Wilmington plc

Wilmington plc is a publishing firm and provider of information and training, specialising in compliance, legal and healthcare publications. The company was established in 1995 and has its headquarters Whitechapel High Street, London.[1]

It publishes:

In 2000, Wilmington acquired Binley's, a provider of NHS healthcare intelligence and tools for (amongst others) pharmaceutical supplier sales organisations.[4] Binley's was later merged into the Health Service Journal, but retained its OnMedica website, a reference and news source for UK-based GPs and speciality doctors.

It sold What Wine? to William Reed Publishing in December 2005.[5]

Mercia Group, a provider of accountancy training, was acquired in 2006.[6]

It bought Press Gazette in 2006 and sold it in 2009.[7]

Wilmington bought NHiS ("NHS Insights") in 2013.[8]

Wellards, an e-learning provider for salespeople in pharmaceuticals and medical technology, was acquired in 2016 and rebranded as the Digital Learning Academy.[1]

It bought the Health Service Journal from Ascential in January 2017.[9]

Wilmington published the long-established Solicitors Journal from the 1990s until closing it in 2017.[10]

Financials

In the year ended 30 June 2019, Wilmington plc reported profit before tax of £14.7m on revenue of £122.5m.[11]

References
  1. "Wilmington History". Wlimington plc. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "About Compliance Week". Compliance Week. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "A short history of Pension Funds Online". Pension Funds Online. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "About Binley's". Archived from the original on 25 October 2019.
  5. Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com. "publications and websites".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "About us". Mercia Group. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. "Wilmington buys Press Gazette". Press Gazette. 8 December 2006
  8. "Pharma Insight Co NHiS Sold to Wilmington Group". MrWeb. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. "New owner for HSJ announced". Health Service Journal. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  10. Ponsford, Dominic (15 September 2017). "Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  11. "Wilmington plc: Annual report and financial statements". Companies House. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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