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United Business Media has acquired Virtual Press Office, the US provider of marketing services for exhibitions, for an initial £4m. 15-Dec-2009 United Business Media has acquired Iasist, the Spanish supplier of software to hospitals, from Inflexion Private Equity for £5.5m. 06-Jul-2009 United Business Media has acquired Global Games Media, the German organiser of games development conferences, for up to £1.3m, in order to expand its Think Services business. 10-Dec-2008 United Business Media has acquired Sanguine Microelectronics, the Chinese supplier of integrated circuit reverse engineering services with 130 staff, for an initial £5.4m. 10-Dec-2008 United Business Media has acquired Xinhua PR Newswire, the Chinese news distributor with about 50 staff, for £4m. 19-Nov-2008 United Business Media has acquired Pyramid Research, the telecoms market research firm with about 50 staff in the US, London and Hong Kong, for £4m. 28-Aug-2008 United Business Media has acquired Next Level, the US provider of sales management and marketing services with 80 staff, for an initial £2.5m. 03-Jun-2008 United Business Media has acquired Vision Events, the operator of IT events with 50 staff in the US and Egham, from Gartner for £5.8m. 22-Feb-2008 United Business Media has acquired Exposure Events UK, the exhibition company, for up to £2.5m. 11-Feb-2008 United Business Media has acquired Think Service, the US-based IT services and call centre training firm with 38 staff, for an initial £12m, in order to expand its CMP Technology business. 24-Jan-2008 United Business Media has acquired Portelligent, the US data analysis company, for an initial £4m, in order to expand its CMP Technology division. 13-Nov-2007 United Business Media is looking to spend up to £500m on acquisitions over the next two years, and is likely to focus on conferences, databases and press releases. 13-Nov-2007 United Business Media has acquired Energy Events UK, the owner of the Energy Solutions Expo event, for £1m. 11-Oct-2007 United Business Media has acquired Decorex, the Birmingham-based interior design trade show, for £2.2m, in order to expand its CMP Information division. 25-Sep-2007 United Business Media has acquired Ithaca Holdings, the business events organiser, for £14m. 14-Sep-2007 United Business Media has acquired Vintage Filings, the US communications company with 65 staff, for an initial £19m. 19-Apr-2007 United Business Media has acquired EU Consulting, the Finnish paper and packaging consultancy, for £0.3m. 27-Mar-2007 United Business Media has acquired Quest Media, the London-based conference organiser and magazine publisher, for up to £5m. 12-Jan-2007 United Business Media has acquired Aviation Industry Group, the aviation exhibitions and publishing company, for an initial £6m. 05-Jan-2007 United Business Media has acquired OAG Holdings, the provider of passenger and cargo flight information to the global aviation industry, for £2.5m. 08-Dec-2006 United Business Media has sold BackBeat Books, its US-based book publishing business, to Hal Leonard Corporation for £1.2m. 20-Nov-2006 United Business Media has acquired US Newswire, the US-based distributor of press releases, from Medialink Worldwide for an initial £10m. 03-Oct-2006 United Business Media has sold a number of US print media titles to The Wicks Group of Companies for £25m. 15-Sep-2006 United Business Media has acquired Commonwealth Business Media, the publisher of various media titles in the US, for £83m. 06-Jul-2006 United Business Media has acquired MeXi Solutions, the Belgian communication and data access solutions provider, for £1.8m. 04-Jul-2006 United Business Media has acquired Cable Digital News, the US-based online news channel, for less than £0.2m. 02-Jun-2006 United Business Media has sold Industrial Equipment Market and The Trader to Metropolis International for £9m, Trade-It to Friday-Ad for £4m and The Knowledge and Benn's Media to Wilmington for £1.6m. 16-May-2006 United Business Media has sold the Culverhouse Cross TV complex in Cardiff to ITV for £19m. 11-Apr-2006 United Business Media has acquired the National Venue Show, the Birmingham NEC-based exhibition for event organisers, for £1.5m. 05-Apr-2006 United Business Media has acquired two US-based events companies - MediaLive International and Shorecliff Communications - for a total £44m. 12-Jan-2006 United Business Media has acquired Black Hat, the operator of IT security conferences in the US, Europe and Asia, for £6m. 17-Nov-2005 United Business Media has sold its Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange publications to the Exchange Enterprises subsidiary of Newsquest for £50m. 19-Sep-2005 United Business Media has acquired three US-based online and events companies for a total £30m, including Light Reading, Informex and TechOnLine. 19-Aug-2005 United Business Media is to sell its 35% stake in Channel 5 Television Group to RTL Group for £248m, and the proceeds will be invested in UBM's other businesses. 21-Jul-2005 United Business Media has acquired the US-based Incoming Calls Management Institute for £2.1m, in order to expand its CMP Media subsidiary. 08-Jul-2005 United Business Media is looking to sell its Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange publications. 04-Jul-2005 United Business Media is to acquire Theme, the hospitality magazine, and Bar, the hospitality exhibition, from Mondiale Publishing for £5m. 16-Jun-2005 United Business Media has acquired ABI Building Data from Emap for £12m, in order to improve its services to the construction and property markets. 11-May-2005 United Business Media is to sell its NOP World market research division to GfK of Germany for £383m. 18-Apr-2005 United Business Media has acquired DotNetJunkies.com and SqlJunkies.com, the independent online communities, in order to expand its CMP Media division's software development media business. 05-Apr-2005 United Business Media is to acquire the licensed trade sector publishing and events operations of Quantum Business Media for £21m. 08-Feb-2005 United Business Media is considering plans to sell its NOP World market research business for about £300m. 31-Jan-2005 United Business Media is to acquire a number of medical trade press and other professional healthcare business information services in France from MediMedia for £25m. 19-Jan-2005 United Business Media is to acquire MediMedia's drug information business in continental Europe and Asia for £190m, including trade press, patient education and pharma marketing operations. 02-Jun-2004 United Business Media has acquired Eurisko, the Italian market research company, for £23m. 19-Dec-2003 United Business Media has acquired The Oncology Group and Cliggott Publishing from SCP Communications for £22m, in order to expand its CMP Healthcare Media division in the US. 04-Nov-2003 United Business Media has acquired The Caring Business, a magazine for care homes, for £1.7m. 20-Aug-2003 United Business Media has acquired Aprovia UK, the construction industry publishing company, for £79m. 22-Jul-2003 United Business Media is looking to spend up to £400m on acquisitions, and is particularly interested in market research and business service companies in the US and Europe. 06-Mar-2002 United Business Media has acquired Cozint, the healthcare research and consulting group, from ZS Associates for £7m. 09-Jan-2002 United Business Media has closed Rapture TV, the Norwich-based cable channel, with the loss of about 40 jobs. 08-Nov-2001 United Business Media is planning to shed about 200 jobs at its Tonbridge-based CMP Information magazine and events business. 07-Nov-2001 United Business Media has acquired Kenko Sangyo Shimbun, the Japanese exhibition and publishing group, for about £5m. 10-Sep-2001 United Business Media has acquired UK Floorcovering Exhibitions for £1.3m. 04-Sep-2001 United Business Media is to acquire Roper Starch Worldwide, the US consumer market research and trends consultancy, for about £50m. 06-Aug-2001 United Business Media has acquired a 50% stake in the Dutch national news agency's press release distribution division, ANPPS, for £3.9m. 06-Jul-2001 United Business Media has acquired Allison-Fisher International, the US automotive information provider, for £32m, and will merge the business with its NOP World market research division. 04-Jun-2001 Psion and United Business Media have closed their Trivanti mobile internet services joint venture due to lack of demand, with the loss of 16 jobs. 22-May-2001 United Business Media has bought Cyperus, the French corporate communications company, for up to £15m. 06-Mar-2001 United Business Media is planning to spend up to £1.5bn on acquisitions in the US, and is particularly interested in news distribution, market research and professional media. 28-Feb-2001 United Business Media is considering plans to sell off its Exchange & Mart and Daltons classified advertising newspapers for up to £180m, as part of a strategy to focus on business titles. 02-Jan-2001 United News & Media is to change its name to United Business Media, in order to reflect its new focus on business publishing. 20-Oct-2000
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