further market specialization

• 2021- New intelligent brand

Launch the Curios brand, which provides competitive intelligence and decision-making tools for retail banks, formed by the merger of Financial Intelligence's FBX business with Novantas

• 2020- Accelerating the pace

Informa has launched Faster Forward, our approach to becoming a more sustainable business, and has launched a series of activities and commitments between 2020 and 2025

• 2020- Professional Brands and Markets

Launching Omdia, a new brand for all our professional technical data and research products and services

F1000 Research joins Taylor&Francis, expanding our capabilities in open research publishing and the services we provide to the research community

• 2019- Performance and Growth

As part of the accelerated integration plan, Informa updated the group brand identity and the identities of multiple business departments, and created a fifth new operations department, Informa Tech

• 2018- Informa acquires UBM

Informa acquired global exhibition company UBM in June 2018, creating a leading B2B information services group and launching an accelerated integration plan to integrate businesses together

• In 2017, Informa acquired YPI

Informa acquires Florida exhibition company YPI, expanding its position in the international yacht professional market

• In 2016, Informa entered the FTSE 100 index and acquired Penton

Informa has become a member of the FTSE 100 Index, the largest publicly traded company in the UK. Informa has launched its annual global charity program, Walk the World, and acquired Penton Information Services in the US for £ 1.2 billion

• 2015- Informa expands in the United States

Informa acquires American professional exhibition organizers Virgo and Hanley Wood to enhance its exhibition business

• 2014- GAP 1 launched

Informa launches GAP 1 (2014-2017 Growth Acceleration Plan), which reorganizes the business into four operational departments, refocuses on our selected markets, increases management talent, and invests in products, personnel, and platforms

• 2013- Chinese Beauty Newcomer

Informa acquires shares of China Beauty Expo organizer Baiwen Group, expanding its exhibition business and Asian influence

• 2012- Informa acquires MMPI

Informa acquires Canadian exhibition company MMPI to expand exhibition business

• In 2007, Informa acquired Datamonitor

Informa acquires Datamonitor, a publicly traded business information provider

• 2005- Informa acquires IIR Holdings

Informa acquires IIR Holdings, becoming the world's largest publicly traded company with operations spanning the Middle East region

• 2004- Informa merged with Taylor&Francis

Informa has reached an independent merger agreement with academic publishers Taylor&Francis

• 1998- Informa was established

Informa was formed by the merger of IBC Group plc and Lloyd's of London Press

• 1973- IIR was established

The International Research Institute (IIR) was established. Initially published as a brief, later as a professional conference, now part of Informa Connect

• 1852- Taylor&Francis founded

Publisher Richard Taylor and chemist Dr. William Francis teamed up to establish Taylor&Francis Publishing Company

• In 1798, the Journal of Philosophy was published

The Philosophy Magazine is now published by Informa's Taylor&Francis division and produced by Richard Taylor