1957
Cornmarket Press (Clive Labovitch & Michael Heseltine) publishes first hardback of the Directory of Opportunities for Graduates
1959
Acquires the quarterly magazine Man About Town
1964
The formation of Haymarket; Man About Town’s printer, Hazell Watson & Viney, invests in the publisher
Hazell + Cornmarket = Haymarket, followed by the acquisition of MIMS and GP
1966
Labovitch leaves, with Cornmarket Press; Management Today launches.
Michael Heseltine becomes MP
1967
British Printing Corporation merges its own magazines into Haymarket. Newcomers include weekly Autosport, monthly Lithoprinter (later known as PrintWeek) and Gardener’s Chronicle (GC)
1968
Campaign launches
1969
Haymarket acquires Horticultural Trades Journal, which merges with GC to form what later became Horticulture Week
Michael Heseltine becomes a minister; Lindsay Masters becomes chairman and Simon Tindall becomes Managing Director
1973
The launch of What Car?
1976
The business enters the medical domain and becomes highly profitable
1977
Popular Hi-Fi re-launched as What Hi-Fi?
1979
Car & Accessory Trader launches
1981
First continental joint venture with Spanish publisher Doyma
1982
Haymarket acquires Old Motor and rebrands it Classic & Sports Car
1984
Acquires weekly magazine Autocar from Reed, and Haymarket hosts the first awards ceremony, signifying the first venture into brand extensions
1985
New York launch of MPR (US MIMS), initially as a joint venture
1988
Haymarket becomes Frontline’s first joint venture partner. Frontline was the first dedicated magazine circulation and distribution business.
Acquires PR Week
1989
First French joint venture; first Italian joint venture
1990
The launch of Haymarket Exhibitions division
1993
Planning Week launches
1994
FourFourTwo launched
1996
F1 Racing launched and Motoring News (later relaunched as Motorsport News) acquired with LAT photographic agency
Haymarket launches customer publishing agency with British Tourist Association as its first client
1997
Planning acquired, merged with Planning Week
Revolution launched as monthly; Internet usage begins to pick up the pace
1998
Websites: Campaign Live, What Car? and Autosport all launch
Overseas push begins; PR Week US launched
Launch of joint venture with South China Morning Post in Hong Kong
1999
Lindsay Masters retires. Michael Heseltine becomes chairman
World’s best-known classical music magazine Gramophone acquired
Acquisition of UK edition of Stuff
PR Report joint venture in Germany
Haymarket forms joint venture in India and launches Autocar India
2000
Acquisition of Racer in California
Dotcom bubble bursts
First Stuff licenses abroad (France); Regeneration & Renewal launched
Acquisition of Media & Marketing in Hong Kong
2001
Michael Heseltine becomes peer
Army magazine launches
Eric Verdon-Roe becomes Group Managing Director
US acquisitions of CPS Communications (Medical Marketing & Media and Pharmaceutical Marketers Directory), the Cortland Group (Cortland Forum, Clinical Advisor, and Medical Projects) and McNight’s Long Term Care News.
2002
Stuff and Autocar debut in China through joint venture with Fosun
Third Sector launches
Acquisition of Renal & Urology News in the US.
2003
Finance Asia acquired in Hong Kong
2004
Children&Young People Now launched
Acquisition of Thalaker Medien in Germany expands Haymarket’s portfolio of market-leading Gardening and Horticulture titles
Haymarket acquires tech publisher AJB Publishing in Australia
ENDS Report acquired
2005
Haymarket’s HQ moves to Teddington Studios
Rupert Heseltine appointed Deputy Chairman
Haymarket Customer Publishing rebrands to Haymarket Network Ltd
2006
Haymarket Network wins contract with Sky Sports
2007
Campaign India launched
2008
Campaign India’s website www.campaignindia.in launches and Print Week India launches
Haymarket acquires Windpower and Compliance Week
2009
Haymarket prescribing reference MIMS’ 50th anniversary limited edition
2010
Kevin Costello becomes CEO
Rupert Heseltine becomes Chairman
Autosport 60th anniversary issue
Campaign Asia-Pacific launches in Hong Kong
MPR 25th anniversary
2011
Haymarket produces the official Royal Wedding programme
Record-breaking Autocar 5000th Road Test commemorative edition
2012
Classic & Sports Car 30th Anniversary issue.
Haymarket Network makes history with official Olympics content
Haymarket wins CIPD contract and People Management magazine and website move to Haymarket
2013
Divestment of Hammersmith property portfolio and relocation of Hammersmith-based colleagues to Teddington
2015
Sale of Teddington Studios
Haymarket HQ relocation to Twickenham
Sale of motorsport brands to Motorsports Network
Brian Freeman appointed Group Finance Director
2017
The announcement of the biggest investment in Haymarket’s history: What Car? New car buying platform
2018
The launch of What Car? New car
HMG is debt-free for the first time in nearly 30 years
Sale of non-auto consumer brands to Future (FourFourTwo, WhatHi-Fi, Practical Motorhome, Practical Caravan) and Kelsey Media (Stuff)
2019
Network relaunches to Wonderly
Haymarket acquires NACE
