Informa plans for growth in 2025-2030

London, 9th October: London-listed Informa PLC released its latest plan for 2025-2030, following the completion of the Ascential plc acquisition.

In 2025, Informa will establish three focused Live B2B Events businesses: Informa Markets to focus on transaction-led B2B events, Informa Connect to focus on content-led B2B events, while Informa Festivals to focus on experience-led events. It is expected to receive revenues of more than £4 billion (US$5 billion), with an underlying revenue growth of over 5% in 2025.

The company also updated its 2024 guidance with revenues of over £3.5 billion (US$4.6 billion), adjusted operating profit of over £970 million (US$1.3 billion) and free cash flow of £740 million (US$970 million).

Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive, said, “The completion of the Ascential acquisition, creation of Informa Festivals and prospective creation of Informa TechTarget will establish leadership and scale in all our chosen B2B market segments, complementing our strength in Academic markets and creating a platform for growth from 2025 to 2030. Over the last four years, our strategy has been to build further strength and depth in B2B businesses, targeting new growth opportunities as the Live B2B Events market segments and becomes increasingly sophisticated, and B2B Digital Services mature.”