INFORMA PLC (LON:INF)

Description

Founded in 1998, Informa Plc is a public limited company dealing in scholarly research, business information, electronic publishing, provides services like business intelligence, exhibition, and others, in more than 43 countries. It comes under communication sector, media Industry, publishing and broadcasting sub-industry. It is a part of FTSE 100 and has its headquarters in London, England.

It has several divisions: Informa intelligence, Informa Connect, Informa Tech, Taylor & Francis, Informa Markets. It has various brands like CRC Press, Game Developers Conference, Lloyds List, Fan Expo HQ etc. The company is one of the best exhibition organisers and some of its leading exhibitions are HRSE, BRIDE, NAJAH, Growthtech. Some of the competitors of the company are Thompson Reuters, HIS, Elsevier, RELX Group, Scholastic Corp and Cramer.

The areas of their expertise are Finance, Business operations, innovation, leadership, healthcare, etc. These provide various courses, which helps its clients to be at par with the corporate world. Informa Connect plays an important part in training and learning. They provide face-to-face training modules, online training, and gives customised training solutions which is as per the requirements of its clients.

The customised training solutions are either face-to-face or online. Some of the upcoming courses are Blockchain Masterclass for business professionals, Real estate strategy, Corporate innovation, and Lean Entrepreneurship etc. All these classes are now held online due to the pandemic. Its education partners are AIPMM  CXO Transform, Franklin Covey, Project Management Institute. The company aims to provide networking opportunities, encourage personal branding, and also provide certificates from renowned university and association.