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Merit Group

British publishing company

Summary

British publishing company

Field	Value
name	Merit Group plc
former_name	Huveaux plc and Dods Group plc
type	public limited company
traded_as
area_served
key_people
industry	Publishing
brands	Dods
revenue	UK£ 24.7 million
revenue_year	to 31 March 2021
owner	Lord Michael Ashcroft (42%)
num_employees	1,158
num_employees_year	2021
location	The Shard, London
foundation	2001
homepage

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

"MERIT GROUP PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
Silvera, Ian. "PoliticsHome ties digital offering together with podcast push".
[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04267888 Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888]. Companies House. Accessed June 2021.
[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04267888/officers Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888: Officers]. Companies House - officers. Accessed June 2021.
[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/MRIT/merit-group-plc/company-page Merit Group plc]. London Stock Exchange. Accessed June 2021.
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.
(1 July 2011). "Ashcroft cashes in on PoliticsHome".
(17 December 2012). "Dods buys Biteback Media, Holyrood Comms for total £1.46m".

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