International exhibition giant Informa has published a 10-month trading update, reporting continuing strong growth.
Stephen A. Carter, group chief executive, Informa, said: “Informa continues its strong operating performance, delivering further revenue, profit and earnings growth this year and with continuing momentum into next year.”
He added: “Our growth platform is built around the power and rising value of Live Events, and is underpinned by unique specialist B2B Brands, leading positions in growth geographies and categories, proprietary First Party Data and world class talent.”
Highlights of the trading update include:
- Growth and performance
Group underlying revenue growth of 6.6% in the 10 months to 31 October
- B2B Live Events (Informa Markets, Connect, Festivals)
Strong underlying revenue growth of 8.7% (8.5% at H1), reflecting structural market strengths, continuing market leading outperformance in IMEA (India, Middle East and Africa), and further successful Brand geo-adaptation
- Academic Markets
Underlying revenue growth of 3.0% (including non-recurring data licences) reflecting continuing strength in both Open Research and Subscriptions, coupled with continuing demand for validated content and specialist data
- Informa TechTarget
Returning momentum in underlying revenues, with a positive performance since the half year, delivering 10-month revenues of -2.7%, versus -4.3% at H1.
Group Revenues were £4bn with further underlying growth predicted in 2026, the update reported.
The Group noted,” recurring visibility into 2026 through subscriptions, pre-booked exhibitor revenues and forward booked contracts, with £1bn+ booked /committed, delivering year-on-year pacing growth”.
A 2025 share buyback programme of £350m is ongoing, with £315m shares acquired year-to-date at an average price of 806p.
Informa will host its 2025 Capital Markets Day 17-18 November 2025 in the UAE (Dubai), at the heart of the Group’s growing IMEA business. The opportunities in the region will be brought to life through a series of management presentations, technology and product demonstrations, and a hosted tour of The 2025 Dubai Air Show, the world’s largest B2B air show.
At both a product and operating level, AI technology is being embedded into processes and systems, including Elysia, Informa’s proprietary AI assistant for Colleagues, designed to deliver enhanced productivity.
Source: www.exhibitionworld.co.uk
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