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ZPG PLC
01 September 2017
1 September 2017
ZPG ACQUIRES LEADING PROPERTY PRINT MARKETING BUSINESS,
RAVENSWORTH
-- Ravensworth is the leading provider of on-demand print &
creative marketing services to UK estate agents
-- Adding a comprehensive portfolio of products & services
that ZPG can offer to its 23,500+ property partners
-- Delivering a fully-integrated, on-demand print platform to
create a one-stop shop for best-in-class marketing
ZPG Plc (LSE:ZPG) ("ZPG") which owns and operates some of the
UK's most trusted digital property and household-related brands
including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation and Hometrack, today
announces that it has acquired Ravensworth, the UK's leading
provider of on-demand print and creative marketing services to UK
estate and letting agents, for an undisclosed sum.
Ravensworth, based in Cramlington, Northumberland, specialises
in providing integrated print ordering solutions to over 4,500 UK
estate and letting agent branches via its state-of-the-art print
technology platform. Ravensworth has a comprehensive product
offering for every stage of the property marketing journey from
listing through to post-sale including design services, brochures,
canvassing materials, direct mail, email marketing and branch
display products.
The acquisition of Ravensworth is a continuing part of ZPG's
mission to provide the best value and most effective solutions to
all UK property professionals. The deal further increases the
number of estate agency partners that ZPG provides its services to
and enhances ZPG's comprehensive one-stop-shop product offering for
its property partners to now include portal, software, website,
data and print marketing services.
Ravensworth's in-house team of brand, design and creative
marketing specialists, headed up by Managing Director Suzie
Pattison, will become an integral part of ZPG's wider property
marketing business, enabling ZPG to offer fully-integrated,
on-demand print and creative marketing services to its more than
23,500 property partners.
Ravensworth offers a complete range of print and marketing
services to estate agents and letting agents including: address
data, banners, booklets, branch display materials, stationery,
calendars, campaign management, canvassing materials, brochures,
design services, direct mail/door drops, document folders,
greetings cards, email marketing, magazines, moving cards, new home
cards, posters, property particulars, vendor brochures and window
cards.
Alex Chesterman, Founder & CEO of ZPG said, "We are
delighted to announce the acquisition of Ravensworth, which gives
us a market-leading position in the provision of on-demand print
and creative marketing services to UK estate and letting agents. In
keeping with our strategy, by combining Ravensworth's products with
our sales and marketing capabilities we will be able to offer our
partners a fully integrated, best-in-class print solution and once
again confirms our position as the most effective partner for UK
property professionals."
Suzie Pattison, MD of Ravensworth said, "We are incredibly
excited to now be part of ZPG and by the opportunities that this
deal opens up for both Ravensworth's and ZPG's existing partners.
Over the years we have continuously innovated our products and
marketing toolkit and have built an industry-leading platform and
talented team who are now looking forward to working with even more
customers to help them improve the effectiveness of their property
marketing."
For further information, please contact:
Lawrence Hall, Head of Communications - lawrence.hall@zpg.co.uk
/ 07890 078 945
Rachael Malcolm, Head of Investor Relations -
rachael.malcolm@zpg.co.uk / 020 38725 648
James Isola, Maitland 020 7379 5151
About ZPG Plc (www.zpg.co.uk)
ZPG Plc (LSE:ZPG) ("ZPG") owns and operates some of the UK's
most trusted property and household-related digital brands
including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation and Hometrack.
We help empower smarter property and household decisions and our
multi-brand, multi-channel approach creates a unique and unrivalled
proposition with our websites and mobile apps attracting over 50
million visits per month and over 24,000 business partners using
our services.
Zoopla is the UK's most comprehensive property website, helping
consumers to research the market and find their next home by
combining hundreds of thousands of property listings with market
data and local information.
uSwitch is the UK's leading comparison website for home services
switching, helping consumers to find the best deal and save money
on their gas, electricity, broadband, TV, phone and personal
finance products.
PrimeLocation is one of the UK's leading property websites,
helping house-hunters in the middle/upper tiers of the market find
their dream home from the top estate agents, letting agents and
property developers.
Hometrack is a leading automated valuation model (AVM) provider
in the UK and Australia, providing residential property market
insights to partners including mortgage lenders, developers,
investors and others.
ZPG is also the UK's leading provider of cloud-based software
solutions for estate and letting agents across the UK with a
portfolio of brands including Alto, Jupix, Expert Agent,
Technicweb, PropertyFile and MoveIT.
ZPG was founded in 2007 and has a highly experienced management
team, led by Founder & CEO, Alex Chesterman OBE.
About Ravensworth (https://www.ravensworth.co.uk/)
Ravensworth supplies a complete range of print and creative
marketing services to estate agents and letting agents across the
UK. Its unique position as the leading provider of on-demand print
solutions, continued investment in state-of-the art print
technology, talented designers and commitment to reducing its
environmental impact make it the number one choice for UK property
professionals.
The full range of products and services offered by Ravensworth
to its estate agent customers include: address data, banners,
booklets, branch display materials, business stationery, calendars,
campaign management, canvassing materials, company brochures,
design services, direct mail/door drops, document folders,
greetings cards, email marketing services, magazines, moving cards,
new home cards, posters, property particulars, vendor brochures and
window cards.
This information is provided by RNS
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