| July 2012 |
Acquisition of Applied Visual Arts Publishing |
| April 2012 |
Acquisition of Fairchild Books |
| March 2012 |
Sale completed of Bloomsbury's German subsidiary |
| February 2012 |
Set up of Bloomsbury's India subsidiary |
| July 2011 |
Acquisition of Continuum International Publishing Group |
| March 2011 |
Restructure of Bloomsbury Publishing group into four publishing divisions (Bloomsbury Adult/ Childrens & Educational/ Academic & Professional/ Information) |
| November 2010 |
Acquisition of Bristol Classical Press |
| July 2010 |
Set up of Bloomsbury's Australia subsidiary |
| July 2009 |
Acquisition of Tottel Publishing (renamed as Bloomsbury Professional) |
| December 2008 |
Acquisition of The Arden Shakespeare list |
| November 2008 |
Acquisition of John Wisden & Co |
| September 2008 |
Acquisition of Berg Publishers |
| September 2008 |
Launch of Bloomsbury Academic |
| September 2008 |
Important strategic partnership signed with Qatar Foundation to advise on the creation a new printing and publishing division in Qatar. |
| March 2008 |
Acquisition of Featherstone |
| September 2007 |
Announcement of agreement with Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) to produce Qatar Finance - The Ultimate Resource |
| September 2007 |
Appointment of Jeremy Wilson as Non-executive Chairman |
| June 2006 |
Acquisition of Methuen Drama |
| December 2004 |
Acquisition of Walker Publishing Company, Inc. |
| December 2003 |
Acquisition of Nautical Data Limited |
| March 2003 |
Acquisition of Berlin Verlag |
| January 2003 |
Acquisition of Andrew Brodie
Publications |
| September
2002 |
Acquisition of Peter Collin Publishing
Limited |
| September
2002 |
Acquisition of Thomas Reed Publications |
| June
2002 |
Acquisition of T & AD Poyser
ornithology list |
| May
2002 |
Acquisition of Whitaker's
Almanack |
| October
2001 |
Launch of audiobook list of major
abridged and non-abridged adult and children's titles. |
| August 2001 |
Launch of Bloomsbury Children's
USA. |
| December 2000 |
Launch of Bloomsbury.com |
| July 2000 |
Acquisition of A&C Black Plc |
| May 2000 |
Business Reference Database announced
in association with Perseus Books in the US |
| February 2000 |
CAA relationship announced for
film deals |
| December 1999 |
Announcement of strategic partnership
with Macmillan to create second major dictionary database,
the English Language Teaching Database |
| August 1999 |
Encarta World English Dictionary published world-wide and simultaneously in print and electronic
formats |
| November 1998 |
Rights Issue raised £6.1m - net proceeds used to reduce borrowings, expand electronic
reference activities, enhance paperback list and fund Bloomsbury
USA |
| 1998 |
Bloomsbury USA launched |
| 1994 |
Launched paperback and children's
lists |
| 1994 |
Flotation raised £5.5 million - net proceeds used to fund the set up of paperback
and children's lists |
| 1986 |
Bloomsbury Publishing was founded
on the principle of publishing books of the highest quality - bringing quality to the mass market |
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