DLY MAIL & GEN TRUST 
By DMGT Weekly is our regular round-up of high quality news from around our companies.
DMG INFORMATION HobsonsHobsons has announced a minority investment in Indian digital educational publisher approve. Stephen Stout, CEO of dmg information Asia Pacific, who is joining the iProf board, describes it as "a very significant first step for dmg information and Hobsons in India and the Asian region." Wholly-owned by DMGT through dmg information, Hobsons will strengthen its position as a global provider of student support and college and career readiness services with the investment. It also marks Hobsons' entrance into the Indian marketplace.
Emily Kissane, Policy Analyst at Hobsons, says that educational institutions in the USA are under political pressure to restrain growth in tuition charges and find new models for funding their activities. Kissane notes that the rises in costs over the past few years have meant that "many students and families had difficulty in planning for those increases." The bill for college is typically the second-largest cost faced by families after buying a home, though buyers of homes are able to see future costs clearly, which is not the case in education.
Landmark Information GroupLandmark Information Group has been awarded a contract by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to provide property intelligence data to the housing and regeneration agency. This will support the development and provision of its capital investment programme into delivering affordable housing across England. Via Landmark Analytics, the HCA will have access to a wide range of accurate housing market intelligence, including House Price Index data, average rental price data and historic transaction information by postcode or area. By analysing the data as part of its housing delivery programmes, HCA has complete transparency of the housing market in order to make better informed decisions.
Read on landmark-uk.blogspot.co.uk
Chris Stubbs has been appointed Managing Director, Environment and Mapping for Landmark Information Group, taking overall responsibility for its Land & Property and Promap divisions. As Chris explains: "This is an exciting time for Landmark Information Group and there are some huge opportunities for us to make a real impact in the market. For me, accessibility of data and information are going to be key to the future of the industry, and this is an area where Landmark can create real value. From the rise of three-dimensional mapping and BIM to the evolution of mobile technology, we can expect to see some significant advances over the coming years, and I am very much looking forward to working with the team to drive the Group forward in the next stage of its development."
Read on landmark-uk.blogspot.co.uk
Following the publication of the white paper for an Asset Register, Housing Providers are looking for help in accessing clear intelligence that provides clarity on exactly what land and property assets are owned by their organisation. As a result, Housing Providers are working with Landmark Analytics to access its wealth of market data and industry analysis to provide the answers they need. This includes the ability to visualise portfolios, calculate accurate current asset valuations, digitally map properties with Business Intelligence, plus undertake supporting tasks such as address verification and data cleansing.
Read on landmark-uk.blogspot.co.uk
GenscapeSteffen Mueller, Senior Director at Genscape, writes in a new column for Ethanol Producer on the promise of corn kernel fibre conversion and the necessity of quality assurance plan services for RINs to support development in this field. He notes that there are already "several companies" offering relevant services and that "many already have a risk management plan in place with the EPA for QAP of cellulosic ethanol RINs." Genscape provides devices that can monitor ethanol plant infrastructure to carry out the essential task of differentiating "the amount of ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstock and starch-based feedstock at an ethanol plant."
Read on ethanolproducer.com
Genscape says a 24,000 barrel-a-day coker unit was shut down at the Pine Bend oil refinery belonging to Flint Hills Resources, on the evening of 15 January. Activity at the site in Rosemount, Minnesota, is cited by analysts as among the factors of interest supporting the rising price of Canadian heavy crude oil, which is up to a six-month high according to Net Energy.
Read on bloomberg.com
Wei Chien, Natural Gas Analyst at Genscape, says gas shipments from Canada to New England are in decline because of declining offshore production and LNG shipments are falling because shipping to other markets is more lucrative for providers. Power prices in New England are set to reach all-time highs because of these issues and other bottlenecks in the gas pipelines.
Read on telegram.com
TreppTrepp says in a new report that commercial mortgages worth $1.4tn will be maturing between 2014 and 2017, prompting a round of refinancing that could present issues to the market. The volume of loans is greatest in the northeast states of the USA, where 30% of the total of all these loans will be maturing. The challenges of refinancing are expected to be felt most severely in the retail sector.
Read on commercialobserver.com
DMG EVENTS Middle EastThe Middle East Waste & Recycling Congress 2014, from dmg events, will address some of the key topics in the field of waste management, with the aim of driving significant change in the region. The event takes place on 20-21 May alongside the Middle East Waste & Recycling Exhibition, and collocated with the Middle East Clean & Hygiene and FM EXPO 2014, all at the Dubai World Trade Centre. According to Jaafar Shubber, Senior Project Manager, ME Waste & Recycling 2014, the event aims to address "a gap in the transfer of knowledge in this industry," with serious progress in the field of waste management considered to be blocked by "the way waste is regarded in society."
