UBM Launches Responsible Partnerships Exhibition 2011

LONDON, March 17, 2011 - United Business Media Limited (UBM.L) announces the launch of Responsible
Partnerships Exhibition 2011 (
www.responsiblebusinessevent.org/page.cfm/Link=9/t=m/trackLogID=157989_100EF72C48)
, a two-day,not-for-profit exhibition promoting partnerships
between the business and voluntary sectors, bringing together charities and
other non-governmental organisations with business professionals from some of
the world's leading companies at the Business Design Centre in Islington,
London during 17-18 March.

UBM's free-of-charge Responsible Partnerships Exhibition features more
than 154 exhibitors from charities, voluntary organisations and social
programmes ranging from leading international organisations such as UNICEF,
Oxfam and WWF to more local organisations such as Richard House Children's
Hospice.

The Exhibition offers business and voluntary sector professionals a
program of free seminars with speakers such asSir Ronald Cohen, chairman of
Bridges Ventures, Portland Trust and director of Social Finance on "Finance
at the service of social goals". Other subjects include best practice in NGO
/ business engagement and advice on how best to take advantage of emerging
social media communications channels.

UBM's Responsible Partnerships Exhibition is co-located with BITC's
Responsible Business Convention (
www.responsiblebusinessevent.org/page.cfm/Link=4/t=m/trackLogID=158049_B7C30C9DA0)
, a joint venture between Business in the Community and UBM. The
inaugural BITC Responsible Business Convention brings together business
professionals from some of the world's leading companies to discuss the
challenges and opportunities in developing sustainable business models in a
more responsible and low carbon economy. Speakers include:

- Ian Cheshire, Group CEO; Kingfisher plc

- Peter Mather, Group Regional Vice President Europe, Head of Country UK,
BP

- Steve Holliday, CEO, National Grid

- Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

- Duncan Learmouth, SVP, Developing Countries and Market Access,
GlaxoSmithKline

- Ornella Barra, Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division,
Alliance Boots

- David Sproul, CEO Elect & Senior Partner, Deloitte

- Sir Stephen Gomersall, KCMG, Chief Executive for Europe, Hitachi

- Mark Price, Managing Director, Waitrose

- Francis Salway, Chief Executive, Land Securities Group

- José María Figueres, Managing Partner, IJ Partners, President of the
Republic of Costa Rica (1994-1998).

David Levin, UBM's CEO said:

"I am immensely proud to launch Responsible Partnerships Exhibition
2011.UBM peopleare applying their commercial, professional, for-profit
expertise and experience to create a fantastic, not-for-profit engagement
between the third sector and the corporate community."

"The exhibition is a geo-clone of our successful Brazilian events - NGO
Brazil(www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-pCnrmmp_4&feature=player_embedded) -
which have run in Sao Paulo for the last two years. These events - alongside
similar events planned for India and China - shows us further shifting our
corporate responsibility activities from passive financial donations toward
faciliating active, creative, personal engagements."

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Notes to Editors

1. UBM

UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and the development and monetisation
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with
integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 5,900
staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that
serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them
to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

2. Business in The Community

Business in the Community stands for responsible business.

We advise, support and challenge our members to create a sustainable
future for people and planet at the same time as improving business
performance.

We have a growing membership of 850 companies working with us to define
what responsibility looks like in the workplace, marketplace, environment,
and the community - and we share what we learn about driving performance
through responsible business practice.

We are a business-led charity working locally, nationally and through a
network of partners worldwide.

Business in the Community is one of The Prince's Charities, a group of
not-for-profit organisations of which The Prince of Wales is President.

Visit www.bitc.org.uk for more information.

Contacts: Media, Peter Bancroft, Director of Communications, E-mail, communications at ubm.com, Direct telephone, +44-20-7921-5961. Chris Barrie, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, E-mail chris.barrie at citigatedr.co.uk, Direct telephone +44-20-7282-2943, Mobile +44-796-872-72-89. Analysts/Investors, Kate Postans, Head of Investor Relations, Email investorrelations at ubm.com, Telephone+44-20-7921-5940