Go Compare owner Future eyes sale of business arm

The London-listed company which owns Go Compare, the price comparison platform, is exploring a sale of its business-to-business arm.

Sky News has learnt that Future is working with advisors on a prospective sale of assets including Smart Brief, a publisher of industry newsletters.

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The unit also houses dozens of other professional titles and events brands, such as TV Tech, Residential Systems and Tech & Learning Events.

The division is likely to draw interest from industry rivals as well as smaller private equity firms.

One analyst estimated that based on profitability of roughly £15m, Future might get offers of somewhere in the region of £100m.

Future has long been the speculation about a potential break-up because of its ownership of consumer publishing brands, Go Compare and the business-to-business arm.

Shares in the company have endured a troubled run, halving in the past year.

Future is one of Britain's biggest consumer magazine publishers, with titles including the football monthly FourFourTwo, lifestyle publication Wallpaper and Marie Claire UK.

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It recently held brief conversations with the owner of the Daily Mail about a sale of The Week, its current affairs magazine, but failed to agree a price.

Shares in Future were trading on Friday morning at around 306.6p, giving it a market capitalisation of just under £280m.

Future declined to comment.

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