The UK B2B Information Market
IRN Research, November 2011, Pages: 66
Limited growth expected in 2012 for the first time since 2008
After declining revenues in 2009, the B2B information market began to stabilise in 2010 although there was still a marginal decline of 0.5% in total market size. In 2011, the weakest market segments – business press and business directories – are expected to continue to face revenue decreases. Some limited growth across all market sectors is expected in 2012 for the first time since 2008 but, given the recent downgrading of UK economic forecasts and advertising expenditure forecasts, this growth could be quickly curtailed. The UK B2B Information Market covers trade journals/magazines, directories, business information services, and trade conferences/ exhibitions. The contents pages from the report are included as an Appendix.
- Exhibitions and conferences plus business information services have been relatively resilient in the last two years and maintained modest growth but trade journals and B2B directories/databases have struggled as advertising revenues have fallen dramatically.
- Traditional directory publishers have faced a range of new competitors including new startup Internet directory providers, search engines, and business networking sites but are now pushing ahead with digital strategies to combat declining sales.
- Trade journals have had to face competition from free and low-cost information sources and traditional publishers have been slower to adapt to the new digital environment. Most now have a digital presence but few have a clear business model to make money from their online content.
- Many of the larger companies are focusing increasingly on specific verticals and functions and are seeking to build brands across multi-platforms (print, digital, mobile) and, in many cases, across various types of information formats, e.g. trade journals, directories, and events.
- However, some verticals are performing better than others. For example, those companies with extensive content portfolios in sectors such as construction, public services, and retailing are facing difficult times but better performing sectors include energy, pharmaceuticals, and transport and logistics.
- B2B information companies are leaner after a period of cost cutting and internal restructuring and some have negotiated financial restructuring packages to give them some breathing space for the next few years. This has helped to maintain profit margins although sales have been generally weak.
- Limited growth opportunities in the UK means that more and more UK-based B2B information suppliers are focusing growth strategies on emerging markets, and particularly the Asia Pacific and Latin American regions. Larger exhibitions/conferences companies, for example, are expanding overseas by cloning existing events in new regions, acquiring events or events companies outside the UK, or launching new trade shows and conferences in markets which are still developing as events markets.
Introduction
1. Executive Summary
2. UK Overview
2.1 Introduction
2.2 UK Market Sizes and Trends 2006-2010
2.3 Market Forecasts and Influences 2011-2012
2.4 UK Players
2.4.1 Key Players and Financial Results
2.4.2 Mergers and Acquisitions
2.4.3 Company Profiles
Centaur Media PLC
Clarion Events Ltd
D&B Group Holdings (UK) Ltd
Datateam Business Media Ltd
Dods (Group) PLC
The Economist Group Ltd
Emap International Ltd
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
Financial Times Group Ltd
Haymarket Media Group Ltd
Hemming Group Ltd
Incisive Media (Bidco) Ltd
Informa PLC
Reed Elsevier PLC
Tarsus Group PLC
Thomson Directories Ltd
Thomson Reuters Group Ltd
UBM PLC
William Reed Business Media Ltd
Wilmington Group PLC
Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd
Yell Group PLC
3. Business Journals and Magazines
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Market Trends 2006-2010
3.3 Key Players
3.3.1 Overview
3.3.2 Company Profiles
3.4 Future Trends
3.4.1 Future Developments
3.4.2 Market Forecasts 2011-2012
4. Directories and Databases
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Market Trends 2006-2010
4.3 Key Players
4.3.1 Overview
4.3.2 Company Profiles
4.4 Future Trends
4.4.1 Future Developments
4.4.2 Market Forecasts 2011-2012
5. Business Information Services
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Market Trends 2006-2010
5.3 Key Players
5.3.1 Business Information and Aggregators
5.3.2 Company Information Services
5.3.3 Market Research Publishers
5.3.4 Legal, Tax & Regulatory Information
5.4 Future Trends
5.4.1 Future Developments
5.4.2 Market Forecasts 2011-2012
6. Exhibitions and Conferences
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Market Trends 2006-2010
6.3 Key Players
6.3.1 Overview
6.3.2 Company Profiles
6.4. Future Trends
6.4.1 Future Developments
6.4.2 Market Forecasts 2011-2012
- Centaur Media PLC
- Clarion Events Ltd
- D&B Group Holdings (UK) Ltd
- Datateam Business Media Ltd
- Dods (Group) PLC
- The Economist Group Ltd
- Emap International Ltd
- Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
- Financial Times Group Ltd
- Haymarket Media Group Ltd
- Hemming Group Ltd
- Incisive Media (Bidco) Ltd
- Informa PLC
- Reed Elsevier PLC
- Tarsus Group PLC
- Thomson Directories Ltd
- Thomson Reuters Group Ltd
- UBM PLC
- William Reed Business Media Ltd
- Wilmington Group PLC
- Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd
- Yell Group PLC
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