The UK-based B2B Mark Allen Group, which has profited hugely by indulging in the hugely unfashionable practice of buying (and developing) printed magazines, is now launching two new publications Consumer Electronics Test & Development, and Electric & Hybrid Rail Technology.
The £55m-revenue publisher has made some 30 acquisitions during the past 15 years at a cost of almost £60m. Some of the smarter deals have had a payback of less than 12 months. Mark Allen has earned his place among the leaders of UK-based publishing. It’s almost impossible to find an employee, past or present, who hasn’t enjoyed their work at the bustling UK media company whose headquarters is a converted 152-year-old church in south London. Mark Allen is chair (and principal deal-maker and sometime novelist) while his son Ben manages the business as CEO.
