PPA Business: Business Information UK

BUSINESS INFORMATION UK

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In 2013, PPA Business partnered with Outsell to measure the size, scopeand scale of the UK’s Business Information Sector

Business Information UK

• Majority of sizing based on 2012 revenues

Methodology

• Research founded on Outsell’s database of 7,000+ companies in the global information industry

• Data included from companies defined as Business Information by PPA Business and its members

• Revenues from Science, Technical and Medical (STM) largely excluded except for revenues from corporate and government clients

• In total, Outsell included revenues of almost 500 companies, 70% of themUK-based.



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£15.5bnTotal size of the UK business information

sector


Copyright: Outsell Inc. 2013 www.outsellinc.com

UK to UK

£2.87bn


Non-UK to UK

£3.52bnUK to non-UK

£9.15bnCopyright: Outsell Inc. 2013 www.outsellinc.com

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70,000 Estimated number of people employedin the UK business information sector



UK-generated revenues equivalent to

0.4%of Gross UK GDP



UK-generated & overseas revenues equivalent to

1%of Gross UK GDP



£23.8bn weighted market cap of quoted UK

companies in sizing



6:1approximate ratio of digital to printrevenue in the information market



£2.1bn* revenue from in-person events

*14% of total



Revenue growth of PPA Business members

2011 vs. 2010

+4.8% 2012 vs. 2011

+3.6%Source: PPA Publishing Futures 2013


£15.5bnTotal size of the UK business information sector

6:1Approximate ratio of digital to printrevenue in the information market
