Bloomsbury looks for specialist buys.

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      UNITED Kingdom
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      BLOOMSBURY Publishing PLC ; FEATHERSTONE Education (Company)
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the efforts of Bloomsbury to acquire academic, reference and educational publishers after doubling its turnover to £150.21 million in 2007 in Great Britain. The company reportedly acquired Featherstone Education, which publishes educational books for children up to age seven, and has a turnover of around £800,000. The 100% rise in Bloomsbury's turnover was accompanied by a 243.5% boost in pretax profit to £17.86 million, while its gross profit was up 63% to £59.17 million.