the acquisition by its owners, the private equity investment group Apax and the Guardian Media Group in late March/early April 2008. In March 2012, the company announced that it would be renamed Top Right Group, and that its magazines, events and data businesses would be separated into three standalone companies. The EMAP name would continue to be used for the magazines operation, which at the time accounted for around 18 percent of the group's turnover. The database business was renamed 4C Group, and the events unit was renamed I2i Events Group. Then in October 2015 the company announced that the EMAP brand would be scrapped as all its titles move to digital-only format. In February 2015, Top Right Group sold Media Business Insight (including Broadcast, Shots and Screen International) to Mobeus Equity Partners and Tenzing PE. In December 2015 Top Right Group rebranded as Ascential. The company was the subject of an £800m initial public offering in February 2016. The Guardian Media Group sold off its shares of Ascential in 2016 and 2017. In June 2017, Ascential sold heritage brands (business-to-business titles) to Metropolis International. The transaction include the rights to EMAP name (as EMAP Publishing Ltd). Acquisitions and sales 2014 Money 20/20 - Acquired 2015 Retail Net Group - Acquired 2016 One Click Retail - Acquired 2017 RWM - Sold Clavis Insight - Acquired MEED - Sold 11 heritage brands - Sold MediaLink - Acquired HSJ - Sold 2018 Brand View - Acquired WARC - Acquired Flywheel Digital - Acquired Exhibitions - Sold Operations Ascential operates four informational service categories focused on businesses in the digital economy. The four areas are product design, marketing, sales, and built environment and policy. Product Design WGSN START by WGSN Marketing Cannes Lions Medialink WARC Siberia Sales Edge by Ascential Money 20/20 World Retail Congress Retail Week Flywheel Built Environment and Policy DeHavilland Glenigan Groundsure Previous publications Architects' Journal Architectural Review BIG! Business Matters Car Computer and Video Games Commodore User Construction News Datacom Drapers Eye magazine – Issue numbers 13–25, 1994–1997 Ground Engineering Health Service Journal H&V News Internet Magazine J-17 Local Government Chronicle Materials Recycling World Maximum Mean Machines MEED MEED Projects New Civil Engineer Nintendo Official Magazine Nursing Times PC Leisure PC Review PC User Pleine Vie Retail Week Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (RAC) Retail Jeweller Running Fitness Sega Saturn Magazine Sinclair User SKY Magazine Smash Hits SPORT ST Review