Centaur Media plc is one of the UK's largest independent business publishing and information companies. It employs over 700 people and its shares are now quoted on the Official List on the London Stock Exchange. Centaur is headquartered in Central London. The company has two subsidiaries that are not based in the West End - Perfect Information is based nearer the City in Chiswell Street, London EC1 and Ascent Publishing (Homebuilding & Renovating, Public Sector Building and ABC&D) is based in Bromsgrove (just outside Birmingham).
7 Weekly Titles: Marketing Week, Money Marketing, The Lawyer, Design Week, New Media Age, Fund Strategy, Mortgage Strategy.
3 Fortnightlies: The Engineer, Precision Marketing, Recruiter
15 Monthlies: Creative Review, Employee Benefits, In-Store, Homebuilding & Renovating, ABC&D, Brand Strategy, Data Strategy, Logistics Manager, publicprivatefinance, Lending Strategy, Corporate Adviser, Period Living, Move or Improve?, Supply Chain Standard, Mortgage Distributor.
6 Bi-monthlies/Quarterlies: PSB, What's New in Industry, Process Engineering, Metalworking Production, Lawyer2B, Technology Horizons.
Plus a number of print and online Directories.
5 major industry portals - web-based community sites for discrete industries: mad.co.uk for the marketing, media, advertising and design community; The Lawyer.com for the legal community; The Engineer Online for the engineering community; Money Marketing Online for the financial services community; and NMA Online for the new media community.
The Headline Group produces a number of websites for journalists in specialist sectors. Headlinemoney is for journalists in the financial services sector; Headlineproperty for journalists who cover property; and Headlineauto is for automotive journalists.
In addition many of the magazines have their own websites - details can be found on the relevant magazine section within Communities.
Perfect Information is a leading provider of financial information primarily through Perfect Filings - a substantial corporate finance and capital markets database - and Perfect Analysis - a global securities research, analysis and reporting application.
Centaur also owns Pro-Talk, a collection of 13 websites covering a wide range of markets. These are primarily lead-generation sites for manufacturers and service providers in each of the industry sectors covered including engineering, manufacturing, printing, health services, marketing services and financial services.
In 2006/07 we will run around 80 conferences on a wide range of topics linked to our magazine and online brands. For full details follow the Centaur Live Events link.
In 2006/07 we will run 20 events. These are mainly Awards dinners for Centaur brands. For full details follow the Centaur Live Events link.
We also run a number of Summits - conference and workshop-based events for the most senior executives across a range of markets. For full details follow the Centaur Live Events link.
Centaur runs more than 20 exhibitions. For full details follow the Centaur Live Events link.
Through Centaur Direct Marketing we rent lists drawn from the circulation lists of our own titles, plus we manage lists for other, third party, list-owners.
A number of magazines publish Action Packs - direct response card decks. And Ascent Publishing has a specialist Action Pack division, which produces 14 titles targeted at specific disciplines across a broad spectrum of commerce and industry.
