provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries.
Subsidiaries:
Also a major shareholder of
ITN and
Press Association .
Headquartered at
Ludgate House in
London and listed on the
London Stock Exchange in the
FTSE 250 Index with operations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
Primary competitors are
International Data Group ,
Reed Elsevier and
VNU .
Originally incorporated in
1918 as and changed to '''United News & Media plc''' in
1995 , the name it kept until
2000 when '''United Business Media plc''' was formally adopted.
