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Merit Group plc
FormerlyHuveaux plc and Dods Group plc
Company typepublic limited company
Traded asAIM: MRIT
IndustryPublishing
Founded2001
HeadquartersThe Shard, London SE1
Area served
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • France
Key people
  • Munira Ibrahim, MD, Dods Intelligence
  • Cornelius Conlon, MD, Merit Data and Technology
BrandsDods
RevenueDecrease UK£ 24.7 million (to 31 March 2021)
OwnerLord Michael Ashcroft (42%)
Number of employeesIncrease 1,158 (2021)
Websitemeritgroupplc.com

Merit Group plc is a British publishing holding company founded in 2001. Its largest shareholder is the Conservative politician and businessman Lord Ashcroft. It was formerly known as Huveaux plc (from 2001 to 2010) and then as Dods Group plc (2010–2021).

Its ordinary shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Subsidiaries

A subsidiary, Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd, publishes The House Magazine, a fortnightly publication for peers and MPs in Westminster; the annual Dod's Parliamentary Companion; and The Parliament Magazine, aimed at Members of the European Parliament. Publication of Dods Parliamentary Companion began in 1832.

In 2011, the company bought the PoliticsHome website from Lord Ashcroft for £2m. PoliticsHome had been founded in 2008 as a sister site to ConservativeHome and was then edited by Paul Waugh.

In 2012, it bought Biteback Media Ltd, publisher of Total Politics, for £795,000 in cash, and Holyrood Communications, publisher of Holyrood, for £416,806 cash plus a further £250,000 if profit targets are met.

As of March 2022, Politics Home and The House Magazine had a combined one million monthly readers online.

References

  1. ^ Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888: Officers. Companies House - officers. Accessed June 2021.
  2. "MERIT GROUP PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888. Companies House. Accessed June 2021.
  4. Merit Group plc. London Stock Exchange. Accessed June 2021.
  5. Michael Stenton (editor). (1976). Who's who of British Members of Parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons based on annual volumes of 'Dod's Parliamentary Companion' and other sources, volume 1: 1832-1885. Hassocks: Harvester Press. ISBN 9780855272197.
  6. "Ashcroft cashes in on PoliticsHome". Media Week. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  7. "Dods buys Biteback Media, Holyrood Comms for total £1.46m". Business Desk. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. Silvera, Ian. "PoliticsHome ties digital offering together with podcast push". www.news-future.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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