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:
- Compliance Week, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts[2]
- Health Service Journal
- Pension Funds Online[3]
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.[citation needed]
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
editIn the year ended 30 June 2019, Wilmington plc reported profit before tax of £14.7m on revenue of £122.5m.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Wilmington History". Wlimington plc. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "About Compliance Week". Compliance Week. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "A short history of Pension Funds Online". Pension Funds Online. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "About Binley's". Archived from the original on 25 October 2019.
- ^ Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com. "publications and websites".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "About us". Mercia Group. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Wilmington buys Press Gazette". Press Gazette. 8 December 2006
- ^ "Pharma Insight Co NHiS Sold to Wilmington Group". MrWeb. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "New owner for HSJ announced". Health Service Journal. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Ponsford, Dominic (15 September 2017). "Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Wilmington plc: Annual report and financial statements". Companies House. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
