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YouGov - Online market research still growing strongly

May 2008

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YouGov's spat with London Mayor Ken Livingstone, which followed an unfavourable PR-election poll, has brought it more publicity than it could possibly have hoped for in its wildest dreams. However, its online polling business is now just a figurehead and only contributes a small proportion of revenues. YouGov's main business is the provision of online market research and following the three large acquisitions it made last year, this side has driven a spectacular trebling in sales to Â£18.8m in the six months to 31 January. Pretax profit increased 87% to Â£4.3m, while eps rose sharply from 2.7p to 4.3p, as much of its business is conducted in the lowly taxed Middle East, although its recent expansion into less favourable tax ...

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