DMGT Annual Report 2009

DMGT Annual Report 2009

Short-term actions, long-term perspective

We have taken numerous short-term actions over the last year, which have contributed to our resilience and global growth now and in the long term. Click through our strategic goals below to find out how.

Organic growth: Short-term actions

Find out how we have grown across the globe through new product and business launches, and through our latest innovations.

Organic growth: Long-term perspective

We use our past experience and future focus to continue this pattern of growth for the long term.

From an initial single city print run of 85,000 Metro has grown its readership to over 3.5 million. Marking its tenth anniversary by cementing its place as the country’s third most popular national daily, record traffic saw Metro.co.uk debut in Nielsen’s UK newspaper sites top 10. With its key demographic of ABC1 urbanites, the title continues to expand its range of Metro-branded digital offerings.

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Metro’s 10 editions cover 33 UK cities

Investing in Talent: Short-term actions

We continue to invest in bold, creative people and are developing a worldwide talent development programme.

Investing in Talent: Long-term perspective

Our people are at the heart of our business, our investment in them is for the long term and is key to our success.

With repeat business of over 75% and major international clients, RMSI was ranked India’s best employer for an unprecedented third year running by the Economic Times and the Great Places to Work Institute. Combined with a sixth consecutive nod from the IDC-Dataquest Best Employers Survey, this is testament to RMSI’s HR vision of institutionalising a nurturing environment enabling individual and organisation growth.

35%

35% of employees have a Masters or PhD

Adaptability: Short-term actions

We remain adaptable in challenging markets and continue to innovate and evolve constantly.

Adaptability: Long-term perspective

Being agile and resilient in the short term means we are well placed for growth now and in the future.

Acting early and quickly to restructure and protect margins amid the economic downturn, Euromoney Institutional Investor is well placed ahead of an anticipated recovery in 2010. An increased focus on editorial quality, subscriptions, cash flows and costs has resulted in a strategy that inspires confidence whatever the conditions. Subscription revenue swelled by 24% this year, to account for almost half of total revenue.

£17m

Annualised cost savings achieved by focusing on cost and margin management

Diversification: Short-term actions

We remain adaptable in challenging markets and continue to innovate and evolve constantly.

Diversification: Long-term perspective

The businesses that we acquire have similar long-term strategies and build on our already strong future.

The leading provider of CMBS data, analytics and valuation information, in August Trepp launched a daily market report. A must-read for its growing following of commercial real estate professionals, it exposes stories often days ahead of national and international press. Amid a rising need for business intelligence tools in an evolving industry, Trepp continues to diversify its range of products and services to deliver essential information during the recovery and beyond.

2,000

Over 2,000 portfolio managers, traders, risk managers, distressed asset buyers are already subscribed

Our business financial highlights
  • Group
    • £2,118m
      Revenue
    • £278m
      Adjusted operating profit
    • £201m
      Adjusted profit before tax
    • 37.2p
      Adjusted earnings per share
    • 14.7p
      Dividend per share
  • RMS
    • £137m
      Revenue
    • £42m
      Operating profit
    • 31%
      Operating margin
  • dmg information
    • £230m
      Revenue
    • £46m
      Operating profit
    • 20%
      Operating margin
  • dmg world media
    • £175m
      Revenue
    • £37m
      Operating profit
    • 21%
      Operating margin
  • Euromoney
    • £318m
      Revenue
    • £77m
      Operating profit
    • 24%
      Operating margin
  • A&N Media: Associated Newspapers
    • £876m
      Revenue
    • £62m
      Operating profit
    • 7%
      Operating margin
  • A&N Media: Northcliffe Media
    • £328m
      Revenue
    • £24m
      Operating profit
    • 7%
      Operating margin
  • dmg radio australia
    • £55m
      Revenue
    • £4m
      Operating profit
    • 6%
      Operating margin