Reed Business Information Ltd

Reed Business Information is a provider of data services, business information and workflow solutions to businesses. The company is based in the United Kingdom, United States, China, Singapore, Continental Europe and Australia. Reed Business Information is a division of RELX Group and is often referred to as RBI. The company produces data, analytics and information for businesses. It provides services to specific sectors including chemicals, agriculture, HR, property, finance, science and aerospace. Products and services include; ICIS, Accuity, XpertHR, FlightGlobal, Estates Gazette, Proagrica and New Scientist.

Reed Business Publishing was formed in 1971 when IPC merged with Reed Group. It was then renamed Reed International PLC and subsequently changed its name to IPC Business Press Limited but traded under the name of Business Press International Limited until 1987 following a rebrand to Reed Business Publishing. In 1993 Reed Business Publishing became part of Reed Elsevier. In September 1996 Reed Business Information was created, bringing together Reed Business Publishing, Reed Information Services, Mardev. and Bowker-Saur.

Since 2009 Reed Business Information has focused on data, analytics and information.

In 2011 RBI made four acquisitions. In January 2011, RBI completed the purchase transaction to take majority ownership of CBI China, a petrochemical and energy information service in China, adding to its chemicals pricing service (ICIS). It also acquired Parpinelli Tecnon. In June 2011 RBI acquired Ascend, a provider of online fleet data and valuations to the aviation industry, adding to RBI's existing data and content services and its aerospace platform, FlightGlobal.

In September 2011, RBI announced the completion of a to acquire Accuity Holdings, a United States provider of online subscription-based data services for the financial services industry. Accuity was integrated with RBI's Bankers' Almanac, to form BankersAccuity which was rebranded Accuity (Sept 2013). RBI sold BuyerZone, an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of SMB products and services, to TechMedia Network, Inc. (“TMN”) on 22 January 2014.

On 17 March 2014 RBI acquired Innovata LLC, a leading provider of airline schedules data, maps and tools for the global air travel market. Innovata joins RBI’s aerospace information and data services business, FlightGlobal. On 4 June 2014 RBI sold emedia Communications LLC, a US-based provider of research to IT buyers and leads to IT vendors, to Ziff Davis, the Digital Media Division of j2 Global, Inc. On 21 July 2014 RBI announced the sale of a 51 percent stake in Reed Construction Data (RCD) to Warburg Pincus, and the sale of 100 percent of RSMeans to The Gordian Group, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus.

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