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Experian Experian is to sell its card processing and business process outsourcing operations in France to Advent International and La Poste respectively, for a total £157m. 16-Oct-2008 Experian is to shed about 100 management jobs at its Nottingham-based credit information business, as part of a £40m-a-year cost-cutting programme. 18-Apr-2008 Experian is to shed up to 200 jobs at its Nottingham-based credit information business, in order to transfer some IT work to Perot Systems in India. 17-Jan-2008 Experian is to sell its Loyalty Solutions division, which supplies back office services to loyalty card programmes, to Easycash of Germany for undisclosed terms. 27-Sep-2007 Experian is to transfer about 150 Nottingham-based staff to First Data International, following its decision to withdraw from processing credit card accounts. 30-Aug-2007 Experian has acquired N4 Solutions, the Cirencester-based financial services software provider with annual sales of £9m. 25-Jul-2007 Experian has acquired The pH Group, the marketing analytics firm with offices in London and France and annual sales of £6m. 23-Jul-2007 Experian is to acquire a 65% stake in Serasa, the Brazilian credit bureau, for £600m. 27-Jun-2007 Experian has acquired Tallyman, the collections management software business with annual sales of £9m, from Talgentra. 14-May-2007 Experian has acquired Emailing Solution, the French marketing company with annual sales of £2.7m, in order to expand its CheetahMail business. 04-May-2007 Experian is to acquire Hitwise, the internet marketing intelligence company with 200 staff in London, Australia and the US, for £120m. 20-Apr-2007 Experian has acquired Informarketing, the Brazilian direct marketing services company, for undisclosed terms. 17-Apr-2007 Experian is to shed up to 100 jobs at offices in Nottingham, London, Bristol and Luton, in order to merge its marketing businesses into a single division called Experian Integrated Marketing. 30-Mar-2007 Experian has acquired Economic Research Services, the data research company with offices in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leicester, Carlisle and Bristol, for undisclosed terms. 08-Feb-2007 Experian is to acquire Eiger Systems, the Rugby-based provider of bank account validation and payment processing systems with 80 staff. 23-Jun-2006 Experian, the information solutions company, is to set up a new 48,000 sq ft corporate headquarters at 80 Victoria Street, London SW1. 13-Jun-2006 Experian has acquired Backgroundchecking, the Marlow-based company that checks the background of job candidates, for undisclosed terms. 10-May-2006 Experian is to end its credit card and store card processing work by 2009, and most of the 200 Nottingham-based staff will be redeployed. 02-May-2006 Experian is planning to create about 100 jobs at its Nottingham-based business information operation this year. 18-Apr-2006 GUS has acquired ClarityBlue, the Luton-based provider of bespoke marketing database solutions with 165 staff, for £85m, in order to expand its Experian division. 27-Jan-2006 Experian has acquired Footfall, the Solihull-based retail market research company with 70 staff, for an estimated £30m. 05-Jan-2006 GUS has acquired PriceGrabber, the US-based online price comparison company, for £275m, in order to expand its Experian division. 15-Dec-2005 Experian has acquired Prediction Analytics, the US retail performance consultancy, in order to expand its Business Strategies division. 17-Oct-2005 Experian expects to create about 100 new jobs at its Nottingham-based financial information business over the next 12 months, and may decide to expand its Landmark House building. 18-Oct-2004 Experian has acquired QAS, the supplier of address management software with 370 staff, for £106m. 06-Oct-2004 Experian has acquired Ireland Direct Communications, the direct marketing company, and the business will operate as Experian's marketing services division in Ireland. 15-Sep-2004 Experian is to relocate its MCL Software division and 75 staff to a new £3m office complex in Southport in March 2005, and 25 new jobs will be created. 10-Sep-2004 Experian, the credit checking company, is to close three call centres in Preston, Bolton and Widnes over the next two years, with the loss of 850 jobs. 21-Apr-2004 Experian has sold its US print and mail outsourcing business to a management team backed by Sterling Capital Partners for £17m. 07-Jan-2004 Experian is creating 200 jobs at a new customer service centre in Preston over the next few months, in order to handle a contract from Marks & Spencer Financial Services. 29-Aug-2003 Experian has announced plans to build a new 170,000 sq ft office complex at the former Royal Ordnance site in Nottingham, and up to 1,500 staff will be relocated from existing sites in the city. 24-Jul-2002 Experian is planning to acquire Business Strategies, the economic consultancy with 40 staff. 16-Jul-2002 Experian has announced plans to create a further 1,000 jobs at its information services business in Nottingham over the next three years. 04-Dec-2000 Experian is planning to build a new £10m e-commerce centre in Nottingham, and expects to create up to 1,000 jobs in the city over the next three years. 12-Jun-2000 More from the Financial Services sector Related pages: Bibby Financial Services Student Loans Company Norwich Union Royal Bank of Scotland Fidelity International Experian website: www.experian.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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