Ascential Plc
Informa’s 6 steps to transformation (so far)
Informa Plc has made a recommended £1.2bn cash offer (568p per share) for Ascential Plc, the UK-based organiser…
What will Ascential do next?
The UK-based Ascential is repaying investors a total of £850mn in dividends and share buybacks from the the…
What will Cannes Lions become?
Three months after publication, Informa Plc agreed the £1.2bn acquisition of Ascential and its incorporation in a new…
What ‘new’ Ascential could do next
Twenty months after Flashes & Flames said Ascential's three divisions were worth more than twice its then enterprise…
‘Apax buying WGSN’
Private equity firm Apax has agreed to acquire the forecasting patform WGSN in a deal which – it…
Ascential faces the questions
UK-based B2B information, analytics and events company Ascential Plc today (22 Sept) reported first-half revenues of £307.4mn (H1 2022:…
Ascential holds its breath
The UK listed Ascential information and events group continues to pursus its planned strategy of selling its WGSN…
Future to simplify its business
Jon Steinberg, the new CEO of the magazine-centric Future Plc, this week signalled his intention to simplify the…
Ascential in a spin
Nothing is yet clear but Ascential Plc, the UK-listed information, analytics, events and eCommerce optimisation company, may be…
How I do it: Phil Thomas, Ascential Plc
Phil Thomas is CEO of Ascential Futures, the grouping of intelligence and events which this year is forecast…