Search Informa Home About Us Divisions Investors Sustainability Talent Media Contact Home About Us History What We Do Where We Are Strategy Our Markets Policies History Purpose & Principles Informa AllSecure Executive Management Board of Directors 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. 2021 – New intelligence brand 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. 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, Informa Tech. 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. Contact Us Office Locator Email Alerts LinkedIn Twitter Facebook RSS Feed About Us Divisions Investors Sustainability Talent Media Contact Accessibility Statement Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Modern Slavery Statement Site Map Informa PLC registered in England & Wales with number 8860726, registered office and head office 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK. Lloyd's is the registered trade mark of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's. © 2021 Informa PLC We use cookies to help provide you with the best possible online experience. Please read our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions for information about which cookies we use and what information we collect on our site. By continuing to use this site, you agree that we may store and access cookies on your device.Cookie Policy Cookies Settings I AGREE