Haymarket Media Group is the largest privately-owned publishing company in the United Kingdom. It also has offices in Australia, China, Germany, Brussels, India, Japan, Singapore and the USA.^[1]

It started out as Cornmarket Press in the 1950s. Clive Labovitch and Michael Heseltine – later a minister under Margaret Thatcher and Deputy Prime Minister under John Major – who had met at university started out with the 1957 Directory of Opportunities for Graduates and in 1958 relaunched Man About Town , which was to become an influential (though unprofitable) men?s consumer magazine. The company failed in its relaunch of the British news weekly Topic, the title closing at the end of 1962, within three months of the takeover.^[2] The partners split in 1964, with Heseltine renaming his half of the business Haymarket Press to publish Management Today .^[3] The company was renamed Haymarket Publishing and, due to its growing presence in online media and live events, it was rebranded as Haymarket Media Group in 2007.

Haymarket has publications in the consumer, business, professional and customer sectors, both print and online. It also operates exhibitions allied to its own publications, and on behalf of organisations such as the BBC. Haymarket is also active worldwide.

In the UK, its main offices are located in Hammersmith and Teddington, both in London, with additional offices in Gloucester and Daventry. ^[4]

Haymarket Business Media

This division provides news and information for professionals in areas including environmental management, horticulture, planning, medicine and marketing. These are generally subscription-only publications and, in all but a limited number of cases, are not available for sale via retail. The portfolio includes a number of magazines and websites: AV, Campaign, Children Now, Clinical Advisor, Conference and Incentive Travel, Cortlandt Forum, Direct Response, DMNews, Druck & Medien, The ENDS Report, together with its sister publications ENDS Europe Daily and the ENDS Europe Report, Event, FinanceAsia, GP, Horticulture Week, Human Resources, Independent Nurse, JAAPA, Management Today, Marketing, Marketing Direct, McKnight?s Long-Term Care News, Media, Media Week, Medical Imprint, MIMS, Packaging News, Planning, Print Week, Printing World, Promotions & Incentives, PR Week, Regeneration & Renewal, Renal & Urology News, Revolution, SC Magazine, Third Sector, TASPO, World Business, Young People Now, Waste and Mineral Planning and Haymarket Direct.

Haymarket Consumer Media

Haymarket publishes a number of consumer magazines, all for sale by retail, and also a number of websites. The portfolio includes Autosport, Autocar, CAT, Classic and Sports Car, Classic FM, CRN Australia, eve, F1 Racing, FourFourTwo, Gramophone, MotorSport News, Practical Caravan, Practical Motorhome, PC Authority, Racer, Stuff, What Car? and What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision. The division is also home to photographic agency, LAT.

Haymarket Network

This division produces publications on behalf of other organizations, such as the British Army. It produced the programme for the first FA Cup Final at the reconstructed Wembley Stadium in 2007, which drew criticism from the media for its cost.^[5], although copies were sold on eBay above the £10 cost. The clients and portfolio include America?s Cup, Army, Champions, England, Jaguar, London 2012 Olympics, Manchester United, Nike, Panasonic, Sony, Toyota, UEFA, and United Review

Haymarket Exhibitions

The company's first foray in exhibitions occurred in 1990^[6] on the back of the popular Autosport magazine, produced by Haymarket Consumer Magazines. The consumer exhibitions division is now a market leader in the UK with a rapidly increasing portfolio and a growing audited attendance of over half a million.

The division operates in two sectors; consumer and business to business whilst running a successful joint venture with BBC Worldwide and various other partners.

Its shows are known for their quality of content and are registered with the AEO ^[7] (Association of Event Organisers)

Its portfolio for 2008 currently includes:

• Autosport International
• BBC Gardener?s World Live, BBC Summer Good Food, BBC Good Homes and Countryfile.
• Stuff Live featuring What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision
• Cereals - The UK's largest exhibition!
• Fruit Focus
• The Children's Centre and Extended Schools Show
• South West Regional Growers
• BBC Good Food Shows^[8] taking place in Birmingham, London & Scotland
• Clothes Show Live and eve Style Show

Haymarket Online

Haymarket operates a number of online-only services. These include Brand Republic, for advertising, marketing and media professionals, PR Week, a site for public relations professionals, Blue Boomerang, an online directory for the media and marketing industry, and Healthcare Republic for the UK's primary healthcare sector. In addition, Haymarket bought Piston Heads, a site for car enthusiasts, in 2007 and Caravan SiteFinder, the UK's leading booking website for park holidays.

Worldwide

Haymarket publishes business titles – with associated websites – in New York, Germany, India and Hong Kong.^[9] The company has also licensed titles and content for publication in over 110 territories in which it does not publish.

It publishes a number of titles in India – the first clutch included Autocar, Autocar Professional, What Car? and What Hifi? – and in mid-2007 was complemented by the launch of an Indian version of its Campaign advertising industry weekly, with an initial circulation of 17,000. "Every sector of the media is growing in India as we speak, and it just seems right [to launch more titles]. The great thing is there's a huge thirst for knowledge and the media can fill that," deputy chairman Rupert Heseltine, 39, told the 30 August 2007 edition of UK's Press Gazette media weekly.^[10]

References

External links

• Haymarket Media Group
• Haymarket Deutschland

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