Education publisher Pearson reveals big drop in sales due to schools and exam centres closing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 24 July 2020 Education publisher Pearson revealed a big drop in sales after schools and exam centres were closed. Demand for printed textbooks … Read more
John Fallon should by now be stepping down as chief executive of Pearson. His plans to leave the education publishing business after seven tough years at the top have been delayed because the coronavirus crisis has made it harder to recruit a successor. That leaves him holding the fort to deal with the pandemic, and … Read more
University College London renames two lecture theatres and a building honouring Victorian eugenicists Karl Pearson and Francis Galton University heads took the decision over the two men’s ‘problematic history’ Galton coined eugenics term and gave UCL his personal collection and archive His bequest made country’s first professorial chair of eugenics Karl Pearson Signs bearing their … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Pearson surges on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn the page on a dismal few years By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 Pearson surged on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Textbook publisher Pearson pledges to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 Textbook publisher Pearson has pledged to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues. The education group will … Read more
Pearson fighting for Footsie future: Share price falls another 9%, profit forecasts slashed again as top exec quits the business By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 Pearson is fighting for its place on the FTSE 100 after a bleak warning about … Read more
Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out Pearson has struck a £530million deal to sell its stake in Penguin Random House The deal values book publisher Penguin Random House at around £2.8billion. John Fallon will step down as boss in 2020 once a successor has been named By This Is … Read more