Read on zawya.com
FM EXPO, from dmg events, in Dubai this year will bring together industry stakeholders from the field of facilities management to discuss some of the leading concerns in this sphere, for both the rGCC region and the rest of the world. This comes as facilities management assumes an increasingly important role in the project value chain. Jaafar Shubber, Senior Project Manager, FM EXPO 2014, says that "FM has developed faster than any other discipline in the construction sector" through the last decade. The World FM Congress brings together leaders from governments, developers and other relevant groups, to participate on an open platform for discussion.
Read on zawya.com
According to a new study commissioned by dmg events and carried out by Ventures ME, construction projects worth $69.92bn were completed in the Gulf last year. A further increase in the value of market of 17.4%, to a completed value of $83.4bn, is expected through the coming year. The most prominent segment is residential, with 43.3% of all construction activity, followed by commercial and educational. According to Frederique Maurell, Group Event Director for the INDEX exhibition "the GCC offers ample growth prospects for the interiors and fit outs market across 2014."
Read on arabianbusiness.com
Digital MarketingThe iMedia Summit this year, which takes place at London's BAFTA on 24 April, will feature 20th Century Fox SVP Strategic Digital Marketing, Bettina Sherick and prominent advertising creative Dave Trott as keynote speakers. Sherick will provide insight on the marketing and content development strategy behind some of the Hollywood studio's major film releases, while Trott will discuss some of the iconic campaigns he has worked on for business including Toshiba, Ariston and Pepsi. The summit will bring together decision makers from a broad range of leading companies for a closed-door event that will allow delegates to enjoy a relaxed environment for networking and discussions.
Read on emag.co.uk
A call for submissions is now being made for the Startup Spotlight Series of ad:tech San Francisco 2014, the largest digital marketing event of the year. Startup Spotlight provides a platform for new players in the digital marketing field to pitch their ideas to some of the world's leading brands, including Walmart and Kraft. A group of 16 startups will be chosen from the entrants to get the opportunity to pitch their offerings and take advantage of free space at the ad:tech NEXT exhibition. According to ad:tech Marketing Director, Kimberly Dunn, Startup Spotlight helps new entrants to stand out in a crowded field and "quickly break out by showcasing their innovative digital advertising solutions."
Read on adotas.com
DMG MEDIA Mail NewspapersThe latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) national newspaper figures, released last week, show that The Mail on Sunday has reduced the gap on News UK's market-leading Sun on Sunday to less than 100,000 - the dmg media title's headline circulation for December was 1.6m. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail, which kept month-on-month declines to less than 1%, sold an average 1.7m copies a day, while its Saturday edition also sold only 25,000 fewer copies that the Sun.
Read on mediaguardian.co.uk
EvenbaseSophie Relf, Marketing Director at Evenbase, says the appointment of Kaper to manage owned, earned and shared media for the business was in recognition of the fact that "our key audience of young people skip TV ads" and because Kaper "fully understands that audience and its influencers." Kaper and Seven, in a meeting with Google and Jobsite's media agency, iProspect, created the Jobsite Advantage video spoof of The Apprentice that Relf says has produced "fantastic" results. Jobsite has taken a 7.5% share of voice from its competitors in the jobseeker market as a result.
Read on brandrepublic.com
Metro's sister newspaper in Dubai, 7DAYS, is launching this year's search for the 7DAYS Car of the Year 2013 in the latest edition of the competition that was won last year by the Audi A4 TFSI Quattro. Nominations for the competition are sought from readers, who can choose any model launched between 01 January and 31 December 2013. The cars will be graded according to segment on a number of criteria, with the winners to be announced across the various 7Days publications and social media channels.
Jessica Xu, Research Analyst at Metal Bulletin, is providing insight on iron-ore products and the value of an index in this market. Xu says an iron-ore index "is more likely to fare well in the market," in which there are multiple iron-ore products with fluctuating prices that an index can effectively account for. Metal Bulletin Research provides one such index.
Jonathan Moules at the Financial Times reported Zoopla CEO Alex Chesterman, one of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs, is serving as an angel investor for start-ups including Graze, Secret Escapes, WeSwap and UniPlaces.
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