Informa to Buy Events Operator Clarion in £2.2bn Deal
The FTSE 100 company acquires the US events organiser from Blackstone, adding over 100 events to its portfolio.
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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 46 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 6 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Technology published first, on 6 October at 06:18 UTC; News Feed followed 46 min later. The most recent article, from The Guardian Business, appeared on 6 October at 08:16 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg.com (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), The Guardian Business (major outlet).
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Bloomberg TechnologyInforma to Buy Events Firm from Blackstone for £2.2 Billion
- News FeedInforma to buy rival events business Clarion from Blackstone for £2.2bn
- The Guardian BusinessEuro dips further as French central bank chief warns the country risks being ‘strangled by interest rates’ – business live
- Bloomberg.comInforma to Buy Events Operator Clarion in a Deal Valued at £2.24 Billion
- The Guardian BusinessUK events firm that hosts arms fairs and comic shows sold to rival for £2bn
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- UK events firm that hosts arms fairs and comic shows sold to rival for £2bn The Guardian Business ·
- Informa to Buy Events Operator Clarion in a Deal Valued at £2.24 Billion Bloomberg.com ·
- Euro dips further as French central bank chief warns the country risks being ‘strangled by interest rates’ – business live The Guardian Business ·
- Informa to buy rival events business Clarion from Blackstone for £2.2bn News Feed ·
- Informa to Buy Events Firm from Blackstone for £2.2 Billion Bloomberg Technology ·
In this story
- Informa
- Clarion
- Blackstone