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Centaur Communications takes full control of Market Research Exhibitions Ltd.

Centaur Communications is delighted to announce that it has purchased the 50% of Market Research Exhibitions Ltd. (MREL) that it did not already own from Resources Exhibitions Ltd. (REL). The terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

All sales and marketing activity for the 2003 show is being transferred to Centaur with immediate effect. Centaur is re-launching the show as Insight 2003 and for the first time the show will be supported by both the Market Research Society (MRS) and the British Market Research Association (BMRA).

MREL was set up as a joint venture between Centaur Communications and REL in November 1995 and it runs the Research Show - an annual exhibition for market research buyers and suppliers. The exhibition has been running annually since 1996 and takes place in London at Olympia.

Calum Taylor, Managing Director of Centaur Exhibitions, says, "We have had a very successful joint venture with Resources Exhibitions for seven years, but since, with Marketing Week, Centaur has major publishing interests in this area it seemed sensible for us to take on full ownership of the exhibition."

Gospatric Home, Chairman of Resources Exhibitions says, "It has been a great pleasure working in partnership with Centaur Exhibitions and I believe the combination of our skills and experience has given the Research Show much of its special character. We both felt, however, that the time had come for a single owner to develop the show and Centaur are particularly well placed to do this."

For further information contact:

Calum Taylor
Managing Director
Centaur Exhibitions
+44 (020) 7970 6500

Gospatric Home Chairman
Resources Exhibitions
01844 342894

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