Merit Group

Merit Group plc is a British holding company.[2] It was formerly known as Huveaux plc (from 2001 to 2010) and then as Dods Group (2010–2021).[2]

Merit Group plc
Typepublic limited company
AIM: MRIT
Industrypublishing
Founded1832
HeadquartersThe Shard, London SE1
Area served
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • France
Key people
  • Munira Ibrahim, MD, Dods Intelligence[1]
  • Cornelius Conlon, MD, Merit Data and Technology[1]
Revenue UK£ 27.8 million (1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020)
Number of employees
201–500
Websitemeritgroupplc.com

It is a public limited company registered in England under company number 04267888.[2] Its ordinary shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.[3]

Directors include David Beck, Mark Smith, Angela Entwistle, Diane Lees, Richard Boon, Vijay Vaghela, Simon Bullock, Munira Ibrahim and Cornelius Conlon.[1]

Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd

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.[4]

The company acquired the PoliticsHome website from Lord Ashcroft in 2011,[5] and in 2012 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.[6]

References
  1. Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888: Officers. Companies House. Accessed June 2021.
  2. Merit Group plc: Company number 04267888. Companies House. Accessed June 2021.
  3. Merit Group plc. London Stock Exchange. Accessed June 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. "Ashcroft cashes in on PoliticsHome". Media Week. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. "Dods buys Biteback Media, Holyrood Comms for total £1.46m". Business Desk. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2015.


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