Centaur Media sells The Lawyer for £43m

11th Sep 2025 08:00

(Sharecast News) - Business information and marketing provider Centaur Media said on Thursday that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Lighthouse Bidco, the parent company of Legal Benchmarking, for the sale of thelawyer.com, the operating company of The Lawyer.

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Centaur Media completes MiniMBA sale, mulls shareholder return

18th Jul 2025 15:53

(Sharecast News) - Centaur Media announced on Friday that it has completed the sale of its MiniMBA business to Brave Bison for an enterprise value of £19m, following the initial announcement of the transaction on 25 June.

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Brave Bison in talks to buy MiniMBA from Centaur Media

9th May 2025 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Shares in Brave Bison rose strongly on Friday after the media, market and tech group confirmed press speculation that it is set to buy marketing elearning business MiniMBA from Centaur Media.

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Centaur Media shares slump on profit warning

10th Oct 2024 08:42

(Sharecast News) - Shares in events and marketing business Centaur Media were sharply lower early on Thursday after it said ongoing challenges in the marketing sector had weighed on earnings throughout H2.

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Centaur Media soars on takeover approach from Dutch PE firm

10th Apr 2024 15:57

(Sharecast News) - Shares in Centaur Media soared on Wednesday afternoon after the publishing, events and marketing company confirmed speculation about a takeover approach from a Dutch private equity firm.

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Centaur restarts dividend after loss narrows

17th Mar 2021 08:16

(Sharecast News) - Centaur Media restarted its dividend after the group's annual loss narrowed despite a drop in revenue during the pandemic.

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Simon Longfield joining Centaur Media as finance chief

1st Nov 2019 11:47

(Sharecast News) - Business information and specialist consultancy provider Centaur Media announced on Friday that Simon Longfield has been appointed as its chief financial officer, in succession to Swag Mukerji, who was promoted to chief executive in September.

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Centaur Media revenue falls in first quarter

17th May 2019 10:14

(Sharecast News) - Centaur Media said revenue fell in the first quarter as the business information and training company sold off smaller businesses.

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Centaur Media shares plunge as it offloads financial services division

1st Apr 2019 10:14

(Sharecast News) - Centaur Media shares were in the red on Monday morning, after the business information and specialist consultancy firm announced that it sold its financial services division to business and consumer media firm Metropolis Group.

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Centaur Media swings to losses in year of transformation

20th Mar 2019 10:17

(Sharecast News) - Business information and specialist consultancy provider Centaur Media issues its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December on Wednesday, reporting a 9% improvement in group revenue year-on-year to £70.5m, although on an underlying basis, revenue declined 1.6%.

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Centaur Media remains on track despite comparative revenue dip

24th Jul 2018 14:47

(Sharecast News) - Business to business information, intelligence and events group Centaur Media on Tuesday said it remains confident of meeting full-year expectations despite slightly faltering revenues.

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Centaur acquires Oystercatchers to expand marketing arm

21st Sep 2016 11:17

(ShareCast News) - Centaur Media, a multi-platform business information, insight and events group, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Oystercatchers for up to £3.35m in cash and shares. Oystercatchers is a consultancy that helps brands "accelerate" their marketing performance. It has around

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Centaur Media launches £1m share buy-back programme

16th Aug 2016 16:29

(ShareCast News) - Centaur Media launched a £1m share buy-back programme which was to be executed on the open market. The resulting Treasury shares would be used to meet future onligations from share-based reward programmes for employees, the multi-platform business information, insight and events g

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Centaur appoints Swag Muckerji as CFO

19th Jul 2016 15:09

(ShareCast News) - Centaur Media said it has appointed Swag Mukerji as chief financial officer. Formerly CFO of Safetykleen Group and most recently Polestar Group, Muckerji will start on 29 July 2016. On this date Mark Kerswell, whose resignation was announced on 27 May 2016 will step down from the

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Centaur Media trots out encouraging update

11th May 2016 14:00

(ShareCast News) - Centaur Media gave investors an upbeat update on the first four months of the year, as revenues grew 5% and the B2B publishing and events group made a significant improvement in cash collection. Although the year is still young, directors said they anticipate trading for the full

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