Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | Financial Times

Friday, 2 June, 2023

Wednesday, 31 May, 2023

Bloomsbury sales hit record as readers opt for affordable entertainment

Paperback purchases rise as cost-conscious people end subscription services such as Netflix, says publisher

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

Bloomsbury raises profit forecasts as readers escape ‘too much reality’

Publisher says demand for fantasy novels rising amid cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine

Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Lex

Bloomsbury: ‘new adult’ readers will help sustain revival in book trade Premium

UK publisher reveals record annual sales and profits

Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Bloomsbury bets reading revival will survive cost of living crisis

Harry Potter publisher reports record annual sales and profits

Wednesday, 30 March, 2022

Bloomsbury pushes up guidance for second time this year

UK publisher mitigates paper supply chain problems and receives boost from bestselling fantasy novel

Wednesday, 26 January, 2022

Bloomsbury lifts profit forecast as it moves beyond Harry Potter books

Publisher says its digital academic business is swiftly catching up with consumer revenue

Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Bloomsbury boosted by surging orders as booksellers try to avoid shortages

Publishing group has switched printing of some titles from US to the UK to manage supply chain pressures

Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

LexMedia

Bloomsbury: Harry Potter publisher delivers more magic Premium

Revenues of £185m and pre-tax profits of £19.2m in year to February both beat predictions

Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

Bloomsbury says reading revival is not over despite end of lockdowns

Publishing group raises profit guidance for third time this year

Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

City Bulletin

Bloomsbury raises earnings forecasts after annual results beat expectations Premium

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Wednesday, 24 March, 2021

Bloomsbury raises profit guidance for second time this year

Lockdown readers snap up new novels as well as Harry Potter titles

Friday, 29 January, 2021

Lex

Bloomsbury/books: tome lords Premium

Even without new tales about Harry Potter, the British publishing house is doing very nicely

Friday, 29 January, 2021

Bloomsbury raises guidance as reading boom boosts sales

Harry Potter publisher expects full-year revenue and profit to beat analysts’ estimates

Friday, 30 October, 2020

Investments

Investors Chronicle: Bloomsbury, BP, HSBC

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Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

Bloomsbury reports highest first-half profit since 2008

Shares in Harry Potter publisher jump as consumers stuck at home drive online book sales

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Media

Bloomsbury warns of risk from fall in foreign university students

Publisher enjoys summer lockdown boost but says tougher times loom

Wednesday, 20 May, 2020

Media

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury warns on physical book sales

Publisher says in a worst-case scenario sales of physical books could drop 65 per cent if lockdowns persist

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018

UK companies

Bloomsbury books rise in revenues

Tuesday, 24 October, 2017

Media

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury posts 15% sales increase

Monday, 26 June, 2017

Life & Arts

How JK Rowling built a $25bn business

Harry Potter at 20: from word-of-mouth hit to cultural empire

Friday, 16 June, 2017

UK companies

Bloomsbury appoints Richard Lambert as new chairman

Harry Potter publisher brings in former CBI chief as it seeks digital opportunities

Friday, 16 June, 2017

Companies

Richard Lambert appointed Bloomsbury chairman

Former CBI head and FT editor joins the home of Harry Potter

Wednesday, 26 April, 2017

Books

Children’s authors pen a tale of record book sales

Industry weathers digital disruption as big names renew appeal of printed works

Thursday, 27 October, 2016

UK companies

Bloomsbury sets sights beyond Harry Potter

UK group targets shift into academic and professional publishing

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