Haymarket’s consumer brands are leaders in their specialist sectors, connecting with millions of affluent consumers. Print remains an important platform for our brands to engage with their communities, but it is just one of a number of brand platforms through which they entertain and inspire. In the round, our consumer brands continue to grow both reach and engagement, as our passionate and loyal specialist audiences trust them to get more from the things they love.

Kevin Costello

CEO

Haymarket

With seven titles in our portfolio showing increases in actively purchased numbers, it is clear to us that the demand for high-quality journalism is still strong, and indeed gets stronger.  It’s encouraging to see such resilience at the top end of the print market, alongside the tremendous growth across digital and social platforms.

Albert Read

Managing Director

Condé Nast Britain

Our trusted print magazines can engage and inspire readers in a way that other media struggles to do. We proudly circulate over four million magazines a month and I’m thrilled to see such a robust set of numbers. We have invested heavily in print and to be rewarded with market leaders in each of our monthly competitive sectors, alongside six period-on-period increases, is a fantastic achievement.

We continue to build loyal audiences through paid-for channels and our dynamic approach to distribution, both of which deliver strongly to advertisers. We are experts at curating professionally produced content and remain focused on delivering this wherever our audiences are – in print, digital or at one of our iconic events.

James Wildman

CEO

Hearst Magazines UK

Immediate’s focus on special interest brands and high-quality content continues to pay dividends. Our market-leading print brands continue to perform well and drive revenue growth on the newsstand and in subscriptions.

Alongside our growth in print, we are making significant investments in our digital platforms where TV shopping, digital marketplaces, e-commerce, live events and innovative subscription models are transforming our business model as we develop our multi-platform strategy. Immediate now reaches over 22 million consumers a month.

Tom Bureau

CEO

Immediate Media Co.

Bauer Media retains its leading position in the highly competitive TV Listings and True Life markets. We’re extremely proud of our performance this period – TV Choice is the only magazine in the UK to sell over one million copies a week and Take a Break’s monthly companion magazine has seen an impressive 25% YOY uplift.

We’ve also seen continuing success for our specialist magazines, particularly our gardening titles Garden News and Garden Answers, while Practical Photography is the fastest-growing monthly magazine in the UK. These standout performances demonstrate how magazines play a critical role in the lives of our readers, creating meaningful connections in a truly trusted environment.

Our world class editorial teams are tireless in ensuring that they have a deep understanding of their audiences, both through insight and instinct. This enables us to deliver content that has a strong cultural impact whatever the passion area and brings readers back every week or month.

Rob Munro-Hall

Group Managing Director

Bauer Magazine Media UK

Our brands have an enduring ability to connect with their audiences in print. We remain focused on evolving this hugely important part of our business, where we continue to deliver a trusted environment and effective platform for our advertising partners to target engaged readers.

 At the same time, 2017 saw traffic to our sites grow by 29% on the year and we also saw growth in our digital advertising revenues. We’ve continued to grow our events portfolio and affiliate revenues and have seen early success in our TV production arm. As we continue to transform our business, our focus for 2018 remains on creating quality content and experiences that entertain and connect people to their passions.

Marcus Rich

CEO

Time Inc. UK

 I’m pleased to see continued print and digital growth in the Dennis Current Affairs portfolio. The Week continues to dominate the current affairs marketplace with its ever increasing portfolio of brands.

The Week Junior has shown extraordinary growth since launch with a 48,015 ABC. Its rise, almost all subscription driven, is truly remarkable. MoneyWeek has proved a perfect addition to the growing current affairs portfolio – and these circulation increases further cement Dennis as the leader in the sector.

James Tye

CEO

Dennis Publishing

The latest ABC figure [an increase in The Big Issue sales for the third year in a row] is testament to the hard work of our talented and award-winning editorial team who produce a great read, week in, week out. However, it’s also reflective of the difficulties and challenges that befall an increasing number in our society.

The Big Issue is here to meet that need, both by providing anyone who needs it with the opportunity to earn an income – and also by using our distinctive editorial voice and campaigning agenda to push for positive change.

Russell Blackman

Managing Director of Publishing & Business Development

The Big Issue