What We Do

To grow, do business, make breakthroughs, develop careers and take better informed decisions, specialists look for highly relevant,

quality and trusted knowledge, information and connections.

Informa’s leading brands and expert teams deliver events and exhibitions, create intelligence-based products and data-driven services,

convene communities in person and digitally and provide access to cutting-edge research for customers working in specialist markets, worldwide.

Each of our five operating divisions has a distinct focus. Learn more about the brands, products and services we provide below,

and see our organisational structure and the guiding principles that underpin our business.

Our Markets

Informa works in a range of specialist markets, providing customers with relevant, timely and high-quality knowledge and connections

that help them learn more, know more and do more.

From Pharma, Biotech and Health & Nutrition to Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, Consumer Retail Banking to Licensing,

Maritime and Aviation to Education and Psychology, our markets tend to be international, dynamic and areas where being informed

on trends and connected to experts and customers are critical.

Many of our colleagues are also experts in these markets. Here, they give their insight into the latest trends.

History

Informa was formed in 1998, and through growth and acquisition, has become a leading international events,

intelligence and scholarly research group.Some of our brands have a history dating back much further, including Lloyd's List,

now part of Informa Intelligence, and the Philosophical Magazine, a Taylor & Francis journal.

2020 – Moving FasterFoward
Informa launched FasterForward, our approach to becoming an ever more sustainable business, with a series of activities

and commitments running between 2020 and 2025

2020 - Specialist brands & markets
Launch of Omdia, the new brand for all our specialist Tech data and research products and services

F1000 Research joins Taylor & Francis, expanding our capabilities in open research publishing and our services

to the research community

2019 - Performance & Growth
As part of the Accelerated Integration Plan, Informa updates its Group brand identity and the identities of several

business divisions and creates a new fifth operating division, 

2018 - Informa acquires UBM
Informa acquires global events company UBM in June 2018 to create a leading business-to-business information services Group,

and launches an Accelerated Integration Plan to combine the business.

2017 - Informa acquires YPI
Informa expands its position in the specialist International Yachting market through the purchase of YPI,

a Florida-based exhibitions business.

2016 - Informa enters the FTSE 100, acquires Penton
Informa becomes a member of the FTSE 100, an index of the largest UK-listed companies.

Walk the World, Informa's annual global charity initiative launches.

Informa completes £1.2bn acquisition of US based Penton Information Services.

2015 - Informa expands in the US
Informa acquires specialist US exhibitions organisers Virgo and Hanley Wood, strengthening the Exhibitions business.

2014- GAP launched
Informa launches the 2014-2017 Growth Acceleration Plan, which sees the business reorganise into four operating divisions,

refocus on our chosen markets, add management talent and invest in products, people and platforms. 

2013 - China Beauty addition
Informa acquires a stake in Baiwen, organiser of China Beauty Expo, expanding its exhibitions and Asia presence.

2012 - Informa acquires MMPI
Informa expands exhibitions business by acquiring Canadian exhibitions business MMPI.

2007 - Informa acquires Datamonitor
Informa acquires Datamonitor, a publicly listed provided of business information.

2005 - Informa acquires IIR Holdings

Informa acquires IIR Holdings and becomes the world's largest publicly-owned event, conference and training business

with a presence in the Middle East.

2004 - Informa and Taylor & Francis merge

Informa and academic publisher Taylor & Francis agree an independent merger.

1998 - Informa is formed

Informa is formed with the merger of IBC Group plc and Lloyd's of London Press.

1973 - IIR established
The Institute for International Research (IIR) is founded. Initially producing newsletters and then specialist conferences,

which are now part of Informa Connect.

1852 - Taylor & Francis founded

Richard Taylor, a publisher and Dr. William Francis, a chemist join forces to create the Taylor & Francis publishing company.

1798 - Philosophical Magazine published

The Philosophical Magazine, now published by Informa's Taylor & Francis division, is produced by Richard Taylor.

1734 - Lloyd's List established

Lloyd's List, now part of Informa Intelligence, was created when Edward Lloyd pinned a copy of his shipping list

to the wall of a London coffee shop